An new visitor and Anonymous commenter writes, “I’m looking for a word to use when training my new doggie. I need a ‘release’ word to let him know he’s done a good job and may move about freely, or get out of his sit position. Some words other people use include “okay”, "release", "bingo", "that’ll do", or "free". I want a kool Shakespeare-like word. Does the Shakespeare Geek have any suggestions??” Sounds like a fun topic. There are of course the great exclamations like Forsooth! or Zounds! but those are just funny words, they don’t really have any context. What’s a good Shakespearean way to say what the commenter asks for?
How about “cry havoc!”? (‘;
That was my first thought, too.
That’s fantastic!
person who originally asked replies:
Hahaha—havoc of course—plus it has the added bonus of being in the lyrics to some old punk song I used to listen to! Gotta find that old LP….
That really is perfect! Thanks so much! My obedience classmates will be so jealous!
“A dog obeyed in office”
Goodness, and here I was thinking MY dog was smart. 😉 This is fantastic.
Brilliant! Not only a dog reference but it even makes sense in context. If asked you can explain that that’s your command to let slip your dog of war :).
Now you have to tell us what kind of dog you have, you realize – because it’s just that much more awesome if you’ve got like a little Pomeranian or Puggle of War or something.
“Cry Havoc!” is terrific. I was thinkin of “Lay on, MacDuff!”