The Hamlet Project

How many times has the word “speak” been spoken so far in this play?
Speak, speak, speak.
I say it enough and it starts to sound funny.
Speak, speak, speak, speak, speak, speak.
Do we say “speak” to each other?
We tell our dogs to speak when we train them.
We use speak to talk about which languages we can commincate in.
Or when we want someone to be louder.
It seems like it’s more associated with formality –
Like, when “I need to speak to you about your job performance.”
Or “We’ve brought in this expert in environmental controls to speak with us.”
The prime usage of speak seems to hang out in our tech – in the speakers
That plug in our ipods, or computers – which is funny, because if there’s one thing a pair of stereo speakers can’t do, it’s speak.