njoy the language! In a world with no television, no radio, no recorded voice or music, talking afforded the only communication and entertainment one would get in a day (aside from drinking, dicing and rat-fights). Consequently the Elizabethans had a great love of language and plenty of time to use it. You can achieve the same effect with a few simple rules:

• Never say ok. Say Aye, Yay, Indeed, Tis well, It be the truth, etc. Never say ok. Never.
• Do not use contractions. Can't, don't, shouldn't, couldn't, won't, etc.
• Two words are better than one. Add "right", "well", and "most" to your speech.
• she doth wash right industrious.
• thou art most beauteous fair.
• i' faith thou dost sing most marvelous well.
• Add me after first-person verbs (and before think).
• Weary with toil, I haste me to my bed
• And yet methinks I should drink me an ale.
• I shall think me upon this matter.
• Likewise add thee/you after second-person verbs
• Now stand you on the top of happy hours!
• Although thou steal thee all my poverty...
• thee/thou/thy/thine is informal, use it with your intimates
• Thee is the object of a sentence.
• Shall I compare thee to a summer's day?
• Thou is the subject of a sentence.
• Indeed, thou mayest compare me.
• Thy/Thine is the possessive form (like a/an)
• Thine eyes shine as the moon and thy cheeks the dawns flush.
• you/your is formal, use it with your betters
• God keep you your Grace!
• Good Gentles, I bid you anon.
• my/mine is used like thy/thine, use the latter before a vowel
• Presume not on thy heart when mine is slain.