# Monkeys and the Complete Works of Shakespeare

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/monkeys-and-the-complete-works-of-shakespeare/174099>\
**Category:** Cafe Society\
**Created:** [May 9, 2003, 1:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/monkeys-and-the-complete-works-of-shakespeare/174099 "2003-05-09T13:54:13Z")\
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**Author:** ![mobo85](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/b19c9b/32.png) [@mobo85](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mobo85)\
**Post date:** [May 10, 2003, 1:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/monkeys-and-the-complete-works-of-shakespeare/174099/41 "2003-05-10T13:48:00Z")

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> \*Originally posted by ITR champion \*  
> \*\*But don’t more words in the English language start with ‘S’ than any other letter? So wouldn’t this indicate that English is their first language? \*\*

But there were a large number of Ss. Either the monkeys speak a language where there are a large number of Ss in words, or they were trying to review either Phil Collins’ song _Sussudio_ or that movie about the doctor that turns into a snake, _Sssssss_.

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**Author:** ![Gotterfunken](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/58956e/32.png) [@Gotterfunken](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gotterfunken)\
**Post date:** [May 11, 2003, 4:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/monkeys-and-the-complete-works-of-shakespeare/174099/42 "2003-05-11T04:36:58Z")

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The two or three pages of “s” got pretty boring. When it changed to “q” and “a” it started to get more interesting. And things got really good with “dvvvvvvvnvvvvvvvvacvvvvvvvvvjkj” and “aaaavalavggggggggggggg.”

And that stirring climax:

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> naaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaassssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssfsssssssssfhggggggggggssssassfssssssgggggggaaaavmlvvs-sajjlsssssssssssjjajaajjsssssaaaaaaaaaaaavvjjjjlajjjjjaaaaaajjjjjja-jjjjjjjjdjjajjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjaajjjjjjjjjjjjjjaaaaaaaaaaajjjjjjjajajjjjjjjaajjjjjjjjjjjjb- jmmslllggmmlljjmmmmmmmmnjjjnvvnbvvmmllnknnbmmmmlllllllllllllllll-lllllllllllblbbbbnnfllmnnmjfgmnmmmassssssjjkbhnmnn

I especially like how they started to add hyphens towards the end.

I can’t wait for them to come out with a sequel.

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