“Language was invented for one reason, boys, to woo women,” Robin Williams’ Dead Poets Society character, Mr. Keating, tells a class of boarding school teens by way of explaining the value of poetry. “And in that endeavor, laziness will not do.”
This is a lesson today’s lazier online daters would do well to take to heart. Because it seems that invoking the greatest practitioner of the English language will significantly boost your chances of getting a response, according to a study by Match.com.
To commemorate the 400th anniversary of Shakespeare‘s death on Saturday, the world’s largest online dating service trawled its database for mentions of the Bard — and discovered how successful members who used his name and works can be. Read more…
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