Talk:unstaunched

Is the quote from Shakespeare a good example?

The quote from Shakespeare here, contains the character string "unstaunced"; (note: without any "h" after the "c"); so it does not actually contain the word "unstaunched" (spelt with an "h" after the "c").

So now ... how does such an instance of usage ... how does that count as a good example of the use of the word "unstaunched"?

Any comments? --Mike Schwartz (talk) 05:06, 4 June 2020 (UTC)

One possible explanation

Perhaps the real problem is: that the quotation was copied incorrectly, and/or was copied from some unreliable source, (some "suspect" source that perhaps contained the [non-?] word -- or, shall we just say, the character string -- "unstaunced"?). According to one source that I found -- (the left-hand column, which is labeled "ORIGINAL TEXT", [as distinguished from "MODERN TEXT"], of https://www.sparknotes.com/nofear/shakespeare/tempest/page_6/ ...namely) -- the word in the original was spelt (spelled) << "unstanched" >>:

((GONZALO

I’ll warrant him for drowning though the ship were no stronger than a nutshell and as leaky as an unstanched wench.))

There are TWO differences there! [D1] There is no "u" after the "a", and [D2] there is an "h" after the "c".

Any comments? --Mike Schwartz (talk) 20:57, 24 August 2021 (UTC)

Shakespeare does seem to have used ‘unstanced’ here as he did in Henry VI Part III (https://www.google.co.uk/books/edition/Shakespeare_s_Macbeth/E8M5AQAAMAAJ?hl=en&gbpv=1&dq=“Unstanced”&pg=PA131&printsec=frontcover), so the quote should ideally be replaced with a better one. See my comments in the current Tea Room discussion (https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Wiktionary:Tea_room/2021/August). Overlordnat1 (talk) 11:27, 25 August 2021 (UTC)

In fact both Shakespeare quotes should contain ‘unstanched’ not ‘unstanced’ OR ‘unstaunced’, so our Shakespeare quote should probably be removed from this entry (see the TeaRoom discussion for more info). Overlordnat1 (talk) 10:48, 28 August 2021 (UTC)

I’ve now removed it. Overlordnat1 (talk) 16:41, 29 August 2021 (UTC)