The University of Southern California has unveiled a new statue as part of their new $700 million USC Village and it seems they left out something.
The statue of Queen Hecuba includes a quotation from the playwright and poet, followed by a credit to “William Shakespear” – something that was not noticed by anyone until “The Den,” the official UCLA student section, pointed it out.
USC. The only place in America that can unveil a statue as the centerpiece of a $700 million project and manage to misspell Shakespeare pic.twitter.com/FGsJUyF3Di
— The Den (@uclatheden) August 21, 2017
After being called out for it, the school responded with a statement that they meant it to be this way (via ABC 7):
“To E, or not to E, that is the question. Over the centuries his surname has been spelled 20 different ways. USC chose an older spelling because of the ancient feel of the statue, even though it is not the most common form.”
Sure they did.
