Wherefore

[Lanell]

Due to the presence of where, many people mistake this [Shakespeare]an word to mean where, but it actually means why.

...theres the catalog... with a cartoon of Shakespeares Juliet standing on her balcony, gazing off into the distance, and asking Wherefore art thou, teaching aids? Lower on the page, Romeo stares up at Juliet and says Inside! Eighteen new publications plus many other fine materials.... any teaching aid that advertises itself by questioning its own existance is falling down in the marketing department. -Richard Lederer.

[Monty]

for what reason; why: