#Speak

I enjoyed all of Edward Mendelson’s NYRB review (archived) of Zadie Smith’s play The Wife of Willesden (a riff on Chaucer’s Wife of Bath); here I will excerpt a section on a topic dear to my heart, the importance of a clear personal voice in any literary…

What do the two men have in common? First, they speak common sense to the common man. Second, they get things done. Third, their bold agendas infused new life into a moribund GOP.

Warren Buffett credits a $100 Dale Carnegie course with transforming his career by conquering his terror of public speaking. He tells students it can boost their value 50% and calls it his most impactful decision.…

Three Florida teenagers speak to “GMA” about how their decision to stop and help a stranger ended up helping to save his life.

RANT to filler phrases. Can people please stop using them when they speak? Things like "You know," "You hear me" and "Right?" at the end of nearly every sentence. You don't do this when you write, do you? Why would...

Presidents Xi Jinping and Donald Trump say they’re looking forward to US-China talks.

From Independent RSS Feed: A ‘paedophile hunter’, anti-migrant influencers and a disgraced MP: Bizarre line-up at Tommy Robinson’s Unite the Kingdom march

From Independent RSS Feed: Man United bosses set to speak to Michael Carrick about permanent role

The 44-year-old has guided the club to Champions League qualification since taking over from Ruben Amorim in January.

I typed everything for 20 years. Then I tried talking instead. Here's an honest look at 30 days of voice dictation as a developer.

Terms like “narcissist,” “trigger” and “gaslighting” that were once only used in a shrink’s office have increasingly made their way into everyday conversation.

Gautam Rode, who shared screen space with Jennifer Winget in the popular show Saraswatichandra, has revealed that the two did not speak to each other for the first one and a half years.

Gaeilge is trending culturally. So why is it, according to census data, also dying?

Very first speeding ticket of my life. Coming off a freeway- 70mph speed limit, onto the frontage road- 45mph speed limit here in Texas (admittedly had no idea as that's rare here and almost all frontage roads are 55mph), and an officer clocked me as…

Hey folks So three years ago, I did this 9-month Russian course at the Pushkin Institute in Moscow and got my A2 cert, but honestly, I was already at a solid B1/B2 level.…

I've always wanted to apply my French-speaking skills outside of my family and friends in a professional setting, like in a job, and I got accepted into a French immersion summer camp.…

From Reddit - r/duolingo: Could have sworn I was able to speak through these rather than clicking the words two days ago.. am I wrong? I’d rather practice proper pronunciation

From Reddit - r/india: Zohran Mamdani: "If I was to speak with King Charles, separately from today's event, I'd probably encourage him to return the Kohinoor Diamond"