Can speech-writing teach us skills for dealing with tricky situations in everyday life?

[Francis Hult]

BBC News

 

Want to know how to handle all of these?

 

Pants. Just one of the reasons the US Embassy in Britain is currently advertising for a speech-writer. It says knowledge of the nuances between the Queen's English and American English is vital, for obvious reasons. 

 

However speech-writing is about much more than trying to avoid red faces. As far back as the ancient Greeks, the power of carefully crafted words has been fully understood and expertly exploited.

 

Full story:

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/magazine/8128271.stm

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