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Category Archives: Speech
Set Your Voice Free: How to Get the Singing or Speaking Voice You Want
Here are some highlights from this book by Roger Love: * Musicians and singers, not surprisingly, used the widest range of notes. In the course of a conversation, they’d use many thirds (moving from do to mi), fourths (do up … Continue reading
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RCI: A Big Move to Ban Realtor ‘Hate Speech.’ At Work. Anywhere. 24/7.
From Real Clear Investigations: In what some consider one of the most far-reaching social policy moves in the corporate world, the National Association of Realtors, called the nation’s largest trade organization, has revised its professional ethics code to ban “hate … Continue reading
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I Just Got Back From My First Voice Lesson
It turns out I have pressed phonation. It’s worse than cancer. My voice is strangled in the back of my throat. So I’m learning to lift my voice to the top of my palate. That takes (and produces) more energy … Continue reading
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The Two Honest Forms Of Argument
John T. Reed writes: There are two intellectually-honest debate tactics: 1. pointing out errors or omissions in your opponent’s facts 2. pointing out errors or omissions in your opponent’s logic Intellectually-dishonest debate tactics are typically employed by dishonest politicians, lawyers … Continue reading
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The West Has Executed People For Speech
I shudder that a German was put to death for writing nasty things about Jews. Charlotte posts: “The Streicher trial was the worst travesty of the Nuremburg fiasco. Streicher published a hateful magazine. In that respect, he wasn’t much different … Continue reading
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