As you read this, I would like you to pause and think back to the past few days and weeks and to the moments when you have been speaking to others.
As a politician, husband and father, it’s strange to think of the variety: a podcast interview reflecting on my life; honing six questions to ask the prime minister in the bear pit of the House of Commons; a one-to-one with a colleague about the mortgage crisis; a speech about our plans to become a clean-energy superpower; and, of course, the more personal conversations with my son about which players Arsenal might buy.
In each of these examples, the type of spoken language changes — analytical or chatty, formal or informal, pointed or gentle, collaborative
