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Vibrating air into meaning, then watching someone's face decide what you actually meant.
means The act of producing words aloud to communicate thoughts, intentions, or feelings to others.
from From Old English sprecan, later losing its r, to talk or utter — cousin to German sprechen, the lost letter a quiet casualty of English laziness.
Speed limitMost languages converge near 39 bits per second.
Muscle countRoughly 100 muscles coordinate each spoken sentence.
Top fearPublic speaking outranks death in surveyed dread.