Verbal Slip-ups

Story: Keith Bradford

As humans we rely very heavily on verbal communication as part of our daily routine.  We have all at one time or another tried to get a sentence out and flubbed our words and experienced what we call "tongue-tied."  

An interesting related phenomenon is that as a person we stumble on certain words that others have no difficulty with.  This also works in the opposite in that we may breeze right through certain words with proficiency and others may find those same words difficult if not impossible to say properly.  

An example of abuse is the words ‘conscious’ and ‘conscience’.  Now they both kind of sound alike but ‘conscious’ means to be aware of one's own existence, sensations, thoughts, while ‘conscience’ means the inner sense of what is right or wrong in one's conduct or motives, impelling one toward right action. 

 I don't expect every entertainer to become a linguist but if you are giving a presentation and are a little unsure of a certain word or two you are far better off replacing that word with one that means what you are trying to say but yet you know the meaning is correct.  The public doesn't really care if you use a 5-cent word or a $5.00 word.  

Don't try to impress anyone with your large vocabulary that is filled with verbal slip-ups.  

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