RATE OF PUBLIC SPEAKING.
i There is a good deal of misconcepi tion about the speed at which people ; speak, and that misconception ex- ! tends to public speakers, as Mr. Jusi tice Darling showed when he read a : passage from a law book as a test of ! shorthand proficiency. It is forgotten, the "Daily Chronicle” points ; out, that the public speaker makes frequent pauses, for effect, or because he has forgotten what comes next, and that "cheers,” "laughter," : "question," and "no" also tend to reduce the speaker’s output. The | average is thereby brought down to I a hundred words a minute, someI times much less. Shorthand writing jin the Law Courts or at Parliamen- ; tary Committees, , where every word has to bo recorded, is a different matter. The rapid interchange of question and answer, with perhaps an interruption by Judge or Chairman, may easily raise the average to 180 to 200 words a minute for a time. Judges arc the most rapid speakers.
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Cromwell Argus, Volume L, Issue 2647, 10 November 1919, Page 7
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