Dear Void,
Nope, it's not her birthday. I don't keep track of birthdays well enough to do tribute posts on them. And she isn't having some kind of breakdown either. My friend Anna just mentioned that she enjoyed my blog. So I told her I'd write her a post. So, Anna Banana Hannah Montana Latifah Elizabeth CENSORED, IT'S THE INTERNET!!, this one's for you.
I hope you enjoy it.
Diction. Also known as enunciation. It resides in a very cold and frustrated place in the hearts of theatre kids, because we're always being told that we don't do it well enough. But at least we're in the habit of pronouncing the words we say as if they carry weight (even when all we're saying is, "I like your shoes," it usually doesn't come out, "Ah lekk yur shus.") I guess I'm spoiled; I go through life expecting that everyone will speak clearly.
I've developed a new pet peeve.
I went to a speech competition on Saturday. It was alright--of course a few speeches were awful, but some were very well written and nicely presented. However. Almost every single person used the word "important" in their speech. And I had this realization: when "important" is pronounced "amporan" (say it in your head, sorry for making you wince,) it loses all of its weight. Maybe that's just me, but "this was one of the most amporan and exidin ["exciting"] battles in history" makes me not care what they're saying. At all.
So I guess what I'm saying is... treasure your words. Love them. If you do, you may yet learn (if you don't already know) how powerful and beautiful they can be.
Remember to use diction. It's amporan.
Over & Out.
