Talk:Elocution

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This article was the subject of a Wiki Education Foundation-supported course assignment, between 27 August 2019 and 10 December 2019. Further details are available on the course page. Student editor(s): Stressed556.

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dictionary
Oxford dictionary defines it as: The skill of clear and expressive speech, especially of distinct pronunciation and articulation.

Origin: late Middle English (denoting oratorical or literary style): from Latin elocutio(n-), from eloqui 'speak out' (see eloquence)

--Anaccuratesource (talk) 22:50, 3 February 2011 (UTC)
 * - (http://oxforddictionaries.com/view/entry/m_en_gb0261550#m_en_gb0261550)

Page views
Why is this article getting so many views? Something weird is going on.  B zw ee bl  (talk • contribs) 02:47, 22 October 2012 (UTC)
 * We were discussing that just now at Wikipedia_talk:Article_Rescue_Squadron. Seems to be a glitch in the counting methods. stats.grok.se/en/latest/Elocution says it has 8,201,365 views now.  That does seem very suspicious.   D r e a m Focus  14:40, 22 October 2012 (UTC)
 * I suspected mis-typing of "election", but after looking at the stats page, I don't think so - the build-up was too sudden. Martinvl (talk) 16:37, 29 October 2012 (UTC)

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Annie Haslam
Maybe not worth mentioning in the article but elocution lessons were apparently still a thing in the UK in the late 1950s. Per an interview with virtuosic rock singer Annie Haslam:


 * Well Kevin, my parents didn’t have a lot of money but one of the biggest gifts that they ever gave to me was sending me to elocution lessons when I was ten years old. I had a really broad Bolton accent and they obviously thought that if I could improve my accent it would give me a better life in the long term.

Her singing is noted for its clarity of diction and she's mentioned the elocution lessons on a few other occasions. 173.228.123.166 (talk) 05:02, 21 September 2018 (UTC)

Added Paragraphs and information
Hello fellow Wikipedians,

I would like to add more information onto this page, including the overview section, history section, and the like to include more details and citations to this project. The first is to discuss the standardization that Sheridan and Walker were looking to do, as was part of their basic arguments in their Lectures and published works. I would like to also add more information on the women's point of view in this movement and how significant this movement was to them and how it opened the door for women to practice this speech and transition to podiums as was included in one of my sources. As I make these small edits in a quick succession, feel free to leave me anything or edit any of my changes. (Doing this all for a college project.) AlextheHistoryMajor (talk) 11:37, 4 December 2021 (UTC)