I agree. If Churchill were alive today (and leaving aside that he would be
something like 140 years old) he would have a speaking style that was relevant
for today. However, given the idiosyncratic style of Boris Johnson or Jeremy
Corbyn for that matter, I am not sure his speaking style would be that strange.
Subject: Re: [ChurchillChat] Re: in The Independent today : Winston Churchill
'would not become Prime Minister today because his speaking style would be
mocked'
To: [email protected]
From: [email protected]
Date: Wed, 24 Feb 2016 08:03:22 -0400
I think it is unwise to assume
Churchill's speaking style was somehow immutable. Churchill
developed a style that was evidently well suited to his own times,
and if he had been born a century later, no doubt he would have
been capable of developing a style effective in these times. But,
yes, if he were somehow transported to the present from, say,
1940, he might require some time to adapt.
On 2016-02-23 3:30 PM, Anthony Calabrese wrote:
Would they? Boris Johnson does not seem to suffer
from his eccentric speaking style.
> From: [email protected]
> To: [email protected]
> Subject: [ChurchillChat] Re: in The Independent today :
Winston Churchill 'would not become Prime Minister today
because his speaking style would be mocked'
> Date: Fri, 19 Feb 2016 11:41:06 +0100
>
> Winston Churchill 'would not become Prime Minister today
because his
> speaking style would be mocked'
> Romola Garai, who stars in new ITV drama about the
politician, says his
> eccentricities would rule him out in the modern era
>
>
http://www.independent.co.uk/news/people/winston-churchill-would-not-become-prime-minister-today-because-his-speaking-style-would-be-mocked-a6882066.html
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