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Very minor recent improvement to my job: having a central bank governor who talks in discrete sentences.
That said, I found Mark Carney's manner of speech interesting, linguistically.
Long sentences, littered with subordinate clauses often left unresolved. As a listener, I think it effectively conveyed his meaning - but when putting it into writing that sometimes became elusive
Long sentences, littered with subordinate clauses often left unresolved. As a listener, I think it effectively conveyed his meaning - but when putting it into writing that sometimes became elusive
Sort of like absorbing a word cloud.
Carney is a very clever man and I think he revels in thinking on his feet. I suspect his style of speech is a reflection of that.
Carney is a very clever man and I think he revels in thinking on his feet. I suspect his style of speech is a reflection of that.
Although I can't rule out that it was all in pursuit of his hobby, which was catching out journalists who attempted to paraphrase his speech too neatly for his liking.
