# George Plimpton: what kind of accent?

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_This is from a Mount Holyoke website:_  
Prof. Straw, Department of History

HISTORY AND PUBLIC SPEAKING  
4. Time and practice. Practice so that you can deliver your presentation fluidly and confidently. Enunciate words carefully: this means no **Larchmont Lockjaw** , or lazy mush-mouths. Move your lips, tongue, and mouth. Remember Demosthenes mastered his language by speaking with a mouthful of pebbles, and Liza Doolittle had a professional coach. Practice difficult constructions so that you do not stumble through them.

[http://www.mtholyoke.edu/courses/cstraw/OralReports/speakingtips.html](http://www.mtholyoke.edu/courses/cstraw/OralReports/speakingtips.html)

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