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Not what you say — the outfit you put on the words saying it.
means The style and clarity of word choice and pronunciation in speaking or writing, not the content itself.
from From Latin 'dictio' meaning 'a saying, expression,' from 'dicere' meaning 'to say or speak.' The same Latin root gave us 'dictionary' (a book of sayings/words), 'predict' (to say beforehand), 'verdict' (a true saying), and 'contradict' (to speak against) — diction's whole family is built from the simple act of speaking.
- not grammar
- grammar is rules, diction is taste
- politicians love it
- swap frameworks for death panels, same facts
- courtroom trick
- passed away versus died changes juries minds
- writers obsess
- one wrong word can collapse a whole sentence