Raillery is a mode of speaking in favor of one's wit at the expense of one's better nature.
Sentiment: NEGATIVE
When I started off with Trainspotting, it was the way the characters came to me. That's how they sounded to me. It seemed pretentious to sound any other way. I wasn't making any kind of political statement.
Talkers are usually more articulate than doers, since talk is their specialty.
Some folks rail against other folks, because other folks have what some folks would be glad of.
Words may show a man's wit but actions his meaning.
Theatre can be so patronising. So often, it's just proselytising for the theatre.
The ability to quote is a serviceable substitute for wit.
Being a comfortable public speaker, which involves easily being able to go off-script, strongly signals competence.
From my earliest days I have enjoyed an attractive impediment in my speech. I have never permitted the use of the word stammer. I can't say it myself.
It allows you to say things that sound very dramatic and get away with it. If you had characters in modern fiction say the same things as they're driving down the street in an Oldsmobile they'd sound ludicrous!
I pledge to you I'm not a talker. I'm a doer.