ProverbCommunication
English origin
English originIt's not what you say but how you say it
Meaning: Tone and delivery shape message impact more powerfully than words alone.
Origin: A common saying about tone and delivery with no traced first use. Communication trainers often connect it with the psychologist Albert Mehrabian's research in the 1960s on tone of voice and body language.
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Tricky phrases to practice out loud, from languages around the world.
- غاب الغيم وغابت غابة الغاب. (Ghāb al-ghaym wa ghābat ghābat al-ghāb.) An unbroken sequence of 'gh' (غ) — a voiced uvular fricative that drills the back of the…
- Khadak Singh ke khadakne se khadakti hain khidkiyan, khidkiyon ke khadakne se khadakte hain Khadak Singh. A 'kh/kh/kh' recursive loop — each clause triggers the other, like a rattling chain react…
- Chandu ke chacha ne Chandu ki chachi ko chandi ki chamach se chatni chatayi. A 'ch' symphony from start to finish — Hindi's palatal affricate in every single word.
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