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Max, Please allow me to rexplain myself.. Perhaps, I wasn't clear. I already can speak 100% fluently in all situations including public speaking, etc-- without any technique. I also know that I have always been able to. I CHOOSE not to, however, because I make PEACE my highest priority and my technique is now my ACCENT.. It is PART of me... I do not conciously use it-- It is generally a subconscious, automatic act. Thus, to "unlearn" it-- I would need to spend time and effort-- much as someone w/ an accent would have to do to change their accent. Since my technique is automatic and since there is nothing negative about it, I have no motivation to invest the time or energy in "bettering myself" in that way--since I am more than content w/ my current self. If, in contrast, my technique were still a safety device or something that I relied upon--or something that required conscious effort, then your ideas would be right on target. Since, however, I speak fluently w/ or without technique---but speak WITH technique unconsciously [even in my sleep, my wife says!]...and speak WITHOUT technique only w/ concentrated effort [because speaking w/out technique is no longer natural to me], it's not. When I say "with effort"-- I mean that the same concentration a new guy would need to speak w/ technique--is the conc. I would need to speak w/out it-- perhaps technique is the wrong word-- It has simply become ME-- my accent.. my way of speaking.. When I moved from NY to Florida, I gradually lost my NY accent, but I am not going to spend months doing exercises to practice getting it back. Same analogy applies here : ) |
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