There is a weird power in a spoken word.
Even though the written word C-A-T looks nothing like a cat, and the spoken word "cat" sounds nothing like a cat sounds, when someone says the word out loud, you're able to conjure up an image.
The spoken word is much more powerful than cyberspace in terms of how it impacts on people as a visceral, emotional and physical experience.
Described as a "cosmic rock song," the song "Glittering Sky" incorporates spoken word material from Moore about the millions of starts visible above the Northumberland countryside.
It allows for this map between a symbol, say a spoken word, and any sort of thought we want to use.
Throughout history it is men - from Viking invaders battling their way into new areas to pioneering farmers taking wives - who have made the biggest impact on the spoken word.
The arrangement of spoken words alternating stressed and unstressed elements.
A similar irritation (minus the sweetness) is often felt by users of speech-recognition software, which still manages to garble and twist even the most clearly spoken words.
When the user speaks, the recognition engine USES these grammars to identify the spoken words and returns them to the browser.
Sometimes it's fragile but deliberately pretending to be strong. Is that fate? Looking at a withered flower, there is still an unspoken word.
