The Anglican Drone

[Shane R]

My training placed an emphasis on diction and clear reading. The Archbishop has a few pet words that he really hammers at his liturgical training seminars. My rector also had some ideas about what good public reading sounded like and very openly made them known, probably because he was working with a new deacon from West Virginia at the same time (the poor guy spoke with a habitual slur, which is an element of the Appalachian American dialect). I had already had great experience with this through taking several units of speech courses and military experience in the US Navy. Consequently, anytime there is a diocesan function I am appointed to read something.