'Preface'
- by David Mitchell
Whenever I overtake with such a close-cropped safety margin, my
thoughts go back to Clive Pike late one day in 1984, or 1985.
'On Becoming a Non-Stammering Stammerer'
- by David Mitchell
Imagine that when you vocalize a word that begins with, say, 'N'
your mouth suddenly seizes up. The word refuses to form. In mid-flow,
your sentence stalls. Your puzzled listeners frown: there is a rule
governing the length of pauses in sentences, which you are violating.
