jdhardy Wise, Aged Ars Veteran
15y
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eoink said:
Voicing = Speaking about that? Asking as a European.

Yep. Classic English register split - "speak" is the native (low register) Old English/Germanic version, "voice" is the mid-register (Norman) French-derived version, and "communicate" would be the high-register Latin-derived version.

Lots of terms follow this pattern - hence the expression that English is really three languages in a trench coat.