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Over and over, these two words keep coming to mind, for I fear I am losing the words on my tongue. My monotonous voice has always irritated me, but these breaking words? Some words just won’t come out, some letters become an ill-pronounced splurge which echo back in my ears so disgracefully. Salam alaikum wa rahmutallah stumbles mid-flow, while the spelling of my own name over the telephone becomes a foreign alphabet. Who would have thought double-u could be so difficult to pronounce? I have tried googling for a speech coach or a voice coach, or someone to help, but I only find a thousand executive consultants peering back, seeking a wad of cash. I can’t remember if my memory has always been this bad, but recently it’s been getting on my nerves. I will blame it on the computer, on sitting in front of the TFT at work for hours on end, or on general fatigue. Well I have a week’s holiday coming up. Perhaps a change of scenery and some fresh country air will set me right. I hope so, because I can’t take much more of this.