We should then teach values pertaining to proper speech (no four-letter words), stress good English and practice it every day.

His proper speech rang in sharp contrast to the street dialect of his parents.

The worst time then followed: the long evening, eleven hours long, without lights or proper speech, everyone talking only in whispers.

Janos finally answered, his voice so quiet and deep that it might simply be a series of bass grunts rather than speech proper.

This was the moment for the calm, proper speech, but Meg didn't make it.

Until today the shadow chancellor has given only one proper speech on the subject since taking his job.

We are going to talk about proper speech, about the macho male image.

I don't know what he's going to say, but we're promised a proper speech, starting at around 8.30am, and he'll be taking questions afterwards.

It had seemed the only proper speech to make.

Like most Greeks, he thought his own supple, subtle tongue the one proper speech for a civilized man.