Playing With Accordion Words

Authors

Richard Lederer

Abstract

Garnering twelve Academy Award nominations and four Oscars, including Best Picture, The King's Speech became, on February 28, the most honored film of the year. Among its many excellencies is the double entendre in its title. The word Speech in The King's Speech means the speaking of George VI, the stammerer who did not want to become king. At the same time and in the same space, the word Speech means the particular address, in 1939, that King George VI delivered to his British subjects exhorting them to join in battle against the Germans.

Recommended Citation

Lederer, Richard (2011) "Playing With Accordion Words," Word Ways: Vol. 44 : Iss. 2 , Article 4.
Retrieved from: https://digitalcommons.butler.edu/wordways/vol44/iss2/4