What does “I’m a lip speaker rather than lip reader” mean?
There was a heated argument going on in the British House of Common over the question whether the Labour leader, Jeremy Corbyn really uttered the word “stupid woman” at Prime Minister, Theresa May during heated discussions on the handling of post-Brexit prosedures. The Speaker of House of Common, John Bercow frequently intervened in the argument by repeating the phrase, “I’m not a lip reader, I’m a lip speaker.” I saw Mr. Bercow repeated this phrase more than a half dozen of times in Youtube.
Of course, you must move your lips when you speak up. However, what does it mean when he says “I emphasis lip speakers rather than lip readers”?
Jeremy Corbyn has insisted he did not refer to Theresa May as a
“stupid woman” after multiple accusations from MPs ...John Bercow, the
speaker, has just accepted a request from Sir Keir Starmer, the shadow
Brexit secretary, for an ... That was also the opinion of lip speakers
- and I emphasis lip speakers rather than lip readers - whose advice ... I'm happy to place that on the record at your ..
The Guardian: 2018/12/19 -
https://www.theguardian.com/.../brexit-latest-pmqs-migration-white-paper-sajid-javid-tor...
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There was a heated argument going on in the British House of Common over the question whether the Labour leader, Jeremy Corbyn really uttered the word “stupid woman” at Prime Minister, Theresa May during heated discussions on the handling of post-Brexit prosedures. The Speaker of House of Common, John Bercow frequently intervened in the argument by repeating the phrase, “I’m not a lip reader, I’m a lip speaker.” I saw Mr. Bercow repeated this phrase more than a half dozen of times in Youtube.
Of course, you must move your lips when you speak up. However, what does it mean when he says “I emphasis lip speakers rather than lip readers”?
Jeremy Corbyn has insisted he did not refer to Theresa May as a
“stupid woman” after multiple accusations from MPs ...John Bercow, the
speaker, has just accepted a request from Sir Keir Starmer, the shadow
Brexit secretary, for an ... That was also the opinion of lip speakers
- and I emphasis lip speakers rather than lip readers - whose advice ... I'm happy to place that on the record at your ..
The Guardian: 2018/12/19 -
https://www.theguardian.com/.../brexit-latest-pmqs-migration-white-paper-sajid-javid-tor...
word-usage meaning-in-context
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There was a heated argument going on in the British House of Common over the question whether the Labour leader, Jeremy Corbyn really uttered the word “stupid woman” at Prime Minister, Theresa May during heated discussions on the handling of post-Brexit prosedures. The Speaker of House of Common, John Bercow frequently intervened in the argument by repeating the phrase, “I’m not a lip reader, I’m a lip speaker.” I saw Mr. Bercow repeated this phrase more than a half dozen of times in Youtube.
Of course, you must move your lips when you speak up. However, what does it mean when he says “I emphasis lip speakers rather than lip readers”?
Jeremy Corbyn has insisted he did not refer to Theresa May as a
“stupid woman” after multiple accusations from MPs ...John Bercow, the
speaker, has just accepted a request from Sir Keir Starmer, the shadow
Brexit secretary, for an ... That was also the opinion of lip speakers
- and I emphasis lip speakers rather than lip readers - whose advice ... I'm happy to place that on the record at your ..
The Guardian: 2018/12/19 -
https://www.theguardian.com/.../brexit-latest-pmqs-migration-white-paper-sajid-javid-tor...
word-usage meaning-in-context
asked 45 secs ago
Yoichi Oishi♦
34.6k110364738
There was a heated argument going on in the British House of Common over the question whether the Labour leader, Jeremy Corbyn really uttered the word “stupid woman” at Prime Minister, Theresa May during heated discussions on the handling of post-Brexit prosedures. The Speaker of House of Common, John Bercow frequently intervened in the argument by repeating the phrase, “I’m not a lip reader, I’m a lip speaker.” I saw Mr. Bercow repeated this phrase more than a half dozen of times in Youtube.
Of course, you must move your lips when you speak up. However, what does it mean when he says “I emphasis lip speakers rather than lip readers”?
Jeremy Corbyn has insisted he did not refer to Theresa May as a
“stupid woman” after multiple accusations from MPs ...John Bercow, the
speaker, has just accepted a request from Sir Keir Starmer, the shadow
Brexit secretary, for an ... That was also the opinion of lip speakers
- and I emphasis lip speakers rather than lip readers - whose advice ... I'm happy to place that on the record at your ..
The Guardian: 2018/12/19 -
https://www.theguardian.com/.../brexit-latest-pmqs-migration-white-paper-sajid-javid-tor...
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word-usage meaning-in-context
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