[Lucadg]

I am a mediocre speaker and a fairly good writer (in Italian) and I always wondered wether these two skills are somewhat mutually exclusive. The same happens to me with learning languages (I'm good, I speak 7 fluently) and orientation (I get lost after two turns even in a city I know). I agree with pg in preferring to be able to write well rather than speak well, as the written word is more powerful in the long term and is a better carrier of powerful ideas.