Speech and Writing

Opposite meaning words

Speech noun - A usually formal discourse delivered to an audience.

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Writing is an antonym for speech.

Nearby Word: speechless

Writing noun - Letters or symbols that are written or imprinted on a surface to represent the sounds or words of a language.

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Speech is an antonym for writing in printed composition topic.

Nearby Words: write, writer, writ

human	human speech	human writing
good	good speech	good writing
similar	similar speech	similar writing
normal	normal speech	normal writing
Other adjectives: usual, formal, alien, original, actual, great, little, bad, dramatic, odd.

Arashi Kishuu from X1999 is a Miko raised in the Ise Jingun temple, and has very archaic speech/writing patterns.

Source: Keigo
Per Word of God, this gives everyone the ability to understand all other languages, but doesn't actually change what speech or writing sounds/looks like.

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Gaster, whose speech/writing is also done in a unique font - in this case, Wingdings (which seems to be where his initials are derived from - incidentally, "Aster" is also a font).

Source: Useful Notes / Fonts

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