Does your language’s criteria for being well-spoken focus more on vocabulary or metaphorical language?

An interesting question, I know. From what I’ve gathered, in English, we don’t have many widespread metaphorical phrases, but we do have a BUNCH of synonyms for words that provide minute differences in meaning. Therefore, someone who is well-spoken in English, usually refers to someone who can use those small differences in effective ways.

In French, however, due to controls on the language’s evolution, there are fewer words to use than in English (approximately 1/6th as many). I’ve found that someone who is well spoken in French isn’t someone who commands a large vocabulary, but rather someone who can mix words into evocative phrases.

What’s your language’s relation to being “well-spoken?”

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