Yeah, English is not my first language and I kept feeling there was another word in English for the spoken form only, same as in my own language, but couldn’t remember it.
Oh sorry. In case you didn’t pick up on it, I was making a reference. Not supposed to be taken too seriously! (Though it was technically accurate.)
Anyway, in reality in the modern world, there’s usually no difference. The general term for both print and spoken, and the term used in most English-language legal systems today, is defamation.
It would not. I resent that. Libel is written. In speech, it’s slander.
Yeah, English is not my first language and I kept feeling there was another word in English for the spoken form only, same as in my own language, but couldn’t remember it.
So cheers for that!
Oh sorry. In case you didn’t pick up on it, I was making a reference. Not supposed to be taken too seriously! (Though it was technically accurate.)
Anyway, in reality in the modern world, there’s usually no difference. The general term for both print and spoken, and the term used in most English-language legal systems today, is defamation.
Well, in my own language - Portuguese - libel and slander are definitelly distinct legal terms.