The following is a brief exchange on what inner speech is and does from the perspective of a linguist. It was brought about by the publication of a book review by one of the authors of the exchange (https://inference-review.com/article/just-a-thought), which in turn was brought about by the publication of a book (https://global.oup.com/academic/product/inner-speech-
9780198796640?cc=gb&lang=en). The two pieces were meant for publication elsewhere, but they have ended up here. The presentation of the exchange is fully collaborative in that one author put the files together and uploaded them to LingBuzz and the other said ‘OK’.