He did not claim a Marian apparition, but a locution, i.e. an internal voice. An interior locution in distinguished from an interior monologue. To perform an illocutionary act is to use a locution with a certain force. An interior locution is a mystical concept used by various religions. He reported an interior locution from the Virgin Mary. The technical term of receiving revelations verbally, as opposed to in visions, is interior locution. On that day he reported his first alleged interior locution from the Virgin Mary. ABC reporter Kate Snow adopted the same locution. The same locution occurs in other languages. After finishing elementary school she did studies on commercial locution. The locution is cited in important texts from all stages of the English language.