Thursday, March 08, 2007
Fast Talk
Wink: Airplanes - The only time you have too much fuel is when you are on fire.
Ever notice how the digital age has conditioned us to talk fast? Listening to a few podcasts I have found most are trying to cram all they can into a small time frame. Most are good at it.
Numerous television shows do that as well, especially during advertisements. You thought K-Tel used to be fast, check some of the popular ads today, especially the ones that want you to send a dollar ninety eight because it walks and talks and floats in the bath tub.
Dialogue speeds up near the end when they tell you it is going to cost you ten dollars per call or the price is twenty nine easy payments excluding tax. These are hoping you don't hear clearly.
There are some that are providing information that is very clear, though fast and get a multitude of information into a small time frame. Radio announcers, and TV filler clips do this regularly.
Then there is the opposite extreme, Jared Taylor being a prime example, where the presentation is slow, with many varied tones, clear and the subject tends to stay with you. Some political presenters are able to do both, using whichever technique they feel will suit the subject the best for impact.
Like a lot of writing these days, speech is changing. I am not sure whether good or bad, or even if I like it or not. (What the h@$$ did I say in that last sentence?). . .
This work by NSCAVE is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NoDerivs 3.0 Unported License
Ever notice how the digital age has conditioned us to talk fast? Listening to a few podcasts I have found most are trying to cram all they can into a small time frame. Most are good at it.
Numerous television shows do that as well, especially during advertisements. You thought K-Tel used to be fast, check some of the popular ads today, especially the ones that want you to send a dollar ninety eight because it walks and talks and floats in the bath tub.
Dialogue speeds up near the end when they tell you it is going to cost you ten dollars per call or the price is twenty nine easy payments excluding tax. These are hoping you don't hear clearly.
There are some that are providing information that is very clear, though fast and get a multitude of information into a small time frame. Radio announcers, and TV filler clips do this regularly.
Then there is the opposite extreme, Jared Taylor being a prime example, where the presentation is slow, with many varied tones, clear and the subject tends to stay with you. Some political presenters are able to do both, using whichever technique they feel will suit the subject the best for impact.
Like a lot of writing these days, speech is changing. I am not sure whether good or bad, or even if I like it or not. (What the h@$$ did I say in that last sentence?). . .
This work by NSCAVE is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NoDerivs 3.0 Unported License
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