Not really...
Posted on 01/14/2023 8:37:29 AM PST by know.your.why
Rant Warning... I've recently become a member of Toastmasters International. In case you didn't know, Toastmasters is a nonprofit educational organization that teaches public speaking and leadership skills through a worldwide network of clubs. > https://www.toastmasters.org/about < One very special Toastmaster position is the Grammarian. The Grammarian's job is to identify and point out "filler" words that people subconsciously use as 'crutches' during a speech which basically pauses their mouth, so that their brain can catch up to it. Common filler words are Ah, Er, So, Like, Um, etc... Though accepted as common in casual conversation, when brought to the microphone they distract from ones core personality and make you sound nervous, distracted, or disengaged rather than authentic. Some people seem to have "filler word seizures" where they utter "ah-ah-ah-ah..." well, you get the point. Now that I've become sensitive to my own use of the non-word word "Uh", I notice it more in other people. Enter Karine Jean Pierre. This "gifted" individual seems to be capable of stringing enough "uh's" together to just about make a complete fake-sentence from them. You'll know what I mean next time you decide to watch her, er..., torture yourself by watching one of her press conferences. Rant /off... Freep /on
That’s what you get with affirmative action hiring policies...........but she does check 3 minority status boxes so it’s all good. 👌
KJP also CPK for cabbage patch kid. I know someone had the CPK pic on here.
To listen to her for more than a few seconds at a time is to feel your IQ drop and your brain dissolve into oatmeal.
Oh, the F B L check boxes? 😵💫👍
-PJ
Her “Uh’s” Were almost as numerous as obamalama’s “I, Me, My’s” whenever he spoke
Yep, she checks boxes.
She’s black, a woman, openly lesbian, and the daughter of immigrants. She’s a poster girl for many things
Just Give Me Some Truth!!!!!!!!!!!!
What’s distracting to me is that Missy Token tries to read from the notes as if she’s authenticating these thoughts from her own pea sized moppy noggin. The only thing that comes out of her mouth that is uniquely hers is “uh, um, er” with a few ad libbed “let me be clear” or “as I’ve said, clearly”. (Hell, even her stupid knuckle pointer hand gesture is practiced, stolen, and inauthentic.)
She has the presence, demeanor and articulation of a 7th Grade Mean Girl. Quite appropriate for the face of Nuevo Norte America.
We are making some changes to software at my job. Pretty big changes. As part of the intro to that we were given a presentation by a lady who seems to be quite nice and knowledgeable about the product, but every third syllable was “um” or “ah” or something like that.
I may be exaggerating, but only slightly. It was like audio torture to listen to her. This is a big part of her job, I imagine, and she was awful at it.
Former TM myself, I noticed.
Still, this is damned funny.
“...feel your IQ drop and your brain dissolve...”
I felt that way once, reading OK or Hola or some crappy celeb magazine. I could actually feel my brain cells dying!
Toastmasters is a fine organization.
Over the decades, I’ve joined a few, the most recent time about 10 years ago. I know I need that kind of training, not for a job or anything in particular, but for my own self confidence.
I usually didn’t stay very long in any of those groups. Back then, work schedules or plain old stage fright would compell me to stop going.
It may be time for another try.
Ivy League affirmative action delivers!
Life is too short to be counting uhs ers and ums from morons.
I did Toastmasters in 9th grade. It was excellent. No “uh” in my speech. And it makes you hyper-aware of others doing it.
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