A) One of my very first blog essays, two years ago, was devoted to the "dumbing down" of the continued and deteriorating "public speaking" in our Amer-i-can society. Too many out in front of "public speaking" are LAZY and INCOMPETENT, with their personal speech!
B) "LIKE"..."YOU KNOW"..."UHS"...."AHHS"..."UMMMS".....
C) How do i know and why? Was a greenhorn, and proud participant, in a TOASTMASTERS CLUB in the past, passing and earning a graduation diploma with an A+! In our Club, we learned to compose and speak in front of fellow Club members with a series of required types of speeches. But most importantly, we ARE critiqued in every way on how we speak during each and every meeting.
D) There is always an "AHH COUNTER" listening for, recording and sharing exactly how many "ahhs" and "uhs" and those ignorant "likes" and "you knows" during the entire Club meeting! This guy has been trained to....speak with intelligence and dignity.
E) For the record, Chris Wallace, Brit Hume and the late Ronald Wilson Reagan ARE/WERE examples of TOASTMASTER CLUB excellence.
F) P-L-E-A-S-E....now, pay attention to the speaking habits and qualities around you, locally, and in the national news media. I can prove my supposition, then. And then? You'll begin to cringe at the public speaking ignorance rampant in our American society...and begin to DEMAND that such ignorance be exposed and corrected or you will not listen!!
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