I speak like an educated individual. I do tend to surprise myself every now and then. However, I prefer not to talk at all.
This post was edited by Zack at April 29, 2020 7:43 PM MDT
That is denying many of your amazing self, thoughts, and mind. I find that very sad. I enjoy reading you and think of you as an intelligent person who has many ideas and valuable thoughts to offer. You also can be funny when you desire. Since I believe you, I am glad I have the opportunity to know you when you speak here at answerMug.
No, because my written responses are more carefully thought out. I can't type words as fast as I can speak them, and that helps. Spoken responses will be somewhat similar, I guess, but put together more impulsively and less organized.
I do write as I speak. It is a VERY BAD habit and one that I do not advise any one to do. Speaking and writing are two different things. When I speak, I do speak in complete sentences as I try to do when I write; however, I tend to have incredibly long sentences that still hold true to the subject and go on and on and on and on. It takes a lot less time to say the words than to read and write them. This also allows emotions to slide merrily into my thoughts. When I get on a roll, I misspell and jump around. BAD! BAD! BAD! When I speak, I catch myself. One thing is for sure. I do have a point. I make a point but I am easily distracted by my feelings and it shows in my writing.
It is a bad style and habit and one that I do NOT suggest anyone to incorporate into their writing.
This post was edited by Merlin at April 30, 2020 1:41 AM MDT
Oh, very often. I catch myself saying i before e except after c and y on ocassion. It has a tendency to derail the flow of thought with others. I know what I am doing. They don't have a clue. At this point, I make them another strong cocktail and change the subject. ;) :) Shots anyone??
I hope you won't mind if I disagree that writing as one speaks is a very bad habit. I think, it a context such as answerMug, it's wonderful to write the way one speaks. It helps us hear the voice and character of the writer so much more clearly.
(((Wave something shiny in front of her eyes when she’s talking to you, folks. Or better yet, just out of the corner of her eye. It’s hilarious to see how she gets off track! Shhhhhh, try it, but don’t tell her I said this.)))
My manner of speaking and the words I use pretty much resemble a mix between those of Sidney Poitier and Neil DeGrasse Tyson. I rarely use slang (it would sound forced and affected if I did), nor anything akin to Ebonics, etc. Those of you who are accustomed to seeing my writing have a general idea of how I sound when I talk; the two are quite similar. At certain times throughout my life, I have had people tell me that from merely hearing me speak for the first time, and after only the first minute or two, they can tell that I am not only intelligent but also educated (and no, that’s not redundant because the two are not mutually inclusive concepts).
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This post was edited by Randy D at April 30, 2020 1:46 AM MDT
Thank you, but in my use of Neil Tyson as an example, I refer only to those specifics that I outlined, none of which include any of those that you mentioned. It’s difficult to find people in life who mirror ALL of one’s own ideas, ideals, ideologies, philosophies, beliefs, tenets, traits, mannerisms, manners, deportment, style, class, equities, assets, etc., and that includes people in one’s immediate family and circle of close friends. I am no more aligning with everything he represents by citing him than I would align myself with everything Mother Teresa or Doctor Martin Luther King* represented had I used them as examples for comparisons to anything about me.
*Interesting side note: there were rumors (or accurate reports, I don’t know which) that one carefully hidden aspect of Doctor King’s adult life was that he was a womanizer and/or that he committed adultery on at least one occasion. There would be no benefit to his life’s work, either while he was alive nor in his legacy in death, for that to leak out. If true, it causes damage, if untrue, it causes doubt. Either way, I call upon it to further what I wrote above. I can use a person as an example, but since all humans are flawed creatures, we either have to take the hood with the bad or separate the good from the bad. Even in our own lives, you and I and all others have to recognize our own shortcomings also. ~
This post was edited by Randy D at April 30, 2020 8:55 PM MDT
Zack 