I'll be on Coast to Coast AM tonight, talking about my The World's Weirdest Places book. Times are 11PM-2AM Pacific, 1AM to 4AM Central, and 2AM to 5AM Eastern. Should be a good show!
Nick, you repeat the phrase " you know" far to frequently while speaking. May I suggest that you listen to yourself, you will discover that you repeat "youknow" to point of utter distraction. Sorry, I don't mean to be unkind, although I find your subject matter very interesting, your speaking style or lack therof is shocking for a published author. "you know" every fourth word was too much to bare. I tuned you out and turned off
I come from Birmingham UK we say 'you know' all the time... how rude of a person to comment on someones speech, how very pompass .. Nick I love listening to you talk.
Exactly! I'm from Pelsall, so barely 30 minutes from Birmingham, and everyone says "you know." The day I put on airs and graces and fancy talk to appease someone is the day I...well, it won't happen! LOL. If people can't take listening to me, I couldnt care less if i tried :)
I don't care! I'll speak like I've always spoken, and if people don't like it I won't lose any sleep over it, nor will I ever talk any different to how I would in any situation. You know? In fact, I'll perhaps add a few more "you knows" next time, just for good measure. You know?
Hi Nick. my name is Daniel. I listened to you a few times but this time tonight/morning heard a reasonableness in your that I didn't notice before, perhaps because you said to be open minded to various things despite your belief in them not being true. Since you are "open minded" as you claim, please read the letter I wrote for you here http://eternian.wordpress.com/2012/10/29/open-to-truth-closed-to-lies/ consider your statement on open mindedness.
I didn't notice him saying "You know" at all this morning. Perhaps he decided to correct himself after all? I've never noticed him saying that. I do notice when it's said. It's a bad habit, since often those who say it are assuming the person does know, and is used as a way to delay so that they can fill in what they think will be awkward silence or to let the person listening know that they haven't stopped thinking and are still about to say something so that they aren't cut off. Shawn Hannity always does it, I can't stand listening to him for that reason among his irritating (to me at least) voice.
Re "You know" - I will say it again: I speak like I have always spoken, I refuse to market myself as something I'm not, or change my ways, my way of talking or anything. I am who I am, and I'll never apologize for that because there's no need to. And I don't care either. People can like it or not, and like the way I talk or not, but nothing is going to change. Ever.
As anyone who knows me will know, I'm not some lofty, culture-loving type with a mass of academic credentials to my name: I walked out of school at 17 with not a single academic credential worth a damn, no college, no university, and still made my way in the world on my own terms. And without kissing ass or talking right either. I talk the way I talk and, for me, that's what matters. Opinions to the contrary? It would be hard to care less if I tried.
Well speaking as an over-educated pompous wonk I knew that Nick was just rhythmically timing his talk as a neoformalist gesture -- the form of his speaking was the real content, reflecting the words as "Bretchian critical distancing."
So you could say Nick was hypnotically calling forth the great old beasts of Britain thereby garnishing fortitude to the talk like an ancient Druid. O.K. long vowel sounds are trance inducing like mantras -- and repetition is not redundancy as any student of quantum chaos self-organizing complexity science knows.
This is why, say in Morocco, it's completely normal to repeat something over -- without some annoying twit exclaiming: You already said that! Because the real point is that it's not the content of the words but the intent or electromagnetic mind power behind the words that matters.
Well speaking as an over-educated pompous wonk I knew that Nick was just rhythmically timing his talk as a neoformalist gesture -- the form of his speaking was the real content, reflecting the words as "Bretchian critical distancing."
So you could say Nick was hypnotically calling forth the great old beasts of Britain thereby garnishing fortitude to the talk like an ancient Druid. O.K. long vowel sounds are trance inducing like mantras -- and repetition is not redundancy as any student of quantum chaos self-organizing complexity science knows.
This is why, say in Morocco, it's completely normal to repeat something over -- without some annoying twit exclaiming: You already said that! Because the real point is that it's not the content of the words but the intent or electromagnetic mind power behind the words that matters.
Great interview I enjoyed listening to you speak.. I come from Birmingham UK we say "you know" frequently . Pointing out how someone talks is rude and frankly very immature.
Nick, you repeat the phrase " you know" far to frequently while speaking. May I suggest that you listen to yourself, you will discover that you repeat "youknow" to point of utter distraction. Sorry, I don't mean to be unkind, although I find your subject matter very interesting, your speaking style or lack therof is shocking for a published author. "you know" every fourth word was too much to bare. I tuned you out and turned off
ReplyDeleteI come from Birmingham UK we say 'you know' all the time... how rude of a person to comment on someones speech, how very pompass ..
DeleteNick I love listening to you talk.
Exactly! I'm from Pelsall, so barely 30 minutes from Birmingham, and everyone says "you know." The day I put on airs and graces and fancy talk to appease someone is the day I...well, it won't happen! LOL. If people can't take listening to me, I couldnt care less if i tried :)
Deletebest interview yet.
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ReplyDeleteI don't care! I'll speak like I've always spoken, and if people don't like it I won't lose any sleep over it, nor will I ever talk any different to how I would in any situation. You know? In fact, I'll perhaps add a few more "you knows" next time, just for good measure. You know?
Hi Nick. my name is Daniel. I listened to you a few times but this time tonight/morning heard a reasonableness in your that I didn't notice before, perhaps because you said to be open minded to various things despite your belief in them not being true. Since you are "open minded" as you claim, please read the letter I wrote for you here http://eternian.wordpress.com/2012/10/29/open-to-truth-closed-to-lies/ consider your statement on open mindedness.
ReplyDeleteI didn't notice him saying "You know" at all this morning. Perhaps he decided to correct himself after all? I've never noticed him saying that. I do notice when it's said. It's a bad habit, since often those who say it are assuming the person does know, and is used as a way to delay so that they can fill in what they think will be awkward silence or to let the person listening know that they haven't stopped thinking and are still about to say something so that they aren't cut off. Shawn Hannity always does it, I can't stand listening to him for that reason among his irritating (to me at least) voice.
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ReplyDeleteRe "You know" - I will say it again: I speak like I have always spoken, I refuse to market myself as something I'm not, or change my ways, my way of talking or anything. I am who I am, and I'll never apologize for that because there's no need to. And I don't care either. People can like it or not, and like the way I talk or not, but nothing is going to change. Ever.
As anyone who knows me will know, I'm not some lofty, culture-loving type with a mass of academic credentials to my name: I walked out of school at 17 with not a single academic credential worth a damn, no college, no university, and still made my way in the world on my own terms. And without kissing ass or talking right either. I talk the way I talk and, for me, that's what matters. Opinions to the contrary? It would be hard to care less if I tried.
Well speaking as an over-educated pompous wonk I knew that Nick was just rhythmically timing his talk as a neoformalist gesture -- the form of his speaking was the real content, reflecting the words as "Bretchian critical distancing."
ReplyDeleteSo you could say Nick was hypnotically calling forth the great old beasts of Britain thereby garnishing fortitude to the talk like an ancient Druid. O.K. long vowel sounds are trance inducing like mantras -- and repetition is not redundancy as any student of quantum chaos self-organizing complexity science knows.
This is why, say in Morocco, it's completely normal to repeat something over -- without some annoying twit exclaiming: You already said that! Because the real point is that it's not the content of the words but the intent or electromagnetic mind power behind the words that matters.
Well speaking as an over-educated pompous wonk I knew that Nick was just rhythmically timing his talk as a neoformalist gesture -- the form of his speaking was the real content, reflecting the words as "Bretchian critical distancing."
ReplyDeleteSo you could say Nick was hypnotically calling forth the great old beasts of Britain thereby garnishing fortitude to the talk like an ancient Druid. O.K. long vowel sounds are trance inducing like mantras -- and repetition is not redundancy as any student of quantum chaos self-organizing complexity science knows.
This is why, say in Morocco, it's completely normal to repeat something over -- without some annoying twit exclaiming: You already said that! Because the real point is that it's not the content of the words but the intent or electromagnetic mind power behind the words that matters.
Great interview I enjoyed listening to you speak..
ReplyDeleteI come from Birmingham UK we say "you know" frequently .
Pointing out how someone talks is rude and frankly very immature.