Wednesday, July 15, 2009

Prosody matters!

I mean it really matters … the Onion reports that:

Nation Descends Into Chaos As Throat Infection Throws Off Obama's Cadence

Key quote:
Many say they fear that without Obama's strong, yet compassionate, vocal cadence, the entire country will crumble into dust—leaving only the ashy remains of a once powerful Western empire.
And oh yeah, experimentalists may want to compare notes with these researchers.

2 comments:

Anonymous said...

So, if he was drinking lots of coffee, what effects would that have?

Another triple shot of espresso with unrefined brown sugar, Mr. President?

Sarah Gershman said...

I love this onion article. I am a speech coach and just blogged about it in my speaking advice blog, sarahgershman.blogspot.com.

I would love to hear your thoughts!

Sarah