Why do people Talk. Like. This. On youtube?

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HamishR

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It's possibly more prevalent in Australia - I hear it on radio here all the time too. But Rhett Schull talks like this a fair bit. It's. As. If. Every. Word. Is. Critical. People on news reports often speak like this.

It's kind of a spoken version of how a lot of folks write things at work. There is a long history of writing letters and emails such as "Works shall commence at or prior to commencement of aforementioned works..." What's wrong with starting things before or now?

Is it red light fever?
 
It's how speech trainers teach you to talk when doing public speaking. There is a psychological effect at work and it makes you take in the content better, even if it annoys the odd recipient. I bet there's a lot of practice going into their speaking skills behind the scenes.

Similar thing with written word, there are a bunch of rules to make content ingestion more efficient (especially for English as a Second Language (ESL) users).

The oratory stuff is really fascinating. Watch a good political speech and you will see a whole bunch of skills at play. A lot of respect for speech writers and those who practice to deliver them. Simon Lancaster is a brilliant insight into rhetoric, the following is a great watch.

 
HamishR said:
For example:


It's possibly more prevalent in Australia - I hear it on radio here all the time too. But Rhett Schull talks like this a fair bit. It's. As. If. Every. Word. Is. Critical. People on news reports often speak like this.

It's kind of a spoken version of how a lot of folks write things at work. There is a long history of writing letters and emails such as "Works shall commence at or prior to commencement of aforementioned works..." What's wrong with starting things before or now?

Is it red light fever?
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What. Are. You. Talking. About?

I see. Nothing. Wrong here. 🤣
 
I don't find anything unusual about the way Leon is talking? Do I maybe watch too many YT videos? Do you have a certain time stamp from the video where he is doing it?
 
It's the emphasis on Every. Word. Almost. Equally. Even just joining words. We don't speak like this normally in conversation - we put emphasis on the important words. I don't know who said it first but it's "putting emPHASis on the wrong syllABLE". If I say "put out the fire" I don't say "Put OUT THE fire".

Maybe it annoys me because I have a degree in English and know how to write? I make a point of trying to write in as clear a way as possible, without the kind of BS words people only ever use when writing. Writing is different from speaking, but there is no need ever to use words like commence, proceedings or prior to.

My wife is a copy writer and she loves to de-corporatise writing. So we're hyper-aware of how people speak in videos and write on websites, in papers, etc. I was raised in a house full of books and people who read them!

I look forward to watching your vid, Mr Szukalski. :)
 
HamishR said:
For example:


It's possibly more prevalent in Australia - I hear it on radio here all the time too. But Rhett Schull talks like this a fair bit. It's. As. If. Every. Word. Is. Critical. People on news reports often speak like this.

It's kind of a spoken version of how a lot of folks write things at work. There is a long history of writing letters and emails such as "Works shall commence at or prior to commencement of aforementioned works..." What's wrong with starting things before or now?

Is it red light fever?
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Pauses like that in speech are usually the result of having to think to choose the next word, or in his case he might not have the best reading ability and is parsing the words as he goes. imo.

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Just a piece of information. I was on a training to write speeches and perform them. We had lot of folks, who had a problem with free speech. They ran into using 'uhh' and 'umm' while thinking how to end the sentence. One of hints the teacher gave was to emphasize single words to get time for finding new words. This worked for most of them.
I think it it's more annoying to hear 2 umms per sentence.
 
Maybe the accent prevents me from hearing it but I've never noticed.. besides, after Leon calls me a Legend in his intro, I'm probably too proud to hear anything negative.
 
I generally dislike how Rhett makes everything sound so super serious and dramatic with his speaking and editing style. Like dude discovers you can tune your guitar half a step down and will make a 20 minute self-indulgent essay about how it affects the tone in soooo many ways and whatnot.
 
jesuscrisp said:
I generally dislike how Rhett makes everything sound so super serious and dramatic with his speaking and editing style. Like dude discovers you can tune your guitar half a step down and will make a 20 minute self-indulgent essay about how it affects the tone in soooo many ways and whatnot.
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He's not a guitar teacher. He's not a veteran studio player with tons of wisdom to impart on that aspect of guitar. I don't know that I'd really call him a gear reviewer either. His gear knowledge seems like it was gained off reading forums rather than actually experiencing playing lots of gear. The mood is always so serious and self important. It's definitely not fun or entertaining to me. If Robert Baker is teaching a ZZ Top lick I'll watch it even though I already know it because he's a fun guy. If Pete Thorn is showing a piece of gear I'm going to learn about different ways to use it. Ryan Burke will tell you he's not a good guitar player, but his show is fun and he'll show you a lot of ways to use what he's demonstrating. There's just so many youtubers I watch and they all have something they're good at. I guess I just don't get the point of his channel or what he contributes to that community.

He's a decent guitar player that's somehow friends with Rick Beato. I think that may be how he gained momentum on youtube? I guess just don't like when people present themselves as some kind of authority on a topic and in reality they have a lot to learn.
 
I have to agree. And because he's mates with that guy from Mythos Pedals he's always saying how great they are. And they're not!

I think Rhett Schull is probably a decent guy and I don't mind his playing, but an authority he is not. Neither am I, which is why I don't have a YouTube channel. I haven't toured with a band but I've played hundreds of gigs with bands and built lots of amps and pedals so I possibly know more about a lot of this stuff than he does. But there are loads of guys who know way more than me.

And his videos have become tedious.
 
My simple rule: if Rhett Shull does it, it's wrong.
No hate but the guy rubs me the wrong way.

I wish YouTubers spoke like Christopher WALKEN

 
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