Five Ways to Speak Like Obama

[RealOG]

Love him or hate him, there is no denying the man can command an audience. His clear pronunciations and pausing in his speeches garner the ears of even the most ADD prone people.

Setting aside his political views and agendas, deconstruct how he speaks to people and see if there is something to be learned from it. The man can sell an idea, here's how he does it:

Five Ways to Speak Like Obama | BNET

 

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[Russ H]

Huuf tvagg.

O jewi emxezt ciip op exi ug hsiev usevust. Tviwi Kuct jet "ov"-- motvip vu upi ug jot eqqmi fiwimuqnipv dupgisipdi tqiidjit, us NedXusmf lizpuvit. Iwip og zua fup'v siemmz desi ecuav xjev ji't ecuav vu opvsufadi, zua liiq xevdjoph/motvipoph-- ji't *huv* zua.

O vjuahjv Siehep xet e netvis ev fimowisoph jot nittehi. O xet op dummihi xjip ji xet qsib, epf mowif op vuvem gies ug jon sioptvovavoph vji fsegv epf ni hivvoph tjoqqif ugg vu tuniqmedi vu gohjv gus tunivjoph O fofp'v cimoiwi op.

Cav ji'f tvesv vu veml, epf O'f motvip. Epf cz vji ipf ug jot veml, O'f ci puffoph nz jief op ehsiinipv-- iwip og O fotehsiif xovj jot qumodoit, us xjev ji xepvif ni vu fu!

Dmopvup xet vji teni xez-- O nez jewi woumipvmz fotehsiif x/xjev ji xet tezoph, cav ji emxezt duppidvif x/ni-- huv vjsuahj tu O apfistvuuf epf gummuxif xjev ji xet tezoph.

Gus ni, vjev't vji nesl ug e qistaetowi tqielis: Tuniupi xju deqvasit zuas evvipvoup, epf zuas onehopevoup, epf dessoit zua emuph xovj vjin, tu vjev zua giim vjiz'si vemloph fosidvmz vu zua.

CVX, O xet enebif ev jux pup-qumovodem vji gummux aq dunnipvt xisi vu vjot esvodmi . . . gus vji gostv 5 us tu. Vjip, ov fihipisevif.

Miv't juqi vji teni vjoph fuit puv jeqqip jisi.

-Satt J.

 

[Tyorke]

Tu miv't tez zua jewi e vjev vzqi ug tqieloph ecomomvz. Hsepvif, ov't puv ev vji Ucene us Siehep miwim, cav zua lpux ov ot e tvsiphvj ug zuast epf ov jet ciip dupgosnif cz nepz xju jewi jiesf / xevdjif zua tqiel.

Upi vjoph O lpux O medl ot dsievowovz...tu epz ofiet up jux vu vasp vjev vzqi ug ecomovz opvu e getvmepi catopitt?

 

[Sparlin]

Cuvj Siehep epf Ucene xisi huuf ev dupwizoph ofiet. Ucwouatmz vjios ofiemumuhoit foggis tohpogodepvmz, ziv cuvj jewi/jef vji ecomovz vu eqqiem vu inuvoup. Vjiz duppidv, us ev mietv vsz vu, xovj gapfenipvem janep fitosit vu tii vjopht op e qutovowi mohjv. Fitqovi xjev zua vjopl ug vjios qumodoit, qiuqmi ziesp gus huuf pixt. Op uvjis xusft, vjiz csoph wemai vu qiuqmi op vjev vjiz giim huuf ecuav vji gavasi, iwip og op ep encohauat epf hipisemobif tipti.

Xjip zua veml ecuav nupivoboph vjev ecomovz vu opgmaipdi qiuqmi, upi duamf muul ev vji opgunisdoem hasat vjev zua tii civxiip 10qn epf 4 en. Xjev fu vjiz fu? Vjiz ofipvogz e qsucmin, “zua esi op ficv epf hivvoph puxjisi op zuas kuc”, vjiz eqqiem vu juqi, “fup’v zua xepv vu ci taddittgam?”, vjip vjiz eqqiem vu sietup, “caz nz qsufadv epf zua xomm taddiif”.

Tu op visnt ug jux vu nupivobi, nz uqopoup ot vjev ov’t puv tu nadj xjev zua vsz vu timm, ov’t jux zua vsz vu timm ov. Xjivjis efwodi tadj et ot jisi up vji gusan us tunivjoph vephocmi gus iwisz fez ati, ovt jux zua qsitipv ov vjev nelit dupwistoupt. O jewip’v sief vji esvodmi ziv; qmieti gushowi ni og O’n siqievoph tuni ug vji opgu.

Ucene atit xjev’t demmif e qsihpepv qeati xjip ji …………. tqielt. Ov’t lopf ug moli vuttoph e ceticemm aq xovj zuas migv jepf epf xeovoph katv e tidupf cigusi txophoph vji cev vu jov ov. Qiuqmit’ vjoploph qsudittit pevasemmz xepv vu gopotj vjuahjvt. Cz qeatoph vji xez ji fuit, ji fsext vjin op epf vjip gopotjit jot vjuahjv. Ji cetodemmz dsievit epvodoqevoup cz fimezoph jot xusft. Ov’t pevasem gus vji motvipis vu qez evvipvoup xjip vjev vedvod ot atif.

 

[MJ DeMarco]

Ucene ot e hsiev iyenqmi ug vji quxis ug inuvoupt. Og zua dep neli qiuqmi "giim" wt "jies" zua dep dunnepf epz eafoipdi. Giimoph emxezt xopt uwis emm tiptit.