{"version":"1.0","type":"rich","provider_name":"Acast","provider_url":"https://acast.com","height":250,"width":700,"html":"<iframe src=\"https://embed.acast.com/$/5fe36a71f3869269deaf79a5/61caf3fda05c070012b6d9b7?\" frameBorder=\"0\" width=\"700\" height=\"250\"></iframe>","title":"0417 – The Janice Pause","thumbnail_width":200,"thumbnail_height":200,"thumbnail_url":"https://open-images.acast.com/shows/5fe36a71f3869269deaf79a5/1640517727663-c9732320b1dc90956152d18c807b99bc.jpeg?height=200","description":"<p><strong>2022.02.21 – 0417 – The Janice Pause</strong></p><p>&nbsp;</p><p><strong>The ‘Janice pause’</strong></p><p>The exaggerated pause indicating stunned surprise, or comedic drama: a trend from ‘<em>Friends</em>’:</p><p><a href=\"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qSmp1ZSvelY\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qSmp1ZSvelY</a> </p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>Having said that, don’t fall into the pattern of pausing so much between words, so often, that your delivery becomes ‘bitty’, with you saying. Each. Individual. Word. Such a delivery is unconventional, un-conversational and un-emotional – sucking energy out of what may actually be exciting content.</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>“<em>Oh </em>[pause] <em>my</em> [pause] <em>gosh</em> [pause] <em>he </em>[pause] <em>just </em>[pause] <em>proposed.”</em></p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>More naturally in this situation of excited, energetic enthusiasm, you’d create a ‘word merge’… </p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>“<em>Ohmygosh</em> [pause] <em>hejustproposed.”</em></p>","author_name":"Peter Stewart"}