{"version":"1.0","type":"rich","provider_name":"Acast","provider_url":"https://acast.com","height":250,"width":700,"html":"<iframe src=\"https://embed.acast.com/$/5fe36a71f3869269deaf79a5/61cafb611c48880012d2b846?\" frameBorder=\"0\" width=\"700\" height=\"250\"></iframe>","title":"0421 – Too Many Pauses","thumbnail_width":200,"thumbnail_height":200,"thumbnail_url":"https://open-images.acast.com/shows/5fe36a71f3869269deaf79a5/1640517727663-c9732320b1dc90956152d18c807b99bc.jpeg?height=200","description":"<p><strong>2022.02.25 – 0421 – Too Many Pauses</strong></p><p><strong><u>&nbsp;</u></strong></p><p><strong>Too many pauses</strong></p><p>Even though it’s important that each word be properly pronounced, overly precise diction with a micro-pause after each word, can sound very unnatural.</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>Another potential problem is, a we saw before, the speakers who chunk words together by how many there are rather than their sense, and then repeat the pattern. So you get, say three words, then a pause, then three more, and another pause …..</p>","author_name":"Peter Stewart"}