| Have you ever tried to explain or present something and then the person(s) who is listening immediately pauses you and tells you that you are speaking too fast? I mean once a while is okay, but does it happen to you occasionally? Now I have my fair share of this situation when I have to explain mathematical concepts to other people, so how about you? Are you one of those people? |
| Only if it's something I'm interested in or happen to know a lot about. |
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| I either think my thoughts through before speaking at all, or my words are exactly what I'm thinking. But it takes a certain abnormal mood and situation for my thoughts to instantly translate to spoken words. I've found that I can train myself to think at the same speed I'm writing. |
zharnotczarOct 1, 2010 10:29 PM
| I usually pause to organize my thoughts and then speak quickly in a concise manner. I rarely have people tell me that they fail to understand my point, but then again I usually deal with pretty intelligent people. The only time this might happen is if I carelessly use terms that the audience is unfamiliar with. |
| I usually think before I speak up about anything, so I don't really know if I think faster than I speak. I definitely think faster than I can write though- and I would like to take this time to apologize to all of the erasers I have destroyed over the years due to this. |
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| Yeah, I do talk fast sometimes. But only when I'm anxious or angry about something. |
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| Hell, I don't even think most of the time. |
I've got this burnin' like my veins are filled with nothin' but gasoline. |
| I don't understand how anyone can speak faster than they could think. It sounds absurd and impossible. As for the speaking slow and quickly part - I usually speak slowly with precise words, so it rarely happens to me. |
Earth gets angry after a kick in the face. |
| I either think before I talk, talk what I think or don't talk at all. |
| It happens sometimes when I speak with friends. But not too often. I'm used to explain things to others slowly so I don't have that problem here. I think it's a matter of practice ;) |
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| Both That's all I could say. |
| Yes & No. But mostly I speak before I think. |
| It happens to me sometimes. Confucius said: Now I have my fair share of this situation when I have to explain mathematical concepts to other people, so how about you? Are you one of those people? Oddly enough, I can explain mathematical concepts clearly according to my friends. |
Confucius said: Have you ever tried to explain or present something and then the person(s) who is listening immediately pauses you and tells you that you are speaking too fast? I mean once a while is okay, but does it happen to you occasionally? Now I have my fair share of this situation when I have to explain mathematical concepts to other people, so how about you? Are you one of those people? Isn't that actually speaking as fast as you think instead of speaking slower than the way you think? It seems to be the opposite from the title. |
MonadOct 2, 2010 5:29 AM
| Usually I just can't explain what I mean too well. Never had a speaking too fast problem, everyone around here speaks fast anyway. |
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| I dont think faster than I speak. If Im speaking sometimes this happen " blablablabla... wait... ah, I remember, blablablabla" |
zharnotczar said: I either think my thoughts through before speaking at all, or my words are exactly what I'm thinking. But it takes a certain abnormal mood and situation for my thoughts to instantly translate to spoken words. ^ This. My response time is pretty slow in general to the point where people think that I'm ignoring them but really the information hasn't processed in me yet and that I'm thinking how to respond. |
| I have always been told that I speak too fast. Sometimes, people who aren't used to hearing me speaking have a hard time understanding what I'm saying. This only happens with my two native languages though, and that's probably because I can instantaneously translate my thoughts into words. When I'm speaking in English, I'm less confident and have to think about the words I will use, so I speak slowly. |
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| No, I don't think so. Though I do often think way more than I express in words. I even think of whole sentences parallel to the one I actually said that go from somewhat deranged to just plain silly ones, though I never say them. That usually happens when the person I'm talking to is less confident or talkative than I am. |
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| I usually speak very fast, so most of the people can't understand me right. But I think even faster, and sometimes it's hard to explain myself. |
| i think i am! |
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| I do think I think faster then I talk and sometimes I think so much i can't keep up with mouth and my sentence becomes its own language ;/ |
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| Used to, now I realised people aren't reading from my head but from my lips I'd hate to repeat twice, really You can kiss my lips twice though, i'd enjoy it |
thinkpadOct 2, 2010 9:15 AM
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prismheart said: It happens to me sometimes. Confucius said: Now I have my fair share of this situation when I have to explain mathematical concepts to other people, so how about you? Are you one of those people? Oddly enough, I can explain mathematical concepts clearly according to my friends. I tried that myself, but they still go blank most of the time. Then after a while, I realized that it helps if I write it out |
| I am just a fast talking person in general...a lot of times I find myself talking way to fast and people are like woah slow down. Sometimes when I am talking to fast my sentences get jumbled and I have to stop and think...what the hell did I just say? lol |
Infinite-VoidOct 2, 2010 9:41 AM
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| I have a tendency to talk faster than I think, resulting in the occasional botched sentence or stutter. I'm not really a fast talker, I just think slowly in words. |
| Haha Yeah. I talk pretty fast, and I am told frequently to slow down. I talk fast especially when I'm nervous. I don't even mean to do it. It's just the way I am. =) |
| I barely even talk, and when I do I think 5 times before doing so. It's weird because all my life until around 14 it was the complete opposite, I talked like crazy and most of the time didn't even think about what I was saying. |
| I definitely think faster than I type. xD |
| I talk fast, and I think faster. Most of the time. And only when I'm speaking my native language. |
| "I'd rather be hated for who I am, than loved for who I am not" - Kurt D. Cobain |
rstln said: Yes/no. It's situational. |
| It depends. If I'm tired, I'm slow all-around. If I'm awake, I mostly think faster. It is my curse. |
| Yes & No. |
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| I think before I speak most of the time. If I end up thinking while I am speaking, I start to skip words because my mouth tries to catch up with my brain. If I am thinking about something other then what I'm talking about (Which happens a lot, I blame my ADHD) I end up saying words from what I am thinking. For ex. "Hello Bob, how are pizza?... I meant you!" |
| I guess I do kind of, when I make speeches or do my video game playthroughs on Youtube. Usually just end up saying whatever is in my mind. If I had to choose one way or the other though, I would say they are both in sync for the most part, with my brain in the slight lead. |
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| Yes, better to think first..... |
| Yes! I'm a very "fast" person in everything I do. So, I tend to talk very fast, which confuses the poor people I'm talking too. The worst is when I'm reading out loud, though. People tell me to slow down every time. |
| All the time. It also doesn't help that I'm such a "global" thinker that my thoughts/ideas are not always linear, so when I talk, I talk fast and I jump from one thing to another. I was made aware of this a few years ago and have since been trying to fix it. It's hard to break a habit, though, but I am getting better xD I get less confused looks! |
| I think very fast but when i try to explain I find it hard to say, I don't know why. |
| hmm..pretty much do it at the same time, finish thinking as I'm talking but I don't think ahead, as for talking fast...I'm considered a fast talker that a lot of times it sounds like I'm chaining words together..which isn't the case..I just leave tiny spaces between the words. |
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| Depends on the topic, I could rant on forever and not make sence to anyone. |
| wierd.... when i was a kid those situations were pretty often , i mean , u wanted to say so many things in short period of time and i can talk really really fast . now when I'm older i can influence on that , ofc it still happens for me to talk fast from time to time but with little effort i avoid that w/o problems :D |
Gabriel  |
| Hell yeah! I have this problem all the time. It's actually hard for me to slow down. I think so fast, I can't enunciate what I want to say. And when it comes out, it's a mess. |
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| Almost always . Thus I have created many new words >.<;; And cause my thoughts are passing so fast , I don't have time to make the other person understand so usually my friends just stare at me x) |
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| I'm like that when I'm talking about Anime and yes, my brain does work faster than my mouth. |
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| I think faster |
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