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Why somepeopletalkveryfast and others ... take ... their ... time − despite stereotypes, it has nothing to do with intelligence

  • Written by Michelle Devereaux, Professor of English and English Education, Kennesaw State University
Why somepeopletalkveryfast and others ... take ... their ... time − despite stereotypes, it has nothing to do with intelligenceFrench, Spanish and Japanese are spoken faster than German, Vietnamese and Mandarin, with English somwhere in the middle.Aaron Amat/iStock/Getty Images Plus

Pop culture abounds with examples of very fast talkers. There’s the Judy Grimes character played by Kristen Wiig on “Saturday Night Live,” or that guy from the 1980s who did...

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