YSaC, Vol. 1513: Heart of Glossophobia

2013 May 15

Hey friends – are you lacking in loquacity? Do you have difficulty extending your elocutions to adequate heights of extended verbosity? Do you wish to learn the exciting ability to employ a plethora of syllables when a solitary phoneme might suffice?

If so, this guy probably won’t be much help.

Overcoming Fear Of Speeking


wtf

Thanks for the link, Devn!

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  1. 2013 May 15
    MissMommyNiceNice permalink

    Me help u talk purdy.

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    • 2013 May 15
      nojazzhere permalink

      How?…. you got a purdy mouth? (do I have to explain to our younger viewers?)

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      • 2013 May 15
        MissMommyNiceNice permalink

        TThat was the implication 😉

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  2. 2013 May 15
    Ralph permalink

    2B or not 2B FUBAR.

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  3. 2013 May 15

    Overcoming Fear of Sweering
    _________

    wtf

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  4. 2013 May 15

    IOU one speech.

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  5. 2013 May 15
    nojazzhere permalink

    Chapter Two—- “Overcoming fear of speelling”——-OMG……(have a nicety day, Meg)

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  6. 2013 May 15

    Overcome your fear of speaking by texting instead.

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  7. 2013 May 15
    limelolly permalink

    . . .

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  8. 2013 May 15

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  9. 2013 May 15
    mudslicker permalink

    Sparky, deciding that a career in Auctioneer-ing would be a perfect niche for him, took the first step. It didn’t go so well.

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  10. 2013 May 15

    Speak the speech, I pray thee. Speak. (where’s that puppy when you need him?)

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    • 2013 May 15
      Dan permalink

      I thought Speak was a capybara.

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  11. 2013 May 15
    Demon Duck of Doom permalink

    pebcak

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  12. 2013 May 15

    Is it weird I heard this in Shatner?

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  13. 2013 May 15
    DigitalAxis permalink

    Ok, Sparky’s first mistake was the title of the post. It’s not “Overcoming Fear of Speaking”, it’s “Overwhelming Fear of Speaking.”

    Sparky’s second mistake was to seek help on Craigslist, rather than the clearly superior choice of “Dr. Digi’s Talk-o-Matic 3000” (now with anterior fuscatory gerunds!)

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    • 2013 May 15
      Windrose permalink

      Oh, wow, I want one! Does it come with instructions?

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      • 2013 May 15
        DigitalAxis permalink

        In Etruscan, yes.

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        • 2013 May 15
          nojazzhere permalink

          Translated from the original Ikean.

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  14. 2013 May 15
    CapnMac permalink

    “Win This Flower*”?

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    * This was insisted to me was the meaning of “WTF” not long ago.

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    • 2013 May 15
      One Moving Violation permalink

      I thought it meant “Where’s the Floozies?”.

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  15. 2013 May 15
    Grumpy Grammy permalink

    OMG, sparky came to my Toastmasters meeting one day. When we explained that Toastmasters is there to help its members improve their communication and leadership skills, he said “wtf, I doan need to lern to talk gooder; I already talk gooder’n any of youse” and he left, never to be seen again. I guess he’s already overcome his own fear and wants to impart his wisdom to others. WTF is a great start.

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    • 2013 May 15
      DigitalAxis permalink

      Was it a double-slice Toastmaster?

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  16. 2013 May 15

    This guy needs my new self-help book, “How to communicate with the outside world when communicating with the outside world terrifies you.” Sales have been pretty poor, I think because its target audience is unaware of the book’s existence. I guess that’s the risk I run when writing for people who don’t visit bookstores, libraries,or the internet.

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  17. 2013 May 15
    Francois Tremblay permalink

    This is actually a powerful statement on the bleakness of human existence. Sparky is asking, wtf is up with the fear of speeking (eek!)? Why do we fear communicating with our fellow human beings so much? Is it because we know deep down that they judge us like we judge them? Is it fear of confronting oneself reflected in others? Or do we fear ourselves and our own words when we speek them?

    Confronted with this fear that seems ingrained in our psyche, Sparky, echoing our own sentiments, can only cry, wtf? Why can’t I speek out my truths and enter in a relation of equals with others? But Sparky should well remember the famous proverb:

    “Better to remain silent and be thought a fool who can’t spell a simple word like ‘speak’ than to speek out and remove all doubt.”

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    • 2013 May 15
      P-Rex permalink

      I don’t know too much about humans, but with me, it is the fear of becoming dinner.

      Knowing what the “f” means in wtf. I tend to use substitute words for the more vulgar term. However, wtgtelfo (what the getting the eight legged freak on) just doesn’t translate as well.

      With humans, the dinner usually comes before the freak on. With spiders, the dinner usually comes afterwards.

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    • 2013 May 15
      One Moving Violation permalink

      …and the not so famous proverb:
      Light travels faster than sound. That is why people appear to be smarter until they speeking

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  18. 2013 May 16

    camille, to celebrate your return to the box, I got you this lovely box of Snöjrkrstfisk! Don’t leave it in the sun. Don’t leave it here. And don’t take a deep breath. Punchity Punch Punch Bork Bork Bork!

    Good Morning, Speeklunkers!

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