6 Sloppy Speech Habits

Right speech is very important when working in any corporate environment. You have a professional and you need to know what you're trying to say. Its that simple.

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I think I've read that article before... But, I really find it informative and it has helped my music.

Sometimes it's hard to avoid these things when you're really nervous.

I hope that the president is reading.

A must for every sales person. Speak slowly and choose your words carefully. Be comfortable that sometimes a silent pause is better than inane fillers like..."uuuhhh" and the one I hate the most "you know".

How about these? Using the word irregardless (no such word!) for regardless; pacific (ocean?) for the correct word SPECIFIC! and the youth and even older folks of today, saying, like ........... every other word! No wonder we spend the most $ per capita of any free world country on educating our youth and get the least bang for our buck! As an ex-teacher I can assure you that the teacher's unions and lobbies that allow marginal and even sub-standard teachers to keep their jobs year after year due to the "horrid concept" of tenure, multiply this problem many-fold. Also while on this subject, every "news reader" , reporter, sportscaster and weather persons with ANY chance of going before the public on camera should have to read and write an essay on Edwin Newman's great book, "Strictly Speaking". Hey TV and radio folks out there, there are no Webster's approved words listed that exist that end with the subword "-wise" That means the words weatherwise , pointswise, newswise, etc do not exist! There are a few notable exceptions such as otherwise (this one is ok) but very few! ................ Take it away america cause now I will have a few hundred teachers on my case for my comments about tenure, etc. I rest my case, because the last time I heard the word irregardless and the word pacific(but not meaning the ocean but rather the word specific) was two of my son's teachers in their speech habits. Sadly, these are jus the tip of the proverbial iceberg! Ugh! Does one bad apple, spoil the lot ???? No but it perpetuates the problem many fold unless these folks are rehabilitated or culled out of the system. Like my hero John McCain said in the debate last night regarding the present state of our educational system. We need to find the bad teachers another line of work! I couldn't agree more, because these "bad apples" interact with hundreds of students day after day, week after week, year after year and in the end have surely contributed to our lack of progress and scholastic achievement in our educational process that we have today. Ok, lecture over and class dismissed!

Sincerely,

Gary B Winston-Salem NC

I am a call center executive and have experienced a few companies and the most important thing everybody looks into is grammar, intonation, neutral accent and your way of presentation. No matter if you have loads of experience but atleast for a moment everybody would be tensed while interview and might make mistakes. The ''6 Sloppy Speech Habits'' above would definetely help freshers and people with less experience too. However, if you are looking for a level 2 position or above, you should learn something more than this. For eg: the presentation skills, body language, eye contact, gestures, etc. One should also be well prepared with all sorts of interview questions. Like, "Tell me about yourself...", "Why are you leaving your current position?", "What do you consider your most significant accomplishment?", "Why do you believe you are qualified for this position?", "Have you ever accomplished something you didn't think you could?", "What do you like/dislike most about your current or last position?", "How do you handle pressure? Do you like or dislike these situations?", "The sign of a good employee is the ability to take initiative. Can you describe a situation where you did this?", "What was the worst/most embarrassing situation of your career? How would you have done things differently with 20/20 hindsight?", "How have you grown or changed over the past few years?", "What do you consider your most significant strength?", "What do you consider your most significant strength?", etc.....
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I am not a native of the Philadelphia area but have lived here for more than twenty years. Many people add extra syllables to one or two-syllable words or simply butcher the correct pronunciation of common words. That has produced such stellar examples as "Acme" becoming "Ac-a-me", the word "across" being pronounced as "acrost" (there is no "t" in the word) and my two (least) favorites: The overuse of the word "Yo!" (butal), followed closely by "atty-tude" for the word "attitude". How could a person hire someone who speaks that way -- unless the job calls for being hidden away in a cave with no outside contact. Across the country, too many people use the expression, "he gave the tickets to he and I" when, of course, the correct usage is "to HIM and ME", because the words are the objects of the verb "gave". Is grammar no longer taught AT ALL at any level in this country?