Comments on: Public Speaking (93) http://thewordnerds.org/2007/10/06/public-speaking-93/ A podcast about words, language, and why we say the things we do Fri, 16 May 2008 04:19:26 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.1 By: Tyler http://thewordnerds.org/2007/10/06/public-speaking-93/#comment-27098 Tyler Mon, 08 Oct 2007 13:39:28 +0000 http://thewordnerds.org/2007/10/06/public-speaking-93/#comment-27098 One historical person who is considered a great orator who you guys missed was Adolf Hitler. He turned the German people into putty in his hands. I guess that's a good example of the power of great oratory -- it can drive people to do just about anything if it's really good. One historical person who is considered a great orator who you guys missed was Adolf Hitler. He turned the German people into putty in his hands. I guess that’s a good example of the power of great oratory — it can drive people to do just about anything if it’s really good.

]]> By: Tyler http://thewordnerds.org/2007/10/06/public-speaking-93/#comment-27100 Tyler Mon, 08 Oct 2007 13:55:58 +0000 http://thewordnerds.org/2007/10/06/public-speaking-93/#comment-27100 Now see, I should have listened to the whole podcast before I posted my previous comment! You mentioned Hitler during the demagogue/rude-word section. Whoops! Now see, I should have listened to the whole podcast before I posted my previous comment! You mentioned Hitler during the demagogue/rude-word section. Whoops!

]]> By: Dave http://thewordnerds.org/2007/10/06/public-speaking-93/#comment-27101 Dave Mon, 08 Oct 2007 14:19:00 +0000 http://thewordnerds.org/2007/10/06/public-speaking-93/#comment-27101 Yep, Hitler was definitely a rabble-rouser! Thanks for the comment, Tyler. Yep, Hitler was definitely a rabble-rouser!

Thanks for the comment, Tyler.

]]> By: Tristan http://thewordnerds.org/2007/10/06/public-speaking-93/#comment-27380 Tristan Fri, 12 Oct 2007 18:37:49 +0000 http://thewordnerds.org/2007/10/06/public-speaking-93/#comment-27380 Ad fundum! Ad fundum!

]]> By: jayvee f. http://thewordnerds.org/2007/10/06/public-speaking-93/#comment-27540 jayvee f. Mon, 15 Oct 2007 12:14:51 +0000 http://thewordnerds.org/2007/10/06/public-speaking-93/#comment-27540 good episode. it would have been nice to touch on some rhetorical tools like making use of the ciceronian triplet, alliteration and there's this other one ... i forgot what it is called but it is used to stress point (i.e. it definitely does not need to be mentioned once more that "insert point here"). i have one question -- how can public speakers control their stuttering? good episode. it would have been nice to touch on some rhetorical tools like making use of the ciceronian triplet, alliteration and there’s this other one … i forgot what it is called but it is used to stress point (i.e. it definitely does not need to be mentioned once more that “insert point here”).

i have one question — how can public speakers control their stuttering?

]]> By: Antonio Polo http://thewordnerds.org/2007/10/06/public-speaking-93/#comment-28251 Antonio Polo Thu, 25 Oct 2007 20:27:34 +0000 http://thewordnerds.org/2007/10/06/public-speaking-93/#comment-28251 Don't stop guys, this is the best esl podcast ever ! I download this and hear in my car when taking my wife to work, regards from São Paulo - Brazil. Don’t stop guys, this is the best esl podcast ever !
I download this and hear in my car when taking my wife to work, regards from São Paulo - Brazil.

]]> By: Howard http://thewordnerds.org/2007/10/06/public-speaking-93/#comment-30112 Howard Wed, 21 Nov 2007 13:44:53 +0000 http://thewordnerds.org/2007/10/06/public-speaking-93/#comment-30112 The point jayvee f. mentions is called preterition, I believe from the Latin praeteritio (and certainly from the root preposition praeter, beyond, and verb eo, ire, to go), meaning "a going past" or something. It is when an orator mentions something by saying he is not going to mention it, or that he is dismissing it. For example, "Never mind the fact that you tracked mud all over my rug when you came in here, what I want to know is.... etc." The point jayvee f. mentions is called preterition, I believe from the Latin praeteritio (and certainly from the root preposition praeter, beyond, and verb eo, ire, to go), meaning “a going past” or something. It is when an orator mentions something by saying he is not going to mention it, or that he is dismissing it. For example, “Never mind the fact that you tracked mud all over my rug when you came in here, what I want to know is…. etc.”

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