Are You As Smart as a Tenth Grader? CNN Doesn’t Think So
Stupidest criticism of Obama’s speech I’ve seen yet: CNN asks a ‘language guru’ to critique Obama’s speech:
Though the president used slightly less than four sentences per paragraph, his 19.8 words per sentence “added some difficulty for his target audience,” Payack said.
“A little less professorial, less academic and more ordinary,” Payack recommended. “That’s the type of phraseology that makes you (appear) aloof and out of touch.”
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Wow— Obama’s sentences are too long, and he uses big words. Why don’t Obama talk like reel amurkins (tm) do?
Tuesday night’s speech from the Oval Office of the White House was written to a 9.8 grade level, said Paul J.J. Payack, president of Global Language Monitor.
What a freakin’ elitist.