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tomcam11/07/20242 repliesview on HN

Your written English is excellent. You are underestimating your skills, I think. Is there a world in which you could simply pause and plan out your words before speaking? Westerners won’t mind. Elon Musk often pauses noticeably in interviews when he’s discussing something controversial or novel, for example. I retrained myself how to speak in my 20s and went through a similar process.


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Aeolun11/07/2024

In general just pausing without saying eeuuh will make you smarter.

Smar11/10/2024

Spoken English is completely different language from written English. Even more so with native speakers.