I would agree...its not a big issue to me but it gives many an excuse not to take her seriously.
It’s probably a good idea to get a good handle on basic punctuation before calling out others on their use of the English language.
I am thrilled to let Sarah be Sarah. Speculation about what she should do drives me nuts. Let Sarah be Sarah. If it is meant for her to be prez she will be.
The main thing is she continue to have a good life.
If the Iron Lady cultivated her voice, she comes across sounding like she's offering you tea and crumpets.
Don't do it, Sarah.
That's the ONLY area where listening to Sarah makes me cringe. Ironically, it was my dad's commercial fishing background (Sarah has commercial fishing connections in a big way, too, so she should identify) that helped ME recognized and adjust my voice so I was able to be a pretty good radio announcer. Out fishing at sea, the fishermen use the "Mickey Mouse" radios quite a lot, and while most using them were men, there were the occasional women on the boats, and my dad and most other fishermen found the women nearly impossible to understand when they spoke normally; once those women made a conscious effort to speak in a deeper, lower tone, or if a woman happened along who had a naturally deeper voice, there was no problem understanding them.
So in the radio studio, I'd listen to tapes of myself and heard how unintentionally shrill and squeaky my voice was, and lowered my tones SOMEWHAT along the lines of Ted Baxter!!! It WORKED, worked, worked so well. That was some 30 years ago, and it has been one of my most valuable work tools ever since, even having nothing to do with radio. A slightly deeper, lower, controlled, paced speaking voice has an amazingly positive effect on whoever you're speaking to. They trust you more, have more confidence in you, and feel calmer themselves.
I hope Sarah takes Maggie's advice and "cultivates" her voice.
I disagree. Let Sarah be herself. Remember everyone thought Slick Willy’s hick accent was a benefit to his speaking.
I am a fan of Thatcher. Very much so.
And if I were running for office in England, I would follow her advice.
The USA is a different place.
Sarah is just fine, and a refreshing change from the fakes, the empty suits in DC.
Her “ya’s” show she is down to earth, but, at least to my generation, leadership requires s mature dignity, a reassuring calmness, as well as the irreproachable integrity Governor Palin naturally exudes.I agree thatshe would be wise to take down her delivery a few octaves.
We have all done things we regret in our lives. As Christ Jesus said, “Let those without sin cast the first stone”.
Jim Quinn says, “Everything before ‘but’ is [naughty word].”
And that’s how it begins, with just a modest suggestion to modify the speaking voice. Then, maybe just a couple of insider phrases to appeal to the Beltway Bums; then, maybe just a correction here or there to her hair to conform to the Eastern sensibilities; then maybe just a little less specificity and a little more “nuance” to her answers to questions; a little “reaching out” here and there to special groups-within-the-group...and so on.
And, Voila, behold John McCain in a dress.
We’ll take Sarah just as she is. If she’s good enough for Todd...
First Palin fan who I have seen that does not know her first name.
The leftists, liberals, dems, and the GOP want her to change also.
They too don't want her to stick out as someone different from the extablished status quo.
I don't think she wants to change into a run of the mill politician.
She's a breath of fresh air just being herself.
People either have to accept her for who she is or support the same old big government paradigm.