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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsDonald Trump talks like a 4th grader: linguistic analysis
http://www.rawstory.com/2015/08/donald-trump-talks-like-a-4th-grader-linguistic-analysis/
Run through the Flesch-Kincaid grade-level test, his text of responses score at the 4th-grade reading level. For Trump, thats actually pretty advanced. All the other candidates rated higher, with Ted Cruz earning 9th-grade status. Ben Carson, Mike Huckabee, and Scott Walker scored at the 8th-grade level. John Kasich, the next-lowest after Trump, got a 5th-grade score.
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Donald Trump talks like a 4th grader: linguistic analysis (Original Post)
ashling
Aug 2015
OP
underthematrix
(5,811 posts)1. This is a story you need to tweet and post on FB because the
irresponsible MSM is not going to share it.
nadinbrzezinski
(154,021 posts)2. Orrrr... he is writing at the current level
of most media reporting, It used to be 6th grade, it is now that low.
The man is media savvy. And no, do not like to defend Trump, but this shocks me in the least.
Shandris
(3,447 posts)3. And you think this will make him less popular?
Pile o' poo, after what happened with Bush (I wants ta drink a beer wid him!!
) I'd be terrified to let people know that. 'Smart' is the last thing in the world many of these people like.
Edit: Erm...just in case it isn't clear, the title is meant to be PLAYFUL!
Please don't take it in a bad way.