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In reply to the discussion: Trump's new abortion comment is insane. I mean that literally. [View all]fasttense
(17,301 posts)20. For a man who was born to so much privilege and wealth, his vocabulary is very stilted.
He sounds like a 1970s mobster from the northeast. Unlike Bernie who has a huge vocabulary and the northeast accent.
Trump's pattern of speech was very common in New Jersey, New York and Maryland in the 1970s. I lived there during that time and he sounds just like the thugs in the area. Of course he doesn't use their slang or swear like they do. But his speech patterns in general is kind of like the cleaned up language of a 1970s northeastern mobster.
It's as if he grew up around mobsters and developed their speech patterns. You can take the man out of the mob but you can't take the mob out of the man.
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And "acedemic." Also, ALL of his interviews feature unverifiable person or persons praising him
Maru Kitteh
May 2016
#67
Don't kid yourself, when it is important he will read from a teleprompter.
Agnosticsherbet
May 2016
#16
For a man who was born to so much privilege and wealth, his vocabulary is very stilted.
fasttense
May 2016
#20
I doubt he ever took any public speaking classes and never has had to give
LiberalArkie
May 2016
#44
The problem for the media is how to avoid being dismissive without lending any weight
bigbrother05
May 2016
#23
still adjusting his verbage to agree with the vile zealot evangelical gop freaks
dembotoz
May 2016
#28
I think he was trying to say what he "should have said" mixing it with "what
Laura PourMeADrink
May 2016
#40
To instantly dumb down a GOP voter is good for him. He's not speaking to us -- yet. eom
Festivito
May 2016
#47