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by tmrtsmith 3691 days ago
Thoughts on this: http://www.slate.com/blogs/xx_factor/2016/05/10/speech_impro...
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The entire premise of that article is laughably naive. There's a huge difference between accents and adding unnecessary filler words as you speak. There's an even bigger difference between using an app to try and actualize certain virtues and imposing those virtues on other people. It's extraordinary that the author has the gall to make this connection. Perhaps she'd also want to censor self-help literature since those might impose virtues that she doesn't support?