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Podcast: Get A Better Broadcast, Podcast and Voice-Over Voice
Episode: 0273 â Plonking
Description: 2021.09.30 â 0273 â PlonkingâJust a little tip, you donât underline every third word for emphasis because it sounds really unnaturalâ thatâs what Ira Glass the host and producer of the radio and television series âThis American Lifeâ is quoted as saying.[1] Similarly, NPR says: âYou should give certain words a little punch, but in a way that doesnât just mean you scream every fourth word and whisper all the others.â[2] Plonking in intonation on every âhowever-many-wordsâ, shows you have a completely incongruous understanding of the content you are supposed to be explaining, an...