Author Topic: Why have preachers all of the sudden started stuttering? (Read 647 times)

bigpete7 · « **on:** Mon Sep 16, 2019 - 14:45:21 »

All of the sudden in the last couple of years I have noticed that preachers mannerisms have changed to include stuttering. Instead of just saying I or Him ect, they say I-I-I-I or Hi-Hi-Hi-Him. It's not just one or two but dozens that I have heard. This past year at NYR I would venture to say that over half of the speakers did this. What is the point of this???

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Jaime · « **Reply #1 on:** Mon Sep 16, 2019 - 15:14:33 »

Early Onset of Porky Pig syndrome.

ebida, ebida, ebida, that all folks.

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=gBzJGckMYO4

mommydi · « **Reply #2 on:** Mon Sep 16, 2019 - 16:18:14 »

Quote from: bigpete7 on Mon Sep 16, 2019 - 14:45:21

All of the sudden in the last couple of years I have noticed that preachers mannerisms have changed to include stuttering. Instead of just saying I or Him ect, they say I-I-I-I or Hi-Hi-Hi-Him. It's not just one or two but dozens that I have heard. This past year at NYR I would venture to say that over half of the speakers did this. What is the point of this???

So they're doing it on purpose? Trying to emphasize certain words? Interesting.

Alan · « **Reply #3 on:** Mon Sep 16, 2019 - 16:54:04 »

I've never witnessed this before, maybe it's something in the water.

Jaime · « **Reply #4 on:** Mon Sep 16, 2019 - 17:15:09 »

PPS is becoming rampant throughout the land.

Christian Forums and Message Board · « **Reply #4 on:** Mon Sep 16, 2019 - 17:15:09 »

soterion · « **Reply #5 on:** Mon Sep 16, 2019 - 18:05:03 »

This isn't really so new.

I had heard it for years by various preachers. I did it for a while when I preached...just for emphasis when I felt it was needed.

Texas Conservative · « **Reply #6 on:** Mon Sep 16, 2019 - 19:10:25 »

Maybe this happens among the denominations, but amongst the true Lord's Church of which I am a member, it is not.

NorrinRadd · « **Reply #7 on:** Mon Sep 16, 2019 - 23:44:21 »

Yeah, real preachers use Preacher Speak: "GLOW-ruh be ta GAWD!!!"

bigpete7 · « **Reply #8 on:** Tue Sep 17, 2019 - 06:55:02 »

Quote from: Jaime on Mon Sep 16, 2019 - 17:15:09

PPS is becoming rampant throughout the land.

What do you mean by PPS?

Alan · « **Reply #9 on:** Tue Sep 17, 2019 - 07:03:00 »

Quote from: bigpete7 on Tue Sep 17, 2019 - 06:55:02

What do you mean by PPS?

It's the dog within that causes the stuttering.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Puppy_pregnancy_syndrome

Jaime · « **Reply #10 on:** Tue Sep 17, 2019 - 07:21:15 »

I meant the Porky Pig Syndrome (PPS), obviously.

bigpete7 · « **Reply #11 on:** Tue Sep 17, 2019 - 11:00:01 »

Quote from: Jaime on Tue Sep 17, 2019 - 07:21:15

I meant the Porky Pig Syndrome (PPS), obviously.

Alan · « **Reply #12 on:** Tue Sep 17, 2019 - 11:01:45 »

Quote from: soterion on Mon Sep 16, 2019 - 18:05:03

This isn't really so new.

I had heard it for years by various preachers. I did it for a while when I preached...just for emphasis when I felt it was needed.

I don't get it, how and why do you make yourself stutter?

bigpete7 · « **Reply #13 on:** Tue Sep 17, 2019 - 11:27:08 »

It used to be (maybe still is and I haven't noticed it as much) that mostly denominational preachers would keep repeating "we don't have much time left" or something to that effect. Now, especially with denominational beliefs creeping into the restoration movement, I hear and see this stuttering. I'm guessing that they're being taught to do this, but older guys are now starting to do it too, albeit not as much.

mommydi · « **Reply #14 on:** Tue Sep 17, 2019 - 11:53:19 »

There must be better ways than stuttering to capture the audience's attention during a sermon.

This reminds me of that old time cofC preacher, V.E. Howard, who had a weekly radio broadcast. At least once during his broadcasts, he'd pause and ask, "Are you listening?" My parents listened to his broadcasts, and if we were in the car headed home from my grandparents, there was no escaping the V.E. Howard show.

With five of us in a little VW beetle, we all listened to the same radio shows on car trips. Anyway, it got to the point of listening intently just to try to guess when he'd insert a "are you listening?" comment.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vkBwr0VUb-o
At 5:55, you can hear him say, "hear me - are you listening?"

Didn't Charles Stanley used to repeat a phrase during his sermons to get people's attention?? Was it, "listen to me" or something similar??

mommydi · « **Reply #15 on:** Tue Sep 17, 2019 - 12:06:37 »

Quote from: soterion on Mon Sep 16, 2019 - 18:05:03

I did it for a while when I preached...just for emphasis when I felt it was needed.

soterion, do you have an anti background?

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