0417 – The Janice Pause

2022.02.21 – 0417 – The Janice Pause The ‘Janice pause’The exaggerated pause indicating stunned surprise, or comedic drama: a trend from ‘Friends’:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qSmp1ZSvelY  Having said that, don’t fall into the pattern of pausing so much between words, so often, that your delivery becomes ‘bitty’, with you saying. Each. Individual. Word. Such a delivery is unconventional, un-conversational and un-emotional – sucking energy out of what may actually be exciting content. “Oh [pause] my [pause] gosh [pause] he [pause] just [pause] proposed.” More naturally in this situation of excited, energetic enthusiasm, you’d create a ‘word merge’…  “Ohmygosh [pause] hejustproposed.” Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.