S/O pronunciation - how fast do you talk?

I could be the Micro Machine spokesperson. I talk crazy fast- I always have. My friends have always teased me about it.

I'm from Texas, and once while in college, my dad met one of my friend's parents- they are from MN. After they left, my dad asked me, "Does he understand anything you say?" lol. Friend's dad speaks v-e-r-y slowly.

Incidentally, my Texas twang usually only comes out when I'm super tired or angry. Either way, DH has learned not to irritate me further when he hears my accent. It never turns out well for him. ?

I come from a family of fast talkers. As a kid I had to relearn certain words because I talked to fast my pronunciation was weird. Any thing with a double t was jammed together and sounded like a d. Mittens were middens, no real pause between syllables.

When I'm excited or around my sisters it really ramps up. Drives my husband crazy as he has trouble following and it's just too much for him. Luckily we don't live near my family. ;-)

J

I am a slow talker and have a drawl. 

I grew up in North Florida (lived there until I was 21) which is mostly aligned with south Georgia (it was about 20 minutes to the Georgia state lines) as far as regional cultural affiliations. My children grew up in Central Florida and there is a distinct difference between how I speak, both in accent and speed, and how they speak. This are still has vestiges of southerness, but has flattened it out somewhat because of the large numbers of transient visitors and those that decide to stay permanently. 

I know when I interact with those that aren't used to either the speed or the accent (usually those from northern states) it is frustrating for them as I probably do speak slower than what is normal for them. 

I've lived in NYC pretty much my entire life and I talk very fast. So many times my mother would stop me and say "breathe". The people I am closest with will say I talk a lot. My 5 year old niece took great pleasure in finding out that I am a chatterbox, just like she is. Any one else would say I lean towards the quiet side.

Medium with pauses now. I can never live in northeast again. I'd make them crazy, and I don't want all the snow!

If I'm nervous I talk fast, otherwise I think I'm pretty average.

I'm a fast-talking Oregonian and am relieved to see I come by it naturally LOL

I do a lot of talking/presenting on conference calls for work, so have to consciously slow myself way down. After all these years, you'd think it would take effort any more, but it still does, every time.

When my best friend and I talk, it's insanity. Like, we listen to Lorelei and Rory on the Gilmore Girls and think that sounds totally normal and the right speed to speak

I don't think I talk fast, but I know I don't talk slow, either. Except when I slow down purposely for any reason.

I speak at a fairly fast pace but I am not a fast talker.  I guess because I am from one of the talkative states I do get frustrated with slow talkers.

A slow crawl or drawl, I live in the south but not the Deep South where talking is extremely slow.

I don't listen fast either.

I think average. Although in college I was on the debate team and we would "spread", which is speaking as quickly as possible.

i talk fast... i can't handle slow talkers - like ben carson, at ALL! it makes me want to hurt someone. i just assume they think as slowly as they talk and i just don't have that kind of time

when I was a little kid we moved from NYC to northern AL. I remember my father walking in the door saying, "I don't know how these people get anything done, it take them half the day to say good morning." We didn't last very long in AL

I am definitely a fast talker. Very fast. It is remarked upon on a daily basis at work. I lead an interdisciplinary meeting each morning at work, and there used to be requests to slow down......to which I responded with 'listen faster'. =) I am now renowned in my position for getting us through that meeting in 10-15 minutes. They actually phased that meeting out in the rest of the hospital, but still have me lead it on one hospital unit simply because I do it quickly and efficiently and we are in and out with lots of good information presented in a short time period.

I can slow down if I consciously think about it......for a few sentences. Then I am back to my regular speed. You speak at a certain rate. Can slow talkers talk fast for a sustained amount of time? No. For a little bit, OK.....but you speak at the speed you speak. Very difficult to modulate that. It frustrates me to no end when someone keeps asking me to slow down. I try my best but it is very hard to speak at an unnatural speed.