This linguist studied the way Trump speaks for two years. Here’s what she found.

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[jamesgrover]

Really?!. As a Brit If I had a family member that spoke so repetitively and lied 24/7 I'd disown them.

[loriar]

There's a difference between speaking in a lower register and speaking like a poorly educated, petulant adolescent.

[johnclement]

Yeah, normal people talk about themselves in 3rd person. “Believe me” means I am saying something that shouldn’t be believed.

[gashtyarakram]

Linguist: many people comment on the simplicity of his vocabulary.

Trump: I know words, I have the best words

[RichardTomkins]

WTF. He doesn't sound like a family member. In most families that I know, he'd be regarded as the drunken buffoon.

[dukeon]

She’s way too generous to him. He doesn’t talk like the “regular people” I know...

[surebow]

He rambles, he doesn't complete a sentence, he mispronounces words, he lies constantly, he exaggerates often, this is not normal. He doesn't speak like anyone I know above the age of 5.

[jokendrick]

Apparently this "linguist " got her degree from now defunct Trump University. She graduated in the last quarter of her class.

[marcblum]

The phrase ‘believe me’ usually means "now comes a lie" or "I have no evidence at all" or "stop asking and zip it".

[keithlambe]

"Believe me"...Every used car salesman and common conman prefaces his next sting with this phrase

[theresamitchell]

Sorry, I don’t know ANYONE who speaks like him! EVER!

[debbie]

what he speaks like everybody else OMG, kinda of an insult to all USA citizens

[greenyoshigamergamingvlogs]

No he does not speak like everyone else .. he speaks like a child ....

[susankohi]

She can't get those two years back. What a waste of time.

[lewy]

He never says how he is actually going to deliver these fantastic plans

[RareEmerauld]

If anyone else talked like that, they'd be classified as an arrogant

[TheFairestMaiden]

Maybe she can relate, but Trump doesn’t sound like any friend or family member of mine.

[carlosm]

He can only talk like this because he is not attempting to have a conversation, which is impossible with him. He is just spewing words and simple sentences people want to hear.

[MM-bndm]

The only persons I know who speak close to that level are three year olds. And they’re nicer - even if they haven’t had their naps.

[Ofordgabings]

"Small loan of a million dollars"

"I have good words, I have the best words"

...he does not sound like anybody I've ever met.