I figured out why Sarah Palin is so dammm irritating when she

[shraby]

talks..she speaks in a sing-song cadence. Not to mention the quality of her voice which is irritating in itself.

[livetohike]

1. Valley Girl meets fake Minnesota accent

The tenor of her voice, her syntax, and her dialect grates on my nerves.

[driver8]

2. That voice is like nails on a chalkboard to me.

Maybe because it is usually saying something stupid...

[ixion]

3. and then, of course, there is her EPIC FAIL at using the English language

as an English major, her complete inability to form a coherent sentence or thought makes her intolerable.

[malaise]

4. And we haven't even reached the content

:rofl:

[divine_truine]

5. oh god, she is truly full of herself! her whole aura reeks of narcissism!

she always seems to rear her shrilly little head whenever there is a crisis so she could operate her cheap-ass flamethrower or start hurling rotten meat to her adoring fans. she is just the worst kind of political figure this country has seen. her constant invoking of reagan's name makes her look like pathetic, delusional, batty...

[NC_Nurse]

6. +1000!

[Odin2005]

7. I'm a Fargoan and have the same "Singy-Songy" intonation.

It's from the pitch accent (a kind of simple tone system) from Swedish and Norwegian. How Palin got it I have no clue.

[foxfeet]

8. Marge Gunderson would slap her upside the head.

And that would require LOTS of provocation.

[Urban Prairie]

9. Seems to me that could happen after sociopaths unexpectedly become famous or infamous "overnight"

Who already are narcisstic megalomanaics, and due to a below average IQ, possess little if any humility.

Their voices acquire an inflected tone that is perceived by most others as an annoyed, peturbed, and arrogant superiority.

[kestrel91316]

10. Her voice is a shrill shriek. She is the very definition of "harridan".

[earth mom]

11. Palin annoys the hell out of me because of her sheer stupidity and fundie b.s.

Palin is the epitome of the dumbing down of America. :puke: