"CON SPEAK" decoded and explained ( Archived) (4)

Mar 1, 2016 9:06 AM CST "CON SPEAK" decoded and explained
New York City is flush with con artists, it has been a Mecca for these types for about a hundred years. People who live in NYC or grew up there, like me, have developed a detection mechanism that alerts them when they are being exposed to "Con Speak". Alarm bells go off in their mind.

A common characteristic of con speak, is to start, but not finish, a sentence. The idea is to allow the listeners brain to finish the sentence with what the con artist wants to implant. In this way, the listener adopts the idea as their own, like adopting a child and protecting it like your own flesh and blood no matter what. An experienced con artist does this unconsciously and their dialog is often peppered with this vocal trick. It becomes their basic speech pattern.

Another characteristic of "Con Speak" is repetition of phraseology. The idea is to embed a sentence with a phrase and repeat it 2-3 times so the listener forgets the whole sentence but remembers the phrase.
If you want to hear a classic example of "Con Speak" which uses both characteristics, just listen to any Donald Trump speech. He is a master at the art. If somebody asks later "What did he say"? you don't remember anything but the phrase. When I listen to Trump speak, I'm squirming in my seat, my brain is flashing like a fire alarm.

People who live in less populated places who get by with hard work instead of trying to separate others from what they have, are much less able to detect this ruse when it's directed at them. Is it any wonder that the most infamous phantom sales item offered to the uninformed is the Brooklyn Bridge located in NYC?
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Mar 1, 2016 9:48 AM CST "CON SPEAK" decoded and explained
stringman
stringmanstringmanwallaceburg, Ontario Canada649 Threads 1 Polls 7,049 Posts
Obummer really good at it. got two terms.
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Mar 1, 2016 10:22 AM CST "CON SPEAK" decoded and explained
stringman: Obama really good at it. got two terms.

Obama speaks in whole sentences. Confusing, I know.comfort
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Mar 1, 2016 11:25 AM CST "CON SPEAK" decoded and explained
epirb
epirbepirbDannevirke, Hawke's Bay New Zealand32 Threads 2 Polls 7,379 Posts
ooby_dooby: New York City is flush with con artists, it has been a Mecca for these types for about a hundred years. People who live in NYC or grew up there, like me, have developed a detection mechanism that alerts them when they are being exposed to "Con Speak". Alarm bells go off in their mind.

A common characteristic of con speak, is to start, but not finish, a sentence. The idea is to allow the listeners brain to finish the sentence with what the con artist wants to implant. In this way, the listener adopts the idea as their own, like adopting a child and protecting it like your own flesh and blood no matter what. An experienced con artist does this unconsciously and their dialog is often peppered with this vocal trick. It becomes their basic speech pattern.

Another characteristic of "Con Speak" is repetition of phraseology. The idea is to embed a sentence with a phrase and repeat it 2-3 times so the listener forgets the whole sentence but remembers the phrase.
If you want to hear a classic example of "Con Speak" which uses both characteristics, just listen to any Donald Trump speech. He is a master at the art. If somebody asks later "What did he say"? you don't remember anything but the phrase. When I listen to Trump speak, I'm squirming in my seat, my brain is flashing like a fire alarm.

People who live in less populated places who get by with hard work instead of trying to separate others from what they have, are much less able to detect this ruse when it's directed at them. Is it any wonder that the most infamous phantom sales item offered to the uninformed is the Brooklyn Bridge located in NYC?
I see your old mates in Nascar are indorsing a leading one
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