Fast Talkers: How to Slow Down in Front of an Audience. Speaking too fast makes your listeners work too hard. And that’s the last thing you want to do. Try this easy-to-do exercise to slow down ...

2. Ask for reminders. If you know speaking fast is a habit of yours, it’s perfectly okay to let people around you know so, and give them permission to tell you when you’re speaking too quickly.

Kelly Minisofer can boast–very quickly–that she is a fast talker. The Canadian auctioneer has won the fastest mouth crown, competing against both American and Canadian colleagues last weekend ...

Dear Carolyn: How do you deal with folks who talk fast and never seem interested in listening? They interrupt nonstop. I can’t even get an entire sentence out. These are all people who are ...

But to other fast talkers, it’s not that simple. John Moschitta Jr. is a 66-year-old Italian from Long Island. To many, he is the quickest on the planet.

New Yorkers talk the most, which likely leads to the perception they’re fast-talkers as well. It’s not exactly clear why Minnesotans talk faster.

Obediah Rutledge, who gained notice more than 15 years ago as a fast-talking master of Oregon lawmaking, was unanimously chosen Monday to play a top role in the state Senate.