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demtenjeep

(31,997 posts) Fri Apr 29, 2016, 10:55 PM Apr 2016

does anyone else get bothered by trumps finger movement when he is talking

he points, closes his thumb and first finger and does it over and over

also, did someone teach him not to pronounce the h

like human, he says uman, huge is yuge and so forth.

i know i am nitpicking but his mannerisms just drive me crazy.

and i am sick of it being msnbtrump

my keyboard is broken and i can't capitalize or use the question mark or any of the shift/upper functions

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does anyone else get bothered by trumps finger movement when he is talking (Original Post) demtenjeep Apr 2016 OP

Everything about him bothers me The Velveteen Ocelot Apr 2016 #1

They're so tiny I don't even notice them. bluedigger Apr 2016 #2

it all i notice when he talks demtenjeep Apr 2016 #3

Those lips. Why does he pucker them out like that? Speech therapy, maybe? pnwmom Apr 2016 #4

Those faces, I wonder if he practices in a mirror. Thinkingabout Apr 2016 #5

Me, too! I know exactly what you mean. 2cannan Apr 2016 #6

How about his use of the phrase Grammy23 Apr 2016 #7

I have noticed it Liberal_in_LA Apr 2016 #8

If his parents had heavy foreign accents, it might explain Ilsa Apr 2016 #9

I literally cannot watch or listen to Trump Skittles Apr 2016 #10

No bigwillq Apr 2016 #11

i run my fingers through the back of my hair in a nervous tick demtenjeep Apr 2016 #13

Yuge frogmarch Apr 2016 #12

The Velveteen Ocelot

(115,858 posts)

1. Everything about him bothers me

Reply to demtenjeep (Original post)

Fri Apr 29, 2016, 10:56 PM

Apr 2016

so I don't watch him at all.

bluedigger

(17,087 posts)

2. They're so tiny I don't even notice them.

Reply to demtenjeep (Original post)

Fri Apr 29, 2016, 11:14 PM

Apr 2016

demtenjeep

(31,997 posts)

3. it all i notice when he talks

Reply to bluedigger (Reply #2)

Fri Apr 29, 2016, 11:15 PM

Apr 2016

he circles, then points his finger and does it over and over

pnwmom

(108,995 posts)

4. Those lips. Why does he pucker them out like that? Speech therapy, maybe?

Reply to demtenjeep (Original post)

Fri Apr 29, 2016, 11:20 PM

Apr 2016

Thinkingabout

(30,058 posts)

5. Those faces, I wonder if he practices in a mirror.

Reply to demtenjeep (Original post)

Fri Apr 29, 2016, 11:31 PM

Apr 2016

2cannan

(344 posts)

6. Me, too! I know exactly what you mean.

Reply to demtenjeep (Original post)

Fri Apr 29, 2016, 11:51 PM

Apr 2016

Have you ever read this? It's great.

Steel Traps and Short Fingers
http://www.vanityfair.com/culture/2015/10/graydon-carter-donald-trump
snip

Just to drive him a little bit crazy, I took to referring to him as a “short-fingered vulgarian” in the pages of Spy magazine. That was more than a quarter of a century ago. To this day, I receive the occasional envelope from Trump. There is always a photo of him—generally a tear sheet from a magazine. On all of them he has circled his hand in gold Sharpie in a valiant effort to highlight the length of his fingers.

Love the gold sharpie!

Grammy23

(5,813 posts)

7. How about his use of the phrase

Reply to demtenjeep (Original post)

Sat Apr 30, 2016, 12:07 AM

Apr 2016

You can believe me, folks? And yes, his gestures drive me up a wall. The finger pointing, the circles and bending his index finger under. All nails on the blackboard for me. If you have heard one stump speech, you've heard them all. He memorized one ....or at least the talking points....and regurgitates it almost verbatim. Including the stock hand gestures. I am not sure I will make it to November.....

Liberal_in_LA

(44,397 posts)

8. I have noticed it

Reply to demtenjeep (Original post)

Sat Apr 30, 2016, 12:08 AM

Apr 2016

Ilsa

(61,698 posts)

9. If his parents had heavy foreign accents, it might explain

Reply to demtenjeep (Original post)

Sat Apr 30, 2016, 12:38 AM

Apr 2016

How his language might be off. My MIL sounds Czech, but has never been out of the US.

Skittles

(153,193 posts)

10. I literally cannot watch or listen to Trump

Reply to demtenjeep (Original post)

Sat Apr 30, 2016, 12:49 AM

Apr 2016

same with Dubya

bigwillq

(72,790 posts)

11. No

Reply to demtenjeep (Original post)

Sat Apr 30, 2016, 12:58 AM

Apr 2016

Every candidate has some kind of weird tick or mannerism. I think it's subconcious for most. I think most every human has it. Video tape yourself next time you speak.

demtenjeep

(31,997 posts)

13. i run my fingers through the back of my hair in a nervous tick

Reply to bigwillq (Reply #11)

Sat Apr 30, 2016, 01:07 AM

Apr 2016

like all-the time

frogmarch

(12,159 posts)

12. Yuge

Reply to demtenjeep (Original post)

Sat Apr 30, 2016, 12:58 AM

Apr 2016

It might be the one thing Donald Trump and Bernie Sanders have in common: they pronounce huge as "yuge."

It’s not so surprising that Sanders and Trump should share some dialect features in common. They were both born in New York in the 1940s. Indeed, this "yuge" for huge substitution has been a recognized feature of the New York City dialect for a long time, but it doesn’t only occur in New York. It’s found in Philadelphia and here and there around the U.S., as well as in the Irish cities of Cork and Dublin.

Much more: http://mentalfloss.com/article/71417/why-do-some-people-say-yuge-instead-huge

It's like nails on a chalkboard to me.

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