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TLDR: They use various ways of emphasizing words and adding variety to speech. It's almost exclusively done in videos where it's just a face talking to camera to try to make it attention grabbing.

They use Jon Stewart's Daily Show as a pre- YouTube example of someone using the same techniques for the same reasons.

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Oh fascinating - great find. Thank you! I like in particular the phrase "intellectual used-car-salesman voice" (LOL).

ps - for those who are not subscribers: https://archive.ph/wkiWt

Interesting thanks for the link. I was a college radio dj and there is a similar thing for when people are speaking on-air. It's kind of strange to be in a basement alone talking into a mic, especially because people are listening! Makes me think of sports broadcasting mannerisms across different cultures/languages.

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