Mayweather on 105.1 trying to read

[The Gambler1981]

That's you, and you shouldn't just measure the difficulty of a basic life skill by your own poor standards. Kids read out loud in schools when they're 8 (here in the uk at least) so there should be no excuse why a grown man cannot do these things unless he has dyslexia, and even then, dyslexic people can still improve.

Who reads out loud outside of school kids?


Unused skills become dull~ it is as simple as that. A little bit of boning up wouldn't bring someone up to speed to allow someone to read a book like Harry Potter out loud and sound good especially if you are not familiar with the names or terms from the series.

I bet you couldn't do it well, you might not sound as bad as Floyd but I bet you would be horrified to hear it played back to you~

[The Gambler1981]

Yes, reading aloud is a skill that many can **** up. But Floyd wasn't reading that live on radio. They took him to another part of the studio/station to record it privately, off-air. The station had the entire session archived though. And Charlamagne got hold of the entire archived session and aired a portion of it. So Floyd didn't create the mess, not directly. It was never supposed to be aired like that.

We are in the 'WikiLeak' era, so no one is safe anymore.

Well even so it is still Floyd's fault for going there because someone is going to record something if it was embarrassing he is just too polarizing and somebody would try to cash in (for lack of a better term).

I get what he was trying to do but sometimes you got to know when to fold'em and this was one of those times for Floyd.

[johnm is...]

Oh stop it, gambler. You know damn well boxingscene is full of the smartest, wealthiest guys on the planet. We're talking about a group of gentlemen that only date super model women and drive Bentleys and shit.

[Szef]

Over 600 replies in 24 hours in a thread about boxer reading a page of "Harry Potter"

Right now, I'm so proud of being a member of this forum

[BodiesInFlight]

Who reads out loud outside of school kids?


Unused skills become dull~ it is as simple as that. A little bit of boning up wouldn't bring someone up to speed to allow someone to read a book like Harry Potter out loud and sound good especially if you are not familiar with the names or terms from the series.

I bet you couldn't do it well, you might not sound as bad as Floyd but I bet you would be horrified to hear it played back to you~

As I said before, I'm not the best public speaker, but I sure as hell wouldn't take 5 minutes to read a 10 second piece. If I was in the public eye I would make damn sure I could achieve a basic reading level.

And please, if you think reading is dull then I feel sorry for you.

[The Gambler1981]

Oh stop it, gambler. You know damn well boxingscene is full of the smartest, wealthiest guys on the planet. We're talking about a group of gentlemen that only date super model women and drive Bentleys and shit.

The next ice bucket challenge~

Donate $100 to autism research or read a page of Harry Potter on youtube one take~

[Szef]

Oh stop it, gambler. You know damn well boxingscene is full of the smartest, wealthiest guys on the planet. We're talking about a group of gentlemen that only date super model women and drive Bentleys and shit.

Kate Upton and Gisele are laying in a bed with me right now and they just lol'ed at your comment

[The Gambler1981]

As I said before, I'm not the best public speaker, but I sure as hell wouldn't take 5 minutes to read a 10 second piece. If I was in the public eye I would make damn sure I could achieve a basic reading level.

And please, if you think reading is dull then I feel sorry for you.

I don't think reading is dull I read all the time I grew up reading Stephan King not Harry Potter though. I took my education seriously all the way through college so please don't talk to me like I don't value reading.

I don't value reading out loud, there is a difference. I could attempt to read out loud and if I had a kid I probably would be very good at reading out loud. I am super out of practice though, so I wouldn't even dream of trying to read out loud in a public setting

[radioraheem]

Who reads out loud outside of school kids?

Unused skills become dull~ it is as simple as that. A little bit of boning up wouldn't bring someone up to speed to allow someone to read a book like Harry Potter out loud and sound good especially if you are not familiar with the names or terms from the series.

I bet you couldn't do it well, you might not sound as bad as Floyd but I bet you would be horrified to hear it played back to you~

You do have a valid point. But Floyd really, really, really butchered it. Most would butcher a PSA or whatever too, but just not as bad as that.

Back in school, I HATED when teachers asked students to read aloud. My mind would blank out and wouldn't follow. It was really annoying to hear. But if they were speaking naturally, my mind had no issues with it.

Reading aloud just sounds very unnatural to me. And it's because it is unnatural! Haha. It also annoys me when I see speakers or anyone lecturing by reading off a sheet of paper they wrote. I hear the same unnaturalness in their speech.

[The Gambler1981]

You do have a valid point. But Floyd really, really, really butchered it. Most would butcher a PSA or whatever too, but just not as bad as that.

Back in school, I HATED when teachers asked students to read aloud. My mind would blank out and wouldn't follow. It was really annoying to hear. But if they were speaking naturally, my mind had no issues with it.

Reading aloud just sounds very unnatural to me. And it's because it is unnatural! Haha. It also annoys me when I see speakers or anyone lecturing by reading off a sheet of paper they wrote. I hear the same unnaturalness in their speech.

I am not saying he didn't do bad, Floyd was terrible. Most would do better than Floyd no doubt but would still not sound good. It is kind of an odd talent as people can be natural at verbalizing the written word but with practice someone can be really good also. Who the hell really practices reading the written word though other than maybe politicians and performers.