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Do you think that you talk fast? How about the people from your state?
A study was done on 114 US cities and all the US states to identify the fastest and slowest talkers.
Key findings
- The average rate of speech among U.S. states is 5.09 syllables per second
- The U.S. state with the fastest average speech rate is Minnesota at 5.34 syllables per second
- The U.S. state with the slowest average rate of speech is Louisiana at 4.78 syllables per second South Carolina is the second slowest and North Carolina is 8th.
- Most talkative states are New York, California, and New Jersey. South Carolina is the 7th most talkative and North Carolina is the 9th.
- Least Talkative states come from the Midwest: 1) Iowa, 2) Minnesota, 3) Wisconsin
- Dig into all the findings…
- https://preply.com/en/blog/speech-rates-in-america/
