Many times people will remark how fast I talk. Ironically, one of my friends used to write a personal blog. When he quoted me, he would put everything I said into one word. However, according to Altmann, because of co-articulation, everyone actually blends their sentences into one word, like â??hameethathimbooâ??. Evidently we do have a tolerance for mismatching, and we can use contexts to understand each other. But, what about talking fast in general? It seems to me that talking faster would decrease the articulation even more, and perhaps decrease recognition. On the flip side, talking slower isnâ??t necessarily the solution. When I have visited southern states, I have a difficult time understanding what people are saying because it is so much slower than what I am used to. Maybe we are adapting to a speech style, and in this way we can easily recognize and understand speech. Does this mean our proper pronunciations are dying? Furthermore, what can, or what should we do with this information? Should we try to be more articulate and annunciate each word?