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Who is the fastest talker in the world?

talker Steve Woodmore Fastest talker Steve Woodmore can rapidly articulate at a rate of 637 words per minute, four times faster than the average human. Woodmore first realised his skills at rapid speech when he was seven years old.

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British salesman, comedian and fast talker

Steven Woodmore (born 1959)[1] is a retired British electronics salesman known for his rapid speech articulation, being able to articulate 637 words per minute (wpm), a speed four times faster than the average person. Woodmore was listed by the Guinness Book of World Records as the world's fastest talker, taking the helm from the previous record holder, John Moschitta Jr., in August 1990.[2] Woodmore lost his record in 1995, when Sean Shannon from Canada was able to articulate 655 wpm. [3]

Career [ edit ]

Fastest talker [ edit ]

Steve Woodmore can rapidly articulate at a rate of 637 words per minute,[4][5][6] four times faster than the average human.[7][8] Woodmore first realised his skills at rapid speech when he was seven years old. At school, he was asked by his form teacher to recite an 8-minute speech, as a punishment for his talkativeness. It took him only two minutes.[9] On the British ITV television show Motor Mouth on 22 September 1990, Steve Woodmore recited a piece from the Tom Clancy novel "Patriot Games" in 56 seconds, yielding an average rate of 637 words per minute, breaking the previous record of 586 wpm, set by John Moschitta Jr.[5][10] Guinness World Records listed Woodmore as the world's fastest talker.[11][12] His ability to articulate at such a fast rate is apparently due to his recruiting more portions of his brain to the task than the average person, as shown in an fMRI scan.[13]

Reality television [ edit ]

Woodmore has appeared on numerous television and radios shows, including BBC's 1Xtra Breakfast Show with Twin B[14] and the documentary Stan Lee's Superhumans.[13]

Electronics salesman [ edit ]

Woodmore worked as an electronics salesman for Currys, an electrical retailer in the United Kingdom and Ireland. He is now retired.[15]

Other appearances [ edit ]

In June 2011, Woodmore launched the 5050 Phone a Friend nationwide competition, together with John Lonergan, at an event held in Dublin, in which the Irish public was challenged to beat Woodmore's world record of 637 wpm live on television.[16] The finals were held on 10 September 2011.[17]

Personal life [ edit ]

Woodmore lives in Chislehurst and is divorced with four children.[15]

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What is the most intelligent person called?

A genius is a person who has very great intelligence or a rare natural ability or skill, especially in a particular area such as science or art. The system must have been designed by a mathematical genius. A prodigy is someone with a very great ability that usually shows itself when that person is a young child.

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These words refer to a person who is very intelligent.

A genius is a person who has very great intelligence or a rare natural ability or skill, especially in a particular area such as science or art.

The system must have been designed by a mathematical genius.

A prodigy is someone with a very great ability that usually shows itself when that person is a young child. The phrase child prodigy is commonly used. He was something of a prodigy on the piano. She was labelled as a child prodigy by her early teachers. In informal English, you can describe an intelligent person as an egghead. This word is often used in a humorous way.

The eggheads at the University have been working on this for years.

An intelligent person who plans something and makes it happen can be described as the brains behind or of that thing. The well-known comedian is the brains behind the new sitcom. She's the brains of the operation. In informal English, a whizz-kid is a young person who is very clever and successful. You can also use the informal word whizz to describe a person who has a very high level of skill or knowledge about a particular subject. These are the UK English spellings; in US English they are spelled whiz-kid and whiz. UK They hired some uni whizz-kid to lead the firm. UK You don't have to be a computer whizz to use this software. US My sister's a video game whiz. In informal UK English, you can call someone shows that they are clever in an annoying way a clever clogs or a clever dick. These two phrases are used in a disapproving way.