Listen to charismatic people, and then use some intonation. If you are a man, listen to Sir Ian McKellen, and if you are woman listen to Liz Hurley for what eng

Listen to charismatic people, and then use some intonation. If you are a man, listen to Sir Ian McKellen, and if you are woman listen to Liz Hurley for what english intonation means. American intonation is more flat, but it's part of animated and engaging speech. Few corporate people have it, it's mainly actors. Elon Musk has it in a muted inward sort of way. Obama has it and learned it from evangelical pastors giving sermons. Morgan Freeman's voice is all intonation. Oddly, Joe Rogan's intonation makes him seem interested in everyone. Tommy Lee Jones is a good example of southern intonation. Newscasters all have the same recieved intonation, which is what makes them sound-like, tal-king-heads, where cops in interviews all use the same droning non-intonation, which makes people who watch a lot of TV adopt them and sound more dumb than perhaps they are.