Sounds like a malady I once heard referred to as "pausnia"...afflicts many actors who think it adds drama to their performances <rhymes with " William Fatner" coughcough>

My daddy always pronounced "deaf" as "deef", as in "If you don't turn that music down yer gonna be deef!"...eeeeeeerrrrrrrrrgggghhhhhh

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