Barack Obama used to speak in College lecturerese. Not that there is anything wrong with that, unless you are running for US President. Ask John Kerry.
A very simple example is this one. At American political rallies after the roar of the crowd settles down, there is always someone, just before the speaker starts, who shouts "We love you XXXX".
When this happened, Barack Obama's first instinct was to say: "I appreciate that".
Terribly leaden footed, that. I hear him say it at one rally, and then, realising that he was using the wrong language, he said what he know always says, without fail:
I love you back
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