Depends on my mood and how zippy I’m feeling. Sometimes I can burn people if I’m really on the ball, and other times I don’t think of the perfect comeback till hours later.
I’m not sure how well I’d debate something though, especially not on the spot. So here you go.
F_X
I have always been regarded as pretty articulate. However, when I am flustered or am emotional, I sometimes am less so. But still, I have come out with some good one-liners IRL, even when I am somewhat emotional. (Other times I am a blithering idiot.)
I believe I am as articulate as I am (most of the time) to reading so much, especially in my childhood.
Whenever I am done speaking to my class about opinion A about book X, everybody is dumbstruck. A) They can’t comprehend it. B) When I’m done speaking, I usually leave people with a “…and then?” feeling.
Oh, my name is Blake Harnage. Being from the south, I have a bit of an accent. Hence everyone thinks my name is “Blade Carnage”
Ditto. FCM describes me exactly.
You never sound tongue-tied on your radio show 
I’m a lawyer. I do best when I know what I’m talking about, but that doesn’t happen that often - and it doesn’t slow me down much otherwise :p.
Sheesh, of course we are all as intelligent and witty in public. :rolleyes: Too bad IRL doesn’t have a backspace key!
Ruby
…Like… this one time at band camp…
I think I come off better in real life. I get a lot of compliments on being articulate, and because I am extroverted and a lot of my thought processes are out loud, I can string together a series of thoughts in a coherent, logical progression. For some reason, when I read the stuff I post on the board, my impression of my own persona is that of a mostly literate fluffy bunny girl who occasionally gets wound up in her own rants.
Of course, I could be that way in real life, and I just play to a much easier crowd.
Much more articulate IRL. Sometimes too articulate for my own good.
I’m not quite as sardonic IRL … no, actually I am.
No one ever asks my opinion of anything in real life, and I think only a few people in the past few months have started conversations with me. I’m absolutely terrible with smalltalk.
And I could probably never say all that IRL.
I’m a lot wittier and sarcastic and goofy IRL. My verbal reasoning skills, however, are not quite so sharp as my written reasoning skills Thing is, though, more people listen to me IRL, so perhaps my opinion is a bit off…
Thing is, here people seem to think I’m a guy. IRL, I’m rather feminine in my speaking and mannerisms. Yet, underneath it all, I pretty much think like a guy. Freaky, ne?
I’m not. I stammer like an idiot in class and generally make a big hyperactive fool of myself in front of friends.
I really would like to change this, but I have no idea how.
I’m a doofus IRL. I fumble around for the right word, and then lose track of what my original point was! Being a communicative perfectionist, I DO find real-life debates somewhat more difficult.
However, as I am ageing, I have discovered my skill with repartee has increased. So now when I am lost for words, I just whip out a quick pun and everybody thinks I am as sharp as a tack. Alas, I am just covering up my inadequacies…but at least with a bit of a whimsy.
I used to be part of school debating teams, and was never too scared to do public speaking. Was able to bounce th’ voice right off the back wall, as it were. Telephone work, explaining things in groups, not a problem.
Then, after a downhill skid in my life, I lost the nerve. I could still talk on the phone, but public speaking froze me solid. In groups, my words would trip up and clatter over themselves in a helpless stammering heap.
I’ve forced myself out of that phase now, though. From time to time these days, I stand up before local politicians at public meetings, and sound forth without a problem.
Heh. Now, th’ challenge in RL is to get me to shut up! 
I can use sarcasm and humor to a better degree in person than in writing. Then again, that’s probably true for most everyone since tones, inflection, and body language clue people in faster. I can get a point and explain a point more clearly in writing than I can in person, though.
I have a tendency to trip over my own tongue when speaking. It’s like my brain is sending too much information to my mouth, and I end up merging words together or fudging pronunciation. Sometimes it’s as if my tongue experiences the Bluescreen of Death and has to reboot. I get stuck on a word that trips me up so badly that I lose whatever flow I had going.
On the other hand, my writing is far from being great. My spelling is barely adequate; I’m always having to consult a dictionary to see if it’s occuring, occurring, or ocurring. Plus, my mind tends to outrun my hands. The result of that is missed words.
In conclusion, I’m more articulate in writing, but that’s not really saying a whole lot.
I deleted this message 5 times before I actually put it up 
me speak good.
me type good too.
I have speech problems IRL. My thoughts and my speech have a horrible time connecting. I cannot say what I am thinking, and it leads to a lot of stammering and stuttering. When I get upset or nervous, I cannot talk at all.
I’m not incredibly articulate either way. However, I think I am better at getting my point across talking rather than typing. I am one of those types who think out loud–works in real life, but not so good in text format.
I can be very articulate IRL, actually more so than I think I am on the board here, but it depends largely on whether or not I feel comfortable with the people I’m talking to. I’m very cautious about expressing opinions until I’ve had a chance to evaluate the person I’m speaking with, and figure out if they know what they’re talking about or not.
(minor rant)There’s one person at work whom I may kill if she ever tries to debate anything with me again. Not only is she not very swift, but she can’t tell when she’s just contradicted herself. Actual excerpt from conversation:
Me: So you’re saying that there’s absolutely no such thing as absolutes?
Her: Yeah. Absolutely. I don’t care about this philosophy stuff. I don’t care if my glass is half empty. I mean, it’s all relative!
(/minor rant)
I’m also pretty shy, and painfully bored by most small talk.