. I'm not sure whether I have used the word "articulate" properly here. I mean it as "speak clearl

Do you want it to sound as if it was written by a native English speaker?

More specifically, do you want it to sound if it was written by a North American whose mother tongue is English?

To my (admittedly British English) ear and eye, to articulate something often (maybe most often) means saying it clearly and explicitly (not just implying it) and does not imply anything about pronunciation or clarity of speech.

Ori -

hoof and mouth disease?

I've heard it said George often put his foot in his mouth, but never that he had this disease.

Is this a translation? There are many flaws in the two paragraphs you wrote.

Quote:

Tell me the best voice of a president in your mind

Winston Churchill

But I failed to get "erzats rancher-come". Does it mean "crazy rancher-originated"?

Quote:

But I failed to get "erzats rancher-come". Does it mean "crazy rancher-originated"?

No.

erzatz: artificial

rancher-cum-cattleman: rancher/cattleman, i.e. a combination of the two

(or in Dubya's case, neither. The image was what was important. All he ever seemed to do on his "ranch" was clear brushwood, and that only for the cameras.)

ersatz is what my dict offers me