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10-02-2019 09:05 PM
@Bird mama wrote:https://www.scienceofpeople.com/vocal-fry/
@Bird mama That's just what I was was pointing to! Thanks for the help!
10-02-2019 09:07 PM
So that is what you call it. I admit this was news to me but I am all for learning something new😉.
~~~All we need is LOVE💖
10-02-2019 09:09 PM
Tibetans chant in this range
10-02-2019 09:34 PM
Yes, @PA Mom-mom -- vocal fry is an affectation that has been around for a good 15-20 years now. It started with young women artificially lowering their voices into an unnatural, gravelly range that would often trail off into the "fading" you mentioned (sometimes resulting in permanently damaged vocal cords). A number of linguist-psychologists have ascribed its use to a desire to sound more authoritative after "uptalking" (Valley Girl-speak) began pervading the culture in the early 90s. Uptalking is a different vocal affectation, in which words are spoken in sing-song fashion and every declarative sentence sounds like a question, making the speaker come off like a tentative twit. Both are herd-mentality speech styles. Vocal fry seems to have declined a bit in the last few years, but uptalking is still widespread -- so much so that even many men have adopted it, consciously or unconsciously.
10-02-2019 09:34 PM
SIWWY WABBITTTTTTTTT . . .
10-03-2019 10:04 AM
Vocal fry speaking annoys me.
10-03-2019 10:17 AM
Is it when they drop their voice at the end of a sentence? THAT drives me crazy. I don't have the best hearing, even with aids, and I miss the last part of what they're saying.
10-03-2019 10:29 AM
@Bird mama wrote:https://www.scienceofpeople.com/vocal-fry/
Thanks for the explanation.
I haven't noticed this way of speaking, not even with younger people. I didn't realize it was that pervasive.
10-03-2019 10:34 AM
Sure, I wanna sound like I'm gargling BB bullets while I talk.
10-03-2019 11:30 AM
No, vocal fry doesn't bother me.
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