Posted on 08/14/2014 9:48:14 AM PDT by blam
I'm presently listening to Rush Limbaugh. He has been reporting on the situation in Ferguson, Missouri. He was quoting a reporter then started mocking her vocal style. In case you heard it, the vocal style is known as Vocal Fry
I talked to a person at AT&T on the telephone the other day and she started doing this 'vocaln fry' with me...I just started laughing. She was taken aback when I told her what she was doing and how silly she sounded.
BTW, I read somewhere that it has it's original roots with the migrants from Oklahoma that went to California during the 'Dust Bowl' days.
*snickering!* You bad..very Bad. *grin!*
"With vocal fry, people's voices drop below normal levels, and, at least according to the study, that makes them less hirable. For example, study participants who reported making hiring judgements preferred a normal female or normal male voice 87% of the time over those with vocal fry, mostly because they found that person less trustworthy."
Read more: http://www.businessinsider.com/speech-trend-vocal-fry-is-normal-2014-8#ixzz3AO0sSR8p
It sounds like a ridiculous affectation, totally seperate from a southern accent, which I often like.
I’m really rush homed in on it.
Not endearing at all —just foolish.
I believe he was mocking the recently fired editor of the NYT. Jill Abramson I think that who it is.
It will ruin women’s voices if they continue that nonsense - it’s an affectation that hurts the vocal cords.
Anna Wintour, editor Vogue, comes to my mind, especially with her and “just don’t be late” to the local fundraiser/dinner party that she and Sarah Jessica Parker hosted and some ordinary Obama contributor won the right to attend.
add that to the Canadian female accent of ending every sentence with an upward, question-like, sound and you have the two most irritating sounds on the planet.
Other than Moochelle’s long “ahhhhhhhhhh” sounds.
He was mocking the Editor of the NYT Jill A-who’s name I can’t spell. It is an annoying voice fluctuation technique used by liberals IMHO to make them sound smart.... Queue the Fredo Corleone I’m Smart video clip from Youtube please ;-)...
I’ve never heard of this before, which is a good sign I’ll hear about it several times over the next few days.
I heard her, she sounded like a typical liberal elitist, with her nose up in the air, attempting to choose her words carefully so as to sound , ah, shall I say, intellectual...
Here’s another: the annoying two-sentence iambic pentameter on most reality TV shows. First sentence up, second sentence down. Next cue card. I can’t watch more than two minutes of that.
I used to be a radio producer and any kind of voice affectation is going to turn listeners off. I always told people in the studio, just be yourself and speak in your normal voice. No fake accents or trendy affectations. Always think before you talk, and speak confidently and from the diaphragm, especially when going to job interviews.
Its just a “Valley Girl” redux. Listen to Frank Zappa’s song “Valley Girl” from 1983 or so. Moon was 14 when she recorded all the vocal parts.
Hmmm. Never heard of Vocal Fry.
Less trustworthy? I’m sure that’s entirely because of the association with Diiiiaaaannneeee Rrrrrrrreeeeeeeaammmmmmsssssss on Ehhhnnnnnnnnpeeeeeee-aaaaaaaaaarrrrrrrrrrr.
It’s a Valley Girl trying to talk like William F. Buckley Jr.
I didn't mean to imply that it was Southern, it isn't.
I did read an article lately that claimed the Southern accent spoken in the South today is more akin to the English spoken in England during the 17th century than the English spoken in England today.
Anyway, is Richard Burton doing vocal fry?
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