Vocal Fry and Rush Limbaugh

Self ^ | 8-13-2014 | blam

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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.

[Mycroft Holmes]

It’s a Valley Girl trying to talk like William F. Buckley Jr.

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[RaveOn]

Another one that’s starting to grow: ending each sentence in a (whisper...)

I’m seeing more of that on TV especially when they’re interviewing some tool who wants to imply they know more than they can (say...)

In person or at home it sounds very (fruity...)

[gov_bean_ counter]

It just isn’t healthy for anyone’s voice. I took voice as an elective during my last year of college. It took half the year to get my voice out of my throat into my vocal mask. And that was just for speaking. Once the speaking voice is repositioned, the singing voice will be as well.

http://www.learn-to-sing.com/my-voice/mask-of-the-face/

[CGASMIA68]

I think It used to be called Valley Girl speak aka Upward Intonations and it sucks.
I had an ATT HR upper mgmnt friend that told me when she heard it the candidate was dropped way down on the list.

[Fester Chugabrew]

I can’t watch more than two minutes of that.

Ditto. TV and commercial production goes through phases that are extremely annoying and overused. The shaky camera "trick" makes me sick. Try watching a "Crimes of the Century" episode as produced by CNN. You'll be lucky to get through 30 seconds. Entertaining ourselves to death.

[Fester Chugabrew]

Thanks. I remember “Valley Girl.” Still hope to catch the audio with Rush on this.

[mass55th]

"Its just a “Valley Girl” redux."

Thanks for mentioning this. I was trying to remember the name for that type of speech, and figured some Freeper would mention it.

[Prospero]

That is a pretentious speech pattern, though I guess I never knew that this was what folks meant by "vocal fry."

Speaking of speech patterns, and not to change the subject, but am I the only one hearing what sounds like a disagreeable gravel creeping into Rush's voice, and disharmony in his higher pitches?

It's nothing at all like those warbles that surfaced before his general deafness was announced, but, if genuine (and not just some problem with my reception or my own ears) then this may be related to some narrow-ness in the bandwidth of his cochlear implant that needs tuning or replacement.

[W.]

You got it—Valley Girl. Thought that was dead and buried! “Like, gag me with a spoon!”

[RitaOK]

Thank you! I’m only now informed by your post and happy to hear that Rush has taken notice and taken “vocal fry” to the bin of ridicule.

I didn’t know such a thing existed but it sounds exactly like Jill Abrahamson, (recently fired editor at the New York Times) has perfected, if her horrible voice pattern is an example.

I heard her “speak” in the interview with GRETA.

Sheesh! In any other time this would be considered a severe handicap for any public speaking/public relations positions.

Jill is now employed at some university (Hahvad, I think) so this should really spread. LOL!

[coloradomomba]

I heard it too, man it was irritating. I am sooo glad Rush picked up on it..what a hoot!

[IMR 4350]

Somebody whispering to you when no one else is around is the first thing I look for to pick up on a two bit con artist.

Dead give away every time.

[capt. norm]

I also dislike the fake "hippie" dialect and all the other physical affectations that go with it.

Example: John Paragon.

[IMR 4350]

Here in Texas we call it “talking through your nose”.

A lot of NE liberals talk that way.

Listen to MoDo some time.

[TangoLimaSierra]

Sounds like the Valley Girl thing way back when.

[don-o]

Heard that. Thanks for posting this - did not know it had a name. I love this place (most of the time).

[CodeToad]

“Its just a “Valley Girl” redux. “

Yep. Same crap, different decade. Like really, fer suuuur!

[don-o]

I believe Diane has a medical condition that affects her voice.

[MinuteGal]

It isn't "Valley Girl" speak (California) at all.

The dumped NYSlimes editor was speaking a strictly-downtown New York City, metrosexual, pseudo-intellectual, artsy-fartsy, more-sophisticated-than-thou intonation spoken by many at the more elite levels of the city's professional class.

Ms. Jill really had her very-studied word pronunciation down to an art form. Although she gave me worms, I could have listened to her forever...it was that funny. She should be on Saturday Night Live.

Leni

[Enterprise]

To me, valley girl was a vapid, airhead kind of speaking. This vocal fry has more of a snooty elitist kind of feeling. I don’t hang around teenage girls, so I’m not sure what a group of them sounds like, to better refine my opinion.