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To: 50mm

What is upspeak and vocal fry? Do you want fries with that?


961 posted on 09/27/2018 8:03:03 AM PDT by Blue Highway
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To: Blue Highway

Up-speak is ending a statement like you’re asking a question. Vocal fry is ending a statement making your voice sound creaky, like bacon frying in a frying pan. Some have traced the origins of both to the Kardashians, but never having watched that show I can’t affirm.


1,068 posted on 09/27/2018 8:09:20 AM PDT by 50mm (Brett Kavanaugh is being attacked by a horde of GoFundMe whores)
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