'Vocal Fry' Creeping Into U.S. Speech

[OperaBuff]

I've noticed this for some time now. Audio at the link.

I've also noticed how some teenage girls have a speech habit of talking in a very low, very fast, almost unintelligible speech pattern that to my ear is part words, part clicking sounds coming through pouty lips. Yet it's perfectly understandable to another teenage girl, they carry on entire conversations like that. Not sure what that's called but I'm finding it to be annoying.

http://news.sciencemag.org/sciencenow/2011/12/vocal-fry-creeping-into-us-speec.html?ref=hp

[waysider]

Here's some vocal fry you might enjoy.

[johniam]

Muh, muh, guh, guh, luh, loh, lay....it was real....natural.

Couldn't resist.

[johniam]

Actually, it sounds like a variation of 'um'. Remember back in grade school teachers were always trying to discourage us from saying um after every other word? All it is, is verbalized punctuation. Nobody says the word 'comma'while speaking. Words like um or uh are a spoken comma. These days, athletes and politicians say uh or um frequently when interviewed. Sometimes it is very annoying.

[Twinky]

If you want a raspy voice try

. Same but different. Edited December 15, 2011 by Twinky