Vocal fry is the most annoying thing on the planet to me. If it is so obvious, why is it news? It is so rehearsed and not natural. I am glad you are pointing them as incorrect and idiotic. its so, like, annoying, right? So, you probably already know about vocal fry, valspeak and uptalk, right? We can expect the children of millennials to pass annoying speech patterns on to their children. Simstrom ascribes those criticisms to gender: "I have long had a theory that part of what people take issue with about our show is women speaking authoritatively about science.". Imitating neanderthals? No-uh. Comments like that don't bother or surprise Fortir. I dont mind hearing AAVE when its between friends but professional usage irks. caused your repeated use of the vague term, space, without a specific Several years ago, feminist author Naomi Wolf suggested vocal fry among young women was causing them to "disown their own power.". I also cant stand when people repeatedly mispronounce words. It sounds like cookie cutter script. Uptalk or up speak are newer terms for ARI or Australian Rising Inflection which I am told is where it began. Listen out for it ; itll shock you just how common it is! There is a good example of a migraine remedy commercial intoned by Khloe Kardashian. I agree with all the comments. I dont have any neck pain? Chris Beck in his article in SpliceToday.com describes it best, "Michael Barbaro of the New York Times' The Daily podcast, sounds like he's in his death throes in the final two words of every sentence he speaks, and then he's able to miraculously revive himself instantly to begin the next one. Also the use of words kiddo and doggo. This sounds immature (like a 5 year old), lazy and uneducated. She helps people who find they sound monotone, sing-songy or low-energy. For example, in Alabama, pen and pin are pronounced the same way. They also cannot read digital clocks. Sort of and right came right out of Britain. Leaving the Ts out of a word, as in bu on or ki en. I am thankful for people like you, who are still standing for some standards in a young society that is so quick to discard and dismantle anything that seems to be inconvenient or in any way challenging to their accepted, and often sub-par standards. Pay attention and I promise youll start noticing these patterns in nearly every casual conversation you listen in on. Thanks for a place to vent. An improper use is saying that everything that you feel is great, is awesome. She wrote how, "Sitting in host chair for first time I channeled white voice from Midwest and lost my own. OMG! I would never have understood your point until I saw a commercial during which a delighted homeowner, commenting on a home makeover, said (the most overused word in English as) amazinggah!. Also not pronouncing a t in a word. I felt as though I learned something today. The shtraight down the shtreet seems to be 40-45 and under. I am so happy that I found this website! Thank you is the correct response. In fact, theres a show on HBO where EVERY lady character has a speech impediment. Vocal fry irritates the hell out of me! Another one that I have not seen anyone else mention is does that make sense after every sentence. People use Right? as a complete sentence. Eckert, the linguist, found that the biggest users of vocal fry are actually men. It has become so prevalent that someone has to be telling them that this is the proper way to speak and I would like to know who it is. Shell draw out her sentences with filler words and phrases such as now this adding in a firm yeah this speak continues with nonsensical words until she brings in another thought. What is that??? This was. When I meet a person under the age of 40 who does not speak in this manner, I am surprised and delighted, and will go out of my way to let them know how much I appreciate their ability to communicate properly. Listening to our local news reporters causes so much stress! Great article. But among friends all the time. It wasnt just that the election campaign this year was ugly, right? (Smirk. Manhattan is apparently now Manhadden. Person 1: I went to a concert yesterday and it was very entertaining! If reporters find that their voices are "tired," reducing vocal fry might be one way to help. Whenever I hear someone begin a statement with Look, I long to interrupt and say, Im looking.. Its like special effects in cinema: theyre not special anymore if a movie is 90% special effects. after. (My wife thinks I am. ) Brits will say Sorrey, and Americans will say sorry. and I was totally unprepared for it? Why should we voice the t in often? Speech patterns seem to trend quite quickly. This has brought me to believe that uptalk is contrived and not a natural progression of linguistics. Allowing reporters to sound like themselves helps NPR reflect the variety of identities in its audience, and meet its long-term goal to "sound like America," with all of its diversity. Change out. look something like.. this. Even if something just happened and I witnessed it with him. 12 pt times new roman double spaces face to face conversations. Noticably used televangelist pastors and political speeches. Yeah, Ill second that motion. To those of you who are staying up to date with these comments and following this thread, we just posted a compilation video in this blog. However preservation of correct grammar, and beauty of the English language is important to me and I refuse to adapt botching of the language. It's BS. I thought I was an a-hole for being annoyed at these things. Its a strange phenomenon in my mind, but of course trends come and go. 5) substituting Im here like or Hes here like for I said or he said. And Why It's. So Annoying Audio Funny Language More: 'Reply All' is a podcast which does not do this 7 years ago As the creator of this clips puts it: "All my favorite US podcasts are being ruined by this universally adopted affectation. I dont see nobody there., Double negatives scream, I am uneducated! I once changed my childs preschool because his teacher said, We aint got no time for that. (Aint is another awful one.) Its hit the English language strong in just the past year or so, right? Because anybody who over pronounces their ts and ss sounds annoying to me. For everyone posting examples of patterns, if its possible to include a link to a Youtube video that illustrates the example, that would really help everyone know exactly what you are talking about. I hope that is not the case. Also on the rise Yah, Yah to express approval, agreement, excitement. But, over the past few years students have become increasingly reproachful as if I am purposefully attacking their generation. I relate to it now as it is the absolutely worst thing ever and the commercial uses the cymbals to change it into some great thing, which it is not. It sends the message that only some people can be trusted to report the news. But its also absolutely true. They sound exhausted or out of breath. Ummm also people who ummm say ummmm uncontrollably as well as the yeah, no phrase that is everywhere. I call it excessive schwa-ing. Thanks for your views on the topic of whether or not the voice of Barbaro . Unlike appearing simply one of the collective in using URGE, ENCOURAGE and SUGGEST which is a translation in beta male language, because we hate patriarchies, especially white ones, we can with ABSOLUTELY step past that level of making an indicator by laying the hammer on the anvil. Meowing. I am Jack and this? Maybe I can strap them to a chair and rake my finger nails down a chalkboard! Its not a conscious thing. I find that contrary to the quality of education that many of us older folks received. If you pronounce the T (soft or hard) in button, youll get some strange glances, because literally no one here pronounces it that way. Did college professors never say.hey, thats annoying and unprofessional? Also, the millennial kid who is fd in the head trying to sound so sophisticated, like he is an expert at everything and demeaning to everyone. After she appeared live on Morning Edition for the first time, she received a detailed email from a listener, urging her to stop using filler words. Hansen has taught techniques including Shakespeare, musical theater, and microphone and audition skills to children and adults of all ages. Maybe thats it. Any and all bridge words used frequently in conversation is exceedingly annoying. Criticizing someone's voice often seems to be a criticism of their identity. Pronouncing str like shtr as in shtrong shtrange. One day Im sure Ill lose my job after losing my temper with a patient. Keith Woods, NPR's vice president of newsroom training and diversity, told me that a variety of voices is one way to achieve greater journalistic truth. So, like, gag me with a spoon, you know? I simply changed the channel on my tv. My biggest pet peeve is, still, the overuse of like. The worst speech pattern for me is when the speaker put strong emphasis on many words in the same sentence, for example: But this pattern is now very diffuse, especially for people who do speeches, they think that putting a strong emphasis on each words makes their speech more powerful, while in reality it just dilutes the effect because now most words are pronunced with emphasis. to make it sound as it is so amazing, and all-important. ) Being a voice-over talent makes me extremely sensitive to not only the sound of voices I hear on TV, radio and the internet, but also to the words that are chosen. Or, should I say, I have tried to adjust? It is not possible. At least we can take comfort knowing that some of these annoying fillers indeed die out eventually. Person 2: So, did you ever get to visit your mother in Phoenix?, If you are just answering someone elses previous question, DO NOT begin with So. I hear it all of the time especially as I live in a very affluent, lily white area. I watch a lot of YouTube news videos and even a simple yes/no question is nearly always answered by starting with So, I mean.. 5. Ive heard narrators doing it on youtube videos. Its like an italian accent, but not that exactly cuz i can resist the italian english accent, but not this habit my friends do cuz i know theyre not italian. I only have radio, and mostly listen to public radio local, national, and world. You sound as ignorant as the people youre skewering. My personal pet peeves include the use of right? at the end of every sentence, and the glottal stop (in the U.S., at least; the UK version has never bothered me). The vast majority of voice complaints that come into our office concern women and reporters of color. It seems all females under age 35 speak this way. She, indeed, speaks in a style you typically don't hear on serious news channels which NPR is special for . Important..pronounced Im-por-ent. Sounds like a 2 year old learning to speak. Thank you for your comment! For example, I have to walk my doggggg, pick up the kidddds, and go grocery shoppinnnng. That means some listeners have to adjust to new sounds. (Thats okay, Verla. And last but certainly NOT least, saying the work right after every other sentence this makes me feel physically nauseated. Along with that and many other things mentioned here ive also noticed use of the wrong vowel sounds. A tragic comment on our times, indeed. Second one: the pin/pen merger. She played a pregnant workplace harasser in Coastal Training Technologies' "Drop by Drop," which earned CINE's Special Jury Award. AMEN. Find the placement of your hum where the lips are the buzziest and most tingly. The point is not worth discussing because of what was just said. And so, yeah. For me, its the high-pitched, pinched, nasal voice that sounds so flat and grating from women on TV. If I.could. There are a lot of great voices too though. Even if the people indulging in these patterns have an incredibly high IQ, the patterns work against them by making them: Despite all the detriments of allowingthose patterns to unconsciously creep into your own conversational lexicon, people are falling prey at rapid rates. The one I cant stand is S-backing where they say shhtreet, shhhtrike, dishhhtraction. My husband watches CNBC a lot (financial channel) and even listening to various serious commentators and guests you can hear many examples of these patterns. If you can even record a sample of it and then create a short little video that you can upload to Youtube so its easy to share the audio, that would be good too. Its under the The Up-and-Coming Most Annoying Speech Patterns section. I realize its really too early to be voting for Most Annoying for 2021, but this ones definitely been frosting my butt. We have come so far with representing what a diverse world we are in the media. Please dont waste time and effort with a question you immediately answer yourself just jump in and explain the issue and your opinion about it! Why isnt anyone saying to anymore? Investigating these complaints opens a window into a long-running debate in the public radio community: what or more precisely, who should NPR sound like? They were you know, I mean, and I mean like. Sanders wishes listeners would be less reactionary and more open when they hear voices they find unfamiliar or even unpleasant. Anywho.. When he was starting out, he found editors "strip[ping] away [his] character" by removing vernacular and colloquialisms that felt unique to him. Good to know I am not the only person being annoyed by the way women robot-speak to the latest trend. fer instead of for (are they hillbillies?!) If I hear this on TV I change the channel. I didnt know there was a word for that! This one comes at the end of sentences, apparently to encourage or sometimes subtly force agreement on the listener. Over his 10 years at NPR, he said he has grown emotionally to trust that his voice is enough. she didn't sound certain saying her own name, helps reporters hone their voices for air. Its feels good to know others are as annoyed as I. The fact of the matter is that the matter is not predicated upon fact, that its merely opinion or rumor, and that a huge majority of the time its from a political pundit whos paid by the broadcast network to establish a strawman argument to knock down the entire position of the other political pundits (not paid by the network). Weird or unique ways of speaking are one way to get noticed. One study found that young women with vocal fry were perceived as less competent and trustworthy. I have heard right? at the end of sentences used frequently. Ive get so annoyed when people do that!! And they do it a lot. I often hear young women in their 20-40s, speak in a monotone for a few words and then raise the pitch to a a bit higher monotone level for a few words before ending sentence. He would call us out too. Also, I heard earlier on a My Pillow commercial a similar error which I failed to write down. Recent research into vocal fry suggests that women do indeed have a tougher go of it than men when their voices slip into a lower register. Adding an additional, unnecessary syllable to certain words for emphasis: no becomes no-ah and hello turns into hello-ah.. as though the speaker just had to get rid of that extra bit of air, and vocalize it. Of course, once he shared them with me,I started hearing them, too. Then in addition to vocal fry they have to insert the word super at least once into each sentence. It is difficult to give an example because this is a pitch pattern not just certain words. He cant seem to finish a sentence without stopping in the middle and, if its a long sentence, hell stop and start 3 or 4 times. Or it can negate what they just said, or preface a criticism or negative comment. And I give a slight nod to the d in Wednesday. Children these days arent even taught it anymore, and should they actually receive a hand-written note, they act as if they are translating some strange foreign sandscript language, to even try and read it. I hope youll be disturbed too. It may be a form of ageism, but there is truth to every stereotype. I believe he is from the Bay Area in California. ", In the ensuing #PubRadioVoice conversation, now-host of Weekend Edition Sunday Lulu Garcia-Navarro tweeted about a similar experience. Ive been listening to a lot of podcasts lately and obviously, most of them have commercials. After thank you = no tip from me. Eleanor Beardsley, and other unique female radio voices. I even contacted a renowned acting school. And yes they sound condescending. As in, Yo, Im tellin you, shtraight up, this thing is yuge, aight?, Yes, no I dont like all of those bad habits either AND the inverse No, yes we should all be aware these speech patterns are happening increasingly.. But any word beginning with ST is impossible for this woman to pronounce correctly. Vocal fry is one of the main voice complaints sent to the Invisibilia team, said project manager Liana Simstrom, who handles audience engagement for the narrative podcast about human behavior. Thanks to ALL recent commenters for reading and sharing your thoughts on this topic. It seems that amazing has become the new awesome. The inflection pattern the hosts use in every sentence of every voice over is exactly the same. 3) saying een for ingas in goeen or stayeen for going or coming And in setting forth a list of things that are alternatives, rather than saying whether its A or B or C they say whether its A, whether its B, whether its C. For example i had a really busy day today.. My gripe is mainly with broadcasting media, films, books, articles, any sort of communication authority, that has embraced these habits. You are smarter than I am. I love the content of the daily but can't stand the guttural voice of Michael Barbaro. Guest (author/pundit/wannabe politician): Sure, so, moving forward, we obviously want to first see what reopening would look like, then secure the strategic infrastructure to sort of make that happen in this space (apparent reference to safe space). There are so many of these annoying speech patterns and they are contagious. If someone speaks in numbered bullet points, such as, Firstly_____, and second then they wish to sound more educated than they are. A few other exercises for keeping voice forward are: Humming. "You're on the air, not having a conversation with a buddy in a bar. Weirdos lol . A lazy speech habit that grates on my nerves is the use of Also too. Ugh! Phoebe Judge (Criminal) is also lovely, as is Roman Mars (99 PI). Do you see the bu**un? Wish the tv stations would actually listen to their employeesfemale reporters are the WORST!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Oh my Godd-uh! Questions. The biggest one that I hear it in is when celebrities say singer. (Or should be). Why diminish that by lowering our standards for education and employment? YAY you found the bu**un Its one of my many pet peeves in newscaster-speak, and I hear this one all the time especially from Rachel Martin on NPR. As a young woman who sometimes subconsciously dips into this lower vocal register, I don't even notice when radio reporters speak with vocal fry. or I I I I I I dragged out and finished with uh.. Worchestershire sauce anyone? I agree with your comments whole-heartedly, and also wish that more attention be paid in the school environment to identifying and correcting inappropriate speech and speech patterns. dontgetaphd 6 mo. Exclusive to Americans are having to include real quick in every sentence and right here or right there But MOST annoying now is one that almost every single woman seems to do now And yes it is women strangely enough. As leading lady in Synetic Family Theatre's "The Fisherman and the Golden Fish," she and the cast earned the Helen Hayes Award for Outstanding Production of Theatre for Young Audiences. 2001 - 2023 Debbie Grattan Voiceover Talent | Site Map | Privacy Policy. No. While editing a piece, he found himself imagining the words spoken by a more white voice instead of his own. Oh, and yes, I know I left off many other annoying speech patterns. Pointing this out to friends, Im usually answered by yeah, I noticed, or good old-fashioned shrugs. There is no place in the adult, professional world for this nonsense. She has performed in television, film, stage, voiceovers, and commercials. Ive recently heard this from an organic drink company: However you healthy., Another, from a vitamin supplement company: Want to brain better?. document.getElementById( "ak_js_2" ).setAttribute( "value", ( new Date() ).getTime() ); Debbie Grattan is a top-rated professional female voice over talent with more than 25 years of experience delivering voice over services worldwide. I forgot about another sentence I hate, I know which zoo program youre referring to and I cant watch it either. The So at the beginning of every answer to a question, the Vocal Fry, the Upspeak all irritate me beyond all measure. A reporter asks a politician something like, Do you support the bill before congress that blah, blah blah [whatever the details]. I am relieved to find this list because listening to NPR has become impossible. And listeners have seriously strong feelings about this stuff. If none of you engage in such things, youre likely guilty of the offense that led me to search for endless monotone monologue of older Americans. It can make engaging topics so boring, it makes death enticing. Add on the ground. Even when an exact location is given, the ubiquitous use of on the ground, drives me quite mad. The power of live radio, after all, is that it's live. I have also noticed when people use a hard g instead of a soft or silent g in many words. Vocal fry. I m hearing the phrases theres no doubt about it and theres no question about it and the variations: no doubt about it, no doubt, no question about it, and no question. I put my own example of me saying it in this Youtube link: Does anyone out there have any thoughts on any possible geographic relationship? Thank you Baz for this eloquently written commentary. As a result, my tolerance for vocal tics is definitely lower than it used to be. Then on the other extreme we have ABSOLUTELY. airlines. that the odds are every one of those comments is directly speaking to another comment directed indirectly to another comment and so on? One person in particular uses a combination of vocal fry (at times), saying so at the end of sentences, using upspeak, AND drawing words out (I guess while thinking of what to say). Its an epidemic among millennial actors, hosts, and cable news panelists/contributors. I heard one person this past weekend start literally every response with, Look. I first noticed vocal fry around 2007 when two young female supervisors of mine would literally end each sentence with 4 to 5 seconds of vocal fry. It sounds weird and affected. Objective reality, for some folks, must be something that just happens to others. I think its lazy not to pronounce words correctly. Reporters get these complaints directly, too. However, the habit of young womens talk that no one has mentioned is the tendency to cluster words together in extremely fast phrases within sentences, a habit which once I notice, becomes increasingly irritating. Would you please counsel ME on it? Kids used to be so proud when their cursive writing improved as they practiced it. We all must remember to keep our minds sharp and active. Amazing this, and amazing that PLEASE STOP NOW! We cant ignore our own speech patterns if were going to engage in this sort of discussion. I mean Seriously? One of her favorites is Shtrategy. As he remarkedthey have to teach to the middle to create any sense of moving forward in such large groups. Credibility goes out the window. This listing or auctioneer way of speaking is an affectation from vlogs. Ive noticed the inflection is often followed by movement, such as a slight head tilt, nod, hands, or shift of the eyes, presumably as an emphasis. This is what annoys me and I am a woman. It seems to me that in the course of the past couple of years stuDENT has become the preferred usage. Perhaps Im better not to. I tried to ignore it, but as its about an hour show, ten minutes in, he says this word numerous times. I actually literally sat down. I like to respond: as opposed to figuratively sat down, I suppose. But here is the one trend that makes every cell in my body burst: It is when (perhaps two trends, but related), for example, a writer or announcer will state there are two reasons for situation X. the first is Y. Sam Sanders, host of NPR's It's Been A Minute, records a segment at NPR West on September 24, 2018. Seriously, though, get that ignorant, superficial, pseudointellectual sentence-padding out of here. . They also make thespeaker sound less intelligent and sometimes even manipulative. I agree. Its far from the only silent letter in spoken English. Firstly, I would like to say that I quite enjoyed reading your article. Ive been looking to see if i can find more information about where this is coming fromdrives me crazyuh. ***Follow @JoshVoorhees and the rest of the . Jessica Hansen, one of the voices of NPR's funding credits and its in-house vocal coach, helps reporters hone their voices for air. Perhaps I need to pay more attention to the bungled up speech patterns that are in use. For example youre not just happy to be here today youre SUPER happy. Its super annoying. Corollary: being excited about even the most routine, long-anticipated events, such as the press release I saw last week about a new software upgrade that the developer was super excited to announce. That was actually in the written press release. I dont care where you are from, how heavy your accent is of that area or even if you dont have a higher education, but if you can speak in a way that is commanding (rather than many of the demanding ways people converse now), you can talk about any subject, and I will be interested. You two have made so many excellent points! Why? Hi Debbie and those commenting, all of whom I can identify with wholeheartedly. How about pandimik (apparently meaning pandemic,) mimber (apparently meaning member,) and oh god, space (apparently derived from safe space). It will not be a sad day for me when vocal fry becomes a bygone trend. Enter your email address to subscribe to this blog and receive notification of new posts by email. So should only be used at the beginning of a sentence when you are either asking a new question or starting a whole new topic of conversation. Everything and everyone is aMAzing. I would rather have my guests say the word "like" a lot or me say the word "like" a lot and have a richer, deeper, better conversation that goes more places than have everyone be buttoned up and stifled as guests and you never hear the word "like.". Either Feb-roo-ary or Feb-yoo-ary is acceptable. Uptalk is the new wave sweeping the youth, like wearing tights and having tattoos all over your arm. we had a surprise english test? In the Fresh Air episode about criticism of young women's voices she said,"People are busy policing young women's language, and nobody is policing older or younger men's language.". And, like uptalk, it seems to be used predominantly by female speakers. My husband and I both react as though were hearing nails on a chalkboard when people speak as though theyre trying to manipulate us. Then there is borough , pronounced burra, the yanks say burrow, thats what a mole does in your garden. . Agreed, Debbie! Its sort of a way to soften, to be kind of vague, imprecise and uncommitted. An article in England stated that bosses would not employ anyone who used this phrasing, as they felt that they were unsure of themselves. Help. 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