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'Vocal Fry' Creeping Into US Speech

Posted by timothy on from the how-totally-bizarre dept.

sciencehabit writes "A curious vocal pattern has crept into the speech of young adult women who speak American English: low, creaky vibrations, also called vocal fry. Pop singers, such as Britney Spears, slip vocal fry into their music as a way to reach low notes and add style. Now, a new study of young women in New York state shows that the same guttural vibration — once considered a speech disorder — has become a language fad."

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  1. coming up next by tverbeek · · Score: 5, Funny

    Next we'll be hearing autotune in everyday speech.

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  2. Maybe it is from by Ice+Station+Zebra · · Score: 5, Funny

    Brushing their teeth with a bottle of Jack?

  3. Marge Simpson did it first by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    Marge Simpson did it first

  4. Re:vocal Fry? by bunratty · · Score: 4, Funny

    /squints Can't tell if speech disorder or latest fad.

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  5. Re:"Study of 34 female speakers" by SteveFoerster · · Score: 4, Funny

    Surely on a college campus, you can find more than 34 females to do a study on?

    Come on guys, no one took the bait on this one?

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  6. Re:Nothing new by Slashdot+Assistant · · Score: 5, Funny

    Yeah, and well rehearsed "duck face" poses used whenever a camera comes out. Really, if this becomes the common theme for women, I'd be hanging on to heterosexuality by my finger nails.

  7. Re:Nothing new by Random+Destruction · · Score: 5, Funny

    A self-professed pedant who uses the non-word "irregardless"? Turn in your card, it's time to retire.

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