Dont know if this is quite in the same league, but watching YouTube videos, there is a channel called Triggernometry I like that does interesting interviews/chats on sometimes contentious topics. I understand some countries use to instead of from, and I dont know if thats longstanding or new. As a result, my tolerance for vocal tics is definitely lower than it used to be. thanks for reading and your comment! Im so glad I stumbled upon this story which consolidates all the worst habits of TV news people as well as the thread of reader responses. Sorrey and sorry. Great use of the word literally there, Amber. It is not just annoying, it sounds absolutely ridiculous. I have noticed lately female newscasters seemingly trying to avoid monotony by raising then lowering the pitch of the last syllable in a sentence. Linguists usually refer to it as creaky voice. So creaking is a reasonable thing to call it. It will not be a sad day for me when vocal fry becomes a bygone trend. Me too! I mean, if it really was a problem that I say that phrase whenever Im trying to make my point, what difference does it make? Whatever! The ingredients were super fresh and it tasted super amazing!, The car we bought drives super fast! I say borough as burrow and mirror as mirror, not meara. she didn't sound certain saying her own name, helps reporters hone their voices for air. That said, Boston's local morning guy, Bob Oakes, has a legendarily annoying voice. Out of protest, I might start writing the word out as ta, since that is how people are pronouncing the word. No problem suggests that I might have been a problem. Are you listening to me? You might think of Terry Gross' velvety timbre. I have to wonder if schools still teach sentence diagrams. Ugh! I cant stand people pronouncing words that end ing like the end with een, i.e. Ive heard narrators doing it on youtube videos. Ive noticed an increase in the pronunciation of to as tyoo but it seems more frequent when the speakerthey seem to be mostly femaleelongates the word, perhaps suggesting that its said when the speaker is having a moment of reflection or being pensive; that it is becoming universal on television news and commentary is undeniableand is becoming an annoyance, These are probably the same girls that used to (or possibly still do ) say things like stop itah!! Im going out on a limb and saying they use it because it is something definitive in their conversation. Ira Glass has a speech pattern whereby he voices extremely fast bursts of words, and then leaves a space. Ek-specially, think-yewwwuh and using individual instead of person are three of my current annoyance triggers. Nails on a chalkboard to me. If he catches that he's saying "you know" a lot, he'll try to cut down on using it. Yeah, naa, yeah is, similar to the Yeah, nowait, what?. Vocal fry refers to a low, glottal, animal-like sound that speech pathologists consider a vocal disorder. If I had my way all of the above media types would be banned outright at home, in school and in the workplace, as all of it makes me want to puke. Jackie Fortir is a healthcare reporter for StateImpact Oklahoma and part of the NPR-Kaiser Health News partnership. ) I love the content of the daily but can't stand the guttural voice of Michael Barbaro. . He told me: That is a sign that I've opened them up, they feel comfortable and they're talking in the way that they just regularly talk. And then I had to take the Range Rover in for serviiiiiiiiice, I mean, Im like sooo worn out ( vocal fry). Now that Im working remotely full-time, I have become actually aware of the speech patterns of the people I work with! When used, it sounds more like its a filler until the person can come up with the words he/she wants to say. What are they like. 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. I suppose if the heart is in the right place, we can forgive some of these transgressions of speech. Manhattan is apparently now Manhadden. (ex. I appreciate its a casual, off the cuff chat with the 2 male hosts (in their late 30s possibly) who are intelligent & one was a teacher in London! They read out various super-chats & live comments, chat about various media happenings, but one host, Francis Foster (they are both stand up comedians too) repeatedly says absolutely in response to everything. Im not sure if our primary education system is to blame for not putting enough emphasis on the spoken (or written) word for our younger generations, or whether it is more of a socialization and modeling of behavior that is rampant. I have tried to adjust. Who is telling people to jut their bottom jaw out and keep their tongue from going past their teeth? 3 length vs. lenth, H (long a and ch) vs. (long a and shuss), streaming vs. shreaming. Please. Stop talking like that!. I am Jack and this? It may be a form of ageism, but there is truth to every stereotype. Objective reality, for some folks, must be something that just happens to others. I find it close to impossible to think that these sounds are solely mimicry. Feel free to share in the comments! For example, mou- uhn, instead of moun-tain. The first example makes full-grown adults sound like a toddler who cant yet say his/her ts.. https://youtu.be/gGEit7Fg9HU. Correspondents are starting to do it. Uptalk at ?s. Thanks for your comment! I am sick of cymbals that end a commercial etc. Lisa P. hit the nail on the head. I commonly hear comferble, tempature, and Febooairy. No, sorry. The broadcasters at a local TV newsroom think that sentences end with three periods. use of the phrase sort of in each statement you made. Young women of all nationalities reporting from the most secluded parts of the world use these odd tones, rhythms and inflections. Like things like like because its just, like, beyond ubiquitous and you already know about it. I believe they are taught this mode of delivering content. There are so many more. And they do it a lot. 2 the addition of ing to verbs Its interesting to see how the pureness of the English language can be corrupted in some ways, by modern speech patterns, mostly by native English speakers. It sounds weird and affected. None of these up-and-coming phrases ever appear in scripts that I read for actual voice-over jobs or auditions. And I give a slight nod to the d in Wednesday. The biggest for me, though, is the epidemic vocal fry combined with a high-pitched voice, or sexy baby speak, among the majority of women, and many men now (Ira Glass, Im looking at you). When I go into the 4th, 5th grade classes, I write my name on the board in cursive. I was about to write a comment concerning the misuse of me and I when I read yours. You and me both. The sad part about the first phrase (Uh, hello.everyone knows the Earth is round) is that anyone has to even say it at all in the 21st century. What comes to mind when you imagine an "NPR voice"? Our and Hour is pronounced and sounds the same. ^ That, I hear all the time (Southern California). You might hear the rich baritone of Bob Edwards. What happened to Have a good day/afternoon/evening/morning ? . Heres one that you didnt feature maybe it doesnt count but its wrong and its annoying. 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. NPR has always kept American dialects and accents out of their reporting, but Vally-Girl seems to be OK. This often occurs when a person (on TV) is explaining the steps to any given process to another person: What Im going to do is, Im going to In 2nd person plural, What were doing is, were going to. The t sound is there; the enunciation is just very soft, almost swallowed, because the word is split into syllables in a different place than whats proper. While I agree that its a lazy way of speaking, its probably more a regional speech pattern than anything else. I hear it all the time paint-inG almost sounding like guh at the end of the syllable. Im glad to discover I am not alone. An overheard conversation: The other day I was walkiiiiiing, and, like, this dude flicked a cigarette butt on the graaa-ound, and I said, hey! I cant decide which I detest more- vocal fry or right. Yes, I have an accent, but I use proper English as my model to imitate. Its also a telltale sign along with being a 20-something vlogger who films herself eating/showering/walking a rat dog of narcissistic personality disorder. But in between this & because Im bored at home, they do something called a live stream, which I didnt usually watch. I agree. In our house it is forbidden LOL. Its the teacher and college professors that are spreading this annoying trend. A tragic comment on our times, indeed. So many things about schooling have been grating AND concerning me for quite a while! May I direct my fellow annoyed speech watchers to a major culprit leading to these speech patterns? Lately, I have noticed by newscasters and others on TV the word expecially, which of course does not exist. Maybe thats it. For instance LAST becomes LOST. Correspondent Carrie Johnson came to NPR in 2010, after a long career in print. It seems a convemient time period for my schedule at this tiiime, Up talk is especially annoying when the speaker is listing things, as in those pillow commercials:, I sleep better? Omg YES!! 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. These five speech patterns have become rampant in interviews. I am glad you are pointing them as incorrect and idiotic. ish instead of pronouncing it as iz. Thanks for any suggestions. 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. Speaking to Terry Gross on Fresh Air, linguist Penny Eckert described a preliminary study she conducted that asked participants to listen to two clips one with creak and one without. Also on the rise Yah, Yah to express approval, agreement, excitement. Your observations are wonderful & interesting. As opposed to what? I didnt read all the comments, so my apologies if this was already mentioned. In the U.S., though, the phrase is different from. When I hear than, I want to scream. Even if something just happened and I witnessed it with him. And singing involves a Melody AND talent. You paying attention? 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. Viewers would be fascinated 'Planet money,' 'This American Life,' 'Radiolab,' 'Startup' Why? That reminds me of a form of uptalk, but also theres a thing I notice where a person will have two pitches in their speech. If you really sit down and read every word its a fascinating phenomenon. Did college professors never say.hey, thats annoying and unprofessional? Producers, who listen while reporters record their scripts, are alert for issues with speed and clarity, and will ask reporters to try again if necessary. Though, not usually in a professional setting. Just as NPR's reporting can expose listeners to new ideas, listening to national radio is an opportunity to hear voices from many backgrounds. One reason we don't comment on reporters' voices is because voice is personal. All of this is from one person. I dont watch the show often, but find the interaction interesting & noticed the speech differences early on. Yes!! Hayes, you say right?, but how do I know whether I agree with you or not until you actually make the statement?. I didnt read through all of the comments but one I didnt see mentioned is the common trend now, most especially (again) by young to even college aged females adding This dessert was super easy to make! I am relieved to find this list because listening to NPR has become impossible. Several years ago, feminist author Naomi Wolf suggested vocal fry among young women was causing them to "disown their own power.". This sounds immature (like a 5 year old), lazy and uneducated. Its as if speakers dont care whether their grammar is correct. I have heard infants using words like this when they are learning, but to hear it coming from the mouth of a grown woman? Since I watch a lot of network tv, I hear this and other abominations on commercials, especially. 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. It was made popular by chef Gordon Ramsden. "What would happen if you approached different-sounding voices with curiosity and said 'Let me see how this works, see how this feels, and try to understand where they're coming from'? ", Another listener from Minnesota wrote that "millennial correspondents" who speak with vocal fry "seems to counter NPR's high standards. So, what are you gonna do about that job application? Fine. My current favorite is folks who add the word literally to every statement. How did this start? Wu-ut? But like you, when I find a younger person who is free of the upspeak, glottal fry, lack of oxygen when speaking, or repetitive use of um, like and you know it is always refreshing. The vocal pattern that annoys me endlessly is when women talk like little girls when they add UH to the end of words. I see and hear it every dingle day and never heard a man do it. Add on the ground. Even when an exact location is given, the ubiquitous use of on the ground, drives me quite mad. Some of it likely occurs between people very familiar with each other. I have a friend who can code switch very well. I think this is an absurd accusation. Also the northeastern dis, dat, dem and does for this, that, them and those. No, you are hearing maybe a regional pronunciation. Also, another annoying speech pattern is this: Costant micro-pauses after each couple of words, like if theres a question being asked or theres always some doubt. hide caption. These little speech micro trends seem to pop up every now and then, then fade away over time (thank God!). She dragged out the word and pitched it higher. Over his 10 years at NPR, he said he has grown emotionally to trust that his voice is enough. I am a voice artist as well and I make SURE there is no creaks in my work! If I were grading you, your report would get, at best, a C-," the listener from Missouri concluded. For me, it is so distracting to hear the difference that on occasion Ive had to change the channel. Great discussion on these affectations of speech, thank you. What about the most recent one where you say structure with a glottal g/sh that sounds like struh-sherr? Recently I have noticed what I call the Consonant Drag where the speaker is explaining something and they drag the consonants as if to give them space to think it out. And, like uptalk, it seems to be used predominantly by female speakers. I have to bite my tongue and let off steam when I hear Australians speak. Epic, etc. I could go no for ages but two of them fucked my life up, so I hate them all. Part Two: Here Comes AI, Is the Golden Age of Voice Over Gone? This has brought me to believe that uptalk is contrived and not a natural progression of linguistics. The shtraight down the shtreet seems to be 40-45 and under. My fifteen year old son frequently accuses me of picking on him for the way he speaks/writes. Then I went to the gyyyyyym. But it sends up sounding so unintelligent and gutless. For me, the whole So thing is one of these pet peeves that makes me want to smash whatever device Im hearing the word played upon. So, after reading literally every single comment, I am pondering the question; is it ironic that were all complaining about an enormous range of vocal variants (or variations?) Does anyone out there have any thoughts on any possible geographic relationship? I began to notice it more and more on TV and in real life and decided that whoever started this trend should be banished to Antarctica for the remainder of his/her life. SO NECESSARY! The tone, rhythm, and inflections grate on the ear. Sounding clear and natural on air takes time and practice. 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. I am dropping the mike now. Its become hugelycommon, even among expert speakers during formal interviews (just listen to NPR while various experts are interviewed). "I think of Ira Glass as the king of vocal fry," she said. Everyone is using that now it seems! 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