The pervasive use of hypophora, mostly in spoken media, is more than annoying to me! Also, old hardly known by an average individual, words, which are being now widely used. Listen to Dr. Blassey Ford. I also loathe when people pronounce nuclear as nucular. I am a white dude on the radio, and no one has EVER tweeted at me critiquing my voice. For more information, please see our These hip speech patterns are used by women in, I would say 90% of the conversations Im involved with or hearing out in public. There are so many more. Let me explain this simple thing to you dummies. Its become hugelycommon, even among expert speakers during formal interviews (just listen to NPR while various experts are interviewed). So, it is not just me that notices this. Or, as my best friend calls it: the hissed s. For example, the word is news, not noose. We occasionally hear from listeners who critique what they perceive as the homogeneity of on-air voices. I dont know of any name for that But reading your comment makes me think that maybe a lot of this type of speaking comes as a side effect of the Youtube and social media age, where people try to stand out and get noticed any way that they can. Oh brother, Frankie! YESSSS!,,,,,, the staccato speech is driving me away from tv. 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. 3. Some are even doing it on purpose. Vocal fry refers to a low, glottal, animal-like sound that speech pathologists consider a vocal disorder. Heres another verbal habit thats annoyed me to the point of pounding the wall. I just heard a lady doing a commercial on TV who pronounced entertainment as intertainment. Someone must start these silly fads. ", Another listener from Minnesota wrote that "millennial correspondents" who speak with vocal fry "seems to counter NPR's high standards. I have to bite my tongue and let off steam when I hear Australians speak. Hansen has served on the Mills College Alumnae Steering Committee; the Washington, DC, chapter Arts Committee of the Brandeis University Alumni Board; the National Society of Arts and Letters; and as judge for the Mr. District of Columbia Benefit Competition. I found this article looking for answer to that question. Kudos. Super everything Super excited because its super boring and Im tired of being super disappointed. My current favorite is folks who add the word literally to every statement. Duffin said voice critiques don't bother her personally but that she worries they limit who feels welcome on the air. And when people speak without a script they often use filler words or make minor grammatical mistakes. Its pervasive with men and women. Lets not forget the increasingly common tyoo in lieu of two, to, or too. It hurts my ears! Ugh! Argh!!! In addition, Ayesha is really the smartest and most inspiring reporter in Washington D.C. and speaks with an African-American Vernacular English accent while reporting. Pointing this out to friends, Im usually answered by yeah, I noticed, or good old-fashioned shrugs. It is not just annoying, it sounds absolutely ridiculous. Having a predilection for languages & words, combined with being a professional presenter for most of life, my ear is sensitive to all uses of phrasology; blue, high tone, trends, slang, group ID, annoying & more. 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. The T-dropping is especially irritating because it sounds like something a very young kid would do and I HATE when adults talk like toddlers. I called it creaking. Ayesha Rascoe is an American journalist for NPR famous for her accent and distinctive voice for news delivery. document.getElementById( "ak_js_1" ).setAttribute( "value", ( new Date() ).getTime() ); Bring Debbie the details of your next commercial, narration, phone system recording or other voiceover project. Its like the art of cursive, or long hand writing, which has also become a relic of the past for so many. But we especially hear about the tone and timbre of reporters' voices. 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.". Im reading this because I am driven to distraction now that my husband has started constantly dropping the g from words ending in ing. November 28, 2016 by Debbie Grattan 307 Comments. She has performed in television, film, stage, voiceovers, and commercials. Was the Mike Lindell one, Thats why I curated MyPillow? If he catches that he's saying "you know" a lot, he'll try to cut down on using it. I even contacted a renowned acting school. Soooooo, its bad enough when girls speak that way but, when a guy does it, I know were in trouble. Of all the irritating speech patterns around these days, vocal fry is, for me, the most intolerable. Uptalk, especially, when talking to a CSR at your bank or other professional organization. New Hampshire Public Radio and the Warren B. Rudman Center were proud to welcome NPR White House Correspondent Ayesha Rascoe as the next speaker in our Justi. Hello Baz, and thank you so much for being so detailed in your descriptions of your total annoyance with these speech trends. we had a surprise english test? It isnt just a curved exclamation point. I agree with Angela Brookman, above, in her complaint about people now refusing to pronounce the T sound in words (Im told the phenomenon has a name: T-glottalization), though I take issue with her examples, clarity and poverty. What drives me up a wall is when young people and that is who is doing this now drop the T sound in the middle of a word, such as kitten. They say kih-uhn. And mitten is mih-uhn, and written is wrih-uhn, and so forth. But I have to make one addendum to the use of right? (a word I view as a form of conversational bullying). Maybe this has already been mentioned, but I find it a bit irksome when someone emphasizes the obvious by saying, Hello! As in, Everyone knows the Earth is round. I wonder if there is a name for this yet? Please share more comments on this, and specifically what other patterns youd like to see us include in the next video. Its easy to overlook poor speech when an attractive face is delivering the information. its so not fairah!!. Perhaps Im better not to. But many English speakers dont really consider you as plural, because its indistinguishable from the singular, and so they perceive a gap in our pronoun system, which has been filled with a number of informal second-person plural pronouns: yall, you guys, yous guys, you-all, you lot (UK), etc. Not up-talk exactly, as in ending every sentence as if it were a question, but more when people are listing things that are maybe a little tedious. Its come to the point that Im grateful when a guest says Youre welcome at the end. Kind of (or sort of) This tidbit is used anywhere in the middle, as a way to not say what you really mean. I enjoyed reading them and replying as well. Sad, but true. I was convinced I was the only one who noticed the (extremely annoying) uptick of use with the word right in conversation. I felt as though I learned something today. I work for a large tech company in the SF Bay Area and I can attest that uptalk, unfortunately, is more pervasive than ever. Leaving the Ts out of a word, as in bu on or ki en. Is it to have a snippet of time before responding? I also see an affectation of a stammer, emphasizing the last syllable of a word, of a sentence, the totally unnecessary use of and so, after starting with the ubiquitous So, and repetition of statements as if the listener is an imbecile. 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.". Amongst a lot of youre vocabulary mistakes is one that makes me sick, the yank way of saying, mirror, they say Mirrrrr. culture that (IMO) is ruining our educational system. 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. Even if something just happened and I witnessed it with him. "When they sit down and open the mic to tell the story, they aren't just hanging on for the ride and hoping that it ends soon. Or is it gender? We drink when we hear Emily Bazelon and her cronies say ta on the Political Gabfest. The overuse of superlative adjectives. Moaning is not music. Thank you again for sharing your thoughts on this subject. Housewives of wherever, The Hills, Keeping up with, The Apprentice. I long to hear a host say Youre welcome in response. Ira Glass has a speech pattern whereby he voices extremely fast bursts of words, and then leaves a space. And their voices reflect indelible features of their backgrounds where they're from and the voices they grew up with. Im like my husband uses it for every single thing. Sorrey and sorry. My dad was from Canada of English heritage. My spine is more aligned?. Those experiences felt like subtle whitewashing of his voice. Are they insecure, manipulative, dishonest, sans capacity for original, independent thought???? Like, what about the kids, like mostly girls, that like say the word like, like every other word. Ive forgone many a great podcast topic due to vocal fry or overuse of right. Permeating WiFi, etc.? It seems to me it takes more effort to speak a word without its T sound in the middle than to speak the word properly! Liana Van Nostrand (@lbvannostrand) is an intern for the Public Editor's office. Speech patterns seem to trend quite quickly. The sound of 2020 America is a chirpy vocal fry. Also, using lol in a sentence is not only idiotic, and outdated, but it makes the commenter appear mentally retarded. Reporters get these complaints directly, too. These are commentators, announcers, and reporters!! "When you're critiquing a voice, you're saying, 'I don't like the thing that is you on the radio,' " Karen Duffin, a co-host and reporter for Planet Money, told me. I think its lazy not to pronounce words correctly. Great article. and our Its definitely whiny, and its annoying as hell to my ears. Suddenly I see the speech patterns that seem unnatural and improper. Hearing Americans and Britons speak is psychological torture. Every slimy toady in gangster movies said yeah yeah yeah, Boss, I hear ya, I hear ya! . So I do speak to them about that, how important it is to at least be able to READ it, but it really goes nowhere from there. This is a great discussion! And singing involves a Melody AND talent. This is teh dropping of the letter g at the end of ing words, ie: singin goin droppin etc. It seems to be the new normal. I do not want to hear anyone speaking with mosquito tones. 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