Housewives of wherever, The Hills, Keeping up with, The Apprentice. She said she wants to give reporters more control of their voices to increase their storytelling options. Of all the irritating speech patterns around these days, vocal fry is, for me, the most intolerable. The pervasive use of hypophora, mostly in spoken media, is more than annoying to me! I hear this a lot in conversation these days too. Sounding clear and natural on air takes time and practice. The reason is because. I first heard this on a Dove commercial. Hearing Americans and Britons speak is psychological torture. Part Two: Here Comes AI, Is the Golden Age of Voice Over Gone? 2% comes from Federal grants from the commerce department otherwise there is no direct federal funding. Can you comment on a growing trend of, what one person termed, manufactured precision diction? Weird or unique ways of speaking are one way to get noticed. Where did it come from and what were they thinking? I hear it a lot among sports commentators and analyzers on tv and radio. after. Thatsaid when I want to pause, shake my head a little & say Wait, what?. We drink when we hear Emily Bazelon and her cronies say ta on the Political Gabfest. Jessica Hansen is the voice of NPR's funding credits, and serves as an in-house voice coach for NPR. Thanks Ava for your note. 3. I seem to see/hear it all the time nowadays, normally just after someone has clearly explained the facts around something, but the person reading/hearing it feels the need to demand the person giving out the information to Wait! so they can then ask them What?, as though what theyve just heard is complete nonsense, simply because they havent, (or so it comes across), been able to comprehend it the first time around. I have to bite my tongue and let off steam when I hear Australians speak. 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. 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. I view the word "like" in the entire opposite manner than a lot of those critics. 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. These are examples of bad grammar, mispronounced words, and slang. And also have heard does that make sense? from one particular Millenial. We can expect the children of millennials to pass annoying speech patterns on to their children. Ive seen talking heads on cable news panels do this ad-nauseum. But instead it sounds like I went to the STOre, then the gas STAtion, and then got something to EAT.. Theuse of such patterns do more than annoy the listener. Profeasionally, it comes down to efficiency and economy not to waste talk time with meaningless utterances or distractions. very prevalent among high school kids and their teachers. I am a voice artist as well and I make SURE there is no creaks in my work! I like to call this Laundry Listing because it is like they are giving you this boring laundry list of things. And, like uptalk, it seems to be used predominantly by female speakers. The letter A seems to be the guiding light. Double negatives. context or discernible link to the discussion. What fascinates me most about it is that its unconsciously infused the American English speaking world, every seems to do it, everyone also seems to get it it never leaves anyone confused. look something like.. this. A lazy speech habit that grates on my nerves is the use of Also too. Yeah, Ill second that motion. or I I I I I I dragged out and finished with uh.. Id love to know how it happens. Good to know I am not the only person being annoyed by the way women robot-speak to the latest trend. Public radio should mean that all voices, relaying solid reporting, are respected enough to inform the country. Today IS the first day of Spring the way I was taught to as a very young child. There is no place in the adult, professional world for this nonsense. Sucking on the teeth and smackingThis speaker does this , also. First, they sound like they are pedaling up a hill. But as the quotes above show, some listeners do notice and they let the reporters know, too. All of this is annoying- up talk, vocal fry, So. 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. Receive a detailed quote, custom audition, and the ultimate in voice quality. Love thatNo problem. Its not a conscious thing. I believe young women demonstrate many of these generational tics in an attempt to make themselves sound more attractive: The vocal fry to try to avoid high-pitched speech; the moan at the end of sentences to make it sexier; the schwa-ing to sound more intelligent. Ive even come close to writing to NPR about their guests propensity to start sentences with so. Another one Ive heard lately is everything going on these days. Why use a euphemism in place of the pandemic? I am also hearing stated instead of simply said, and dont get me started on the misuse of myself. Thank you for validating my observations! 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 dont buy the argument that this is an empowering trend for women. 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. 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. hide caption. NPR must be making a conscious decision to allow all of this. Theres a woman at my healthcare providers office who uses upspeak constantly. As a result, many teachers stopped teaching it. Glen Washington (Snap Judgment) is so smooth, I also like Gene Demby and Shereen Marisol Meraji (Code Switch). Has anyone experienced this verbal hostage taking? In 2015, Chenjerai Kumanyika, a radio journalist and professor, published an essay on Transom.org that sparked a conversation about race and public radio. She has performed in television, film, stage, voiceovers, and commercials. Because anybody who over pronounces their ts and ss sounds annoying to me. Trying to describe some of these patterns is difficult, so examples would be very helpful! I have worked as a journalist for over 25 years, and I do not work in television for a reason. Sorry, but Im not pronouncing button as butt-ton. Vocal fry. I now hear little girls copying their mums, speaking in vocal fry, and thats sad. The young woman in the commercial exclaimed, Its Dove-ah! Now I notice it all the time. This sounds immature (like a 5 year old), lazy and uneducated. The staccato, fry voices makes me hit the mute button. Whenever I hear someone begin a statement with Look, I long to interrupt and say, Im looking.. Especially when hearing service providers use it after customers express thanks. I dont mind hearing AAVE when its between friends but professional usage irks. I would be happy to hear the word amazing without the word super in front of it. Some time around the late 90s, early 2000s, it was taken off the graded subjects. Ive had to stop watching MSNBC, because Rachel Maddow lards her hour with the use of right. Worse is Chris Hayes, who doesnt even use right properly! My aversion to imbecile-generated sounds has made me reconsider certain career paths. The kind of/sort of pattern I first noticed about 8-10 years ago and it was my old pet peeve; maybe Ive grown used to it by now. 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.) Ive been studying this intonation for a while (this is the first place Ive found it even being acknowledged), its so common. 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! She creaked so much that I literally couldnt understand a word she was saying. Moaning is not music. Uptalk, especially, when talking to a CSR at your bank or other professional organization. This cymbal sound bite, arent event how a professional drummer would play, or maybe would not immediately make this sound unless the cymbals were damaged somehow. Ive recently heard this from an organic drink company: However you healthy., Another, from a vitamin supplement company: Want to brain better?. While editing a piece, he found himself imagining the words spoken by a more white voice instead of his own. Can you point to the bu**un? To add to the I mean, is .I feel like, I have the pleasure of working with some folks that include these in every single spoken sentence. It really does grate on the nerves. Some are even doing it on purpose. But those persons might find it hard to get a high-paying job. She found that people over 40 heard the utterance without any creak as more authoritative, while people under 40 found both clips authoritative. I thought it must be a local thing. There are so many more. Is there not an audio producer charged with asking the reporters to speak with more maturity and confidence? Now that Im working remotely full-time, I have become acutely aware of speech patterns of the people I work with! And that show was probably a 5 year old rerun. Also the use of words kiddo and doggo. Youre not crotchety. Initially I read your comment as a knock on the Canadian pronunciation of sorry. They dont even allow their white announcers in Texas to sound like theyre from Texas! I have also noticed when people use a hard g instead of a soft or silent g in many words. You might think of Terry Gross' velvety timbre. Was the Mike Lindell one, Thats why I curated MyPillow? Having it as part of your daily living is different from going on TV or radio and having everyone hear it in a professional context. Ive noticed that, too. Based on a 2010 NPR Music survey of its listeners * Missing: Mohammad-Reza Shajarian * Ahmad Zahir * Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan * Asha Bhosle * Esma Redzepova * Sezen Aksu * Dennis Brown * Radmilla Cody * Khaled * Twinkie Clark * Amalia Rodrigues * Concha Buika * Chavela Vargas * Camaron de la Isla It applies to what the kids call music these days as well. These hip speech patterns are used by women in, I would say 90% of the conversations Im involved with or hearing out in public. I believe they are taught this mode of delivering content. Where Youre welcome implies that you went out of your way and accept their thanks as your praise. Spot on! Yes!! I change channels whenever I hear it. On those rare occasions when I hear an interview with someone who is profoundly lacking all of these five patterns, it is such a breath of fresh air! Jackie Fortir is a healthcare reporter for StateImpact Oklahoma and part of the NPR-Kaiser Health News partnership. Misnomer is now used when what is really meant is misconception. These are two different words with different meanings. Someone told me it started with the Kardashians, which doesnt surprise me if thats true. I saw it as SORE-ree. For me, it is so distracting to hear the difference that on occasion Ive had to change the channel. I think females tend to do this more often and more dramatically. 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). I work with someone who is very intelligent in general, and very knowledgeable about the subject hes presenting but he has this annoying halting speech pattern. Thank you again for sharing your thoughts on this subject. Allison I have to chuckle at your comment, since just last night, while watching one of the football playoff games, my husband was getting quite annoyed at Tony Romos continuous use of the word right? uptick included, while commentating. I could go no for ages but two of them fucked my life up, so I hate them all. OMG! And, for the sake of diplomacy, keeping the peace, or not wanting to appear to be snobbish or hurtful, we have simply stopped giving each other constructive criticism regarding our flaws. 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? Society doesnt need to do anything. Not sure what thats called, maybe we should invent a name for it . I use both in different contexts. A new one Ive just started noticing on a local radio interview, and from my husband (ugh) is accentuating the word to and a pause. Love this article and the comments! Great discussion on these affectations of speech, thank you. thanks for reading and your comment! Mark, your comments are very well spoken, and I also consider language and ones command and understanding of it to be a sign of class and proper education. It makes my skin crawl, when people say are, when it is PRONOUNCED, OUR!!! Reporters strive to sound clear and concise on air. Thanks for reading and commenting with such a detailed response, Adrianne. its so, like, annoying, right? What about the most recent one where you say structure with a glottal g/sh that sounds like struh-sherr? Its not just insincere, its rude, as if theyre annoyed at having to say it. Tomorrow WILL be a hot day or What game? 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! They probably started out as texting shortcuts, but the two I cant stand are LOL crammed into every sentence, and OMG at the beginning of every sentence. It's not just one part of America or one slice of America," he said. So So, youll also find this one at the beginning of a sentence, namely as a way to manage the conversation and sound fairly authoritative (or condescending). Tripp, I agree completely. is it hipster talk? 'Planet money,' 'This American Life,' 'Radiolab,' 'Startup' Why? I have been trying to figure out why so so many people in TV commercials speak with a lisp. It sounds weird and affected. Now I hear that everywhere. Dropping the T is not a girl thing, at least not in the American South. But among friends all the time. Ironically, the girl in the last video does vocal fry throughout (I managed less than a minute of the video). 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