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'Vocal fry' creeping into US speech
- jinushaun 15y agoDon't know what that article is talking about. I've been aware of the 'vocal fry' for as long as I've had pubic hair. (Several decades) I always thought it was something girls subconsciously did to their voice to sound sultry and sexy—usually accompanied by slower speech. In other words, phone sex voice. Nothing new.
- _delirium 15y ago"Probably not new" also seems to be Language Log's conclusion: http://languagelog.ldc.upenn.edu/nll/?p=3626 http://languagelog.ldc.upenn.edu/nll/?p=3626