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I wish it were only a California thing. The Valley Girl uptalk/vocal fry thing seems to have spread across the country. Turn on the local news station in any re
by ryandrake 2y ago
I wish it were only a California thing. The Valley Girl uptalk/vocal fry thing seems to have spread across the country. Turn on the local news station in any region of the country and you'll hear it. Everyone is for some reason trying to sound like the Real Housewives Of Orange County.
- alabastervlog 2y agoNPR's even been full of it for more than a decade now. I think at some point (the '00s?) they really relaxed their elocution standards for hosts & reporters. It definitely makes reporting feel trustworthy and serious? When almost every statement sounds like a tentative question?
- TRiG_Ireland 2y ago"Vocal fry" is not really a thing, as David Peterson explains. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qIJyEc07w2Q https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qIJyEc07w2Q
- PaulHoule 2y agoI like vocal fry as a vocal adjustment because (1) you can do it with no talent, and (2) since it is atonal you can use it and have no risk of your vocal tone slipping upward because you're under stress.