.ANY Mouth smacking, Ttt or Tsk between every phrase, or hearing saliva sounds !!! My wife has been sucked in and watches all of these, albeit now in private, as I spend most of my time pointing out how these dumb narcissistic losers, sap the very life out of all right-thinking folks within humanity. How about But uh.. ?? Bull***t. Its just people being influenced by media influencers (Kardashians) and then copying each other to fit in. Also annoying is the fake lisp of many young-ish women trying to copy Emma Stone, assuming her lisp is real not sure. 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! I also cant stand when people repeatedly mispronounce words. But it sends up sounding so unintelligent and gutless. The first part of the sentence is on a lower pitch and then last word is HIGHerrr, and then the next is back to the first lower and last word is in the MIDDleee , etc. Good English dictates brevity as a virtue; much, is redundant here. Thats probably (not proaly) one reason kids cant spell them correctly later. I call it excessive schwa-ing. Who is telling people to jut their bottom jaw out and keep their tongue from going past their teeth? Thank you for helping me put a name to this! As far as voice sounds, I do hear vocal fry on occasion and I notice men do it as well as women but women are more often chastised for it. I want to shout at them Inhale! 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. Yet its undocumented. Another big offender is the reality tv show, e.g. I thought it must be a local thing. its so, like, annoying, right? Real News (Host): When do you think we can fully re-open schools, 5 days/week? Have I become a crotchety old fart or is Idiocracy truly upon us? Paige, I thought I was the only person annoyed by these patterns. https://t.co/7p2fxbZTAN. This seems to be catching on, even by some senior respected news folks. This is a great discussion! Some of my pet peeves are as follows: The broadcasters at a local TV newsroom think that sentences end with three periods. And look, weyak, yak, yak.. Psychologicaly though my theory is that women want to be listened to and they do it subconsciously to be heard and for people to pay attention to them. I hear it on NPR a lot. Person 1: So what is your opinion on adding cream to this dessert? The kids immediately say, I cant read cursive. So, you probably already know about vocal fry, valspeak and uptalk, right? she didn't sound certain saying her own name, helps reporters hone their voices for air. She regularly records commercial voice overs for radio and tv as well as infomercial voice overs and direct response marketing for children's toys, health, fitness and beauty products. I mean, everyone has heard plenty of examples of those speech patterns that have made perfectly well-educated college grads (mostly female) sound like Kardashian wannabes. I have tried to adjust. I do this, and my co-habitator, unrelenting spirit-breaker guy person interrupts me in the middle of my every effort to engage in a meaning exchange of ideas and information. Over his 10 years at NPR, he said he has grown emotionally to trust that his voice is enough. Cant find a term for my 2nd pet peeve listing options with an affected inflection for each as in . Several years ago, feminist author Naomi Wolf suggested vocal fry among young women was causing them to "disown their own power.". Its not clear if upspeak/high rising terminal intonation started in Australia (or even New Zealand), or on the West Coast of the USA. I also get extremely annoyed by these vocal crutch words so Im glad Im not the only who experiences this! Also, Im not fond of meme/social media culture creeping into everyday conversation either. Lately, I have noticed by newscasters and others on TV the word expecially, which of course does not exist. Fly them in and leave them in the outback. is You get the idea. I was thinking that I was the only hearing the incorrect use of the schwa during a recent newscast. hide caption. I saw it as SORE-ree. OH YES! However, the habit of young womens talk that no one has mentioned is the tendency to cluster words together in extremely fast phrases within sentences, a habit which once I notice, becomes increasingly irritating. 2) pumped and stoked for excited Public radio should mean that all voices, relaying solid reporting, are respected enough to inform the country. Kudos. Listening to our local news reporters causes so much stress! The interior is super soft leather!. I am listening to a webinar class right now and the instructor keeps using apparently to start sentences. The education system. I completely agree with the annoying no problem response from a server after saying Thank you. No problem implies that the Thank you was not needed, because it was the right thing to do. I dont watch a lot of TV; but when I do I have to mute all the commercials. https://youtu.be/gGEit7Fg9HU. I wonder if there is a name for this yet? They are also signaling their frustration that they cannot complete their thoughts. 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. When I hear someone at a store or restaurant say something else instead of Have a good one! I thank them for not being like the rest of the robots. It seems to me that the average persons way of communicating has become more casual in professional situations because it has become taboo to correct others in academic settings. Filler words mean people are thinking in the moment, he added. Im going out on a limb and saying they use it because it is something definitive in their conversation. Formerly worst voice was Diane Rehm. METAPHORICALLY no one? How about pandimik (apparently meaning pandemic,) mimber (apparently meaning member,) and oh god, space (apparently derived from safe space). I agree with your comments whole-heartedly, and also wish that more attention be paid in the school environment to identifying and correcting inappropriate speech and speech patterns. Its like the art of cursive, or long hand writing, which has also become a relic of the past for so many. The voice goes up and slows down, theeeeeeeen, then they list detail 1, and detail two (pause) and detail three. Correspondent Carrie Johnson came to NPR in 2010, after a long career in print. Why should we voice the t in often? 3 length vs. lenth, H (long a and ch) vs. (long a and shuss), streaming vs. shreaming. Or, when listening to a reporter or expert contributor on radio or television. Just observant. 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. There is no place in the adult, professional world for this nonsense. These five speech patterns have become rampant in interviews. Every time I hear her voice, I immediately reach for the volume and turn it down. Im only 40 but I feel like a rambling old person yelling at the TV any time I watch it. Profeasionally, it comes down to efficiency and economy not to waste talk time with meaningless utterances or distractions. However, Ive noticed a horrible trend, especially on Parcast, to have females doing commercials who sound like babies. Those experiences felt like subtle whitewashing of his voice. Just as NPR's reporting can expose listeners to new ideas, listening to national radio is an opportunity to hear voices from many backgrounds. An interesting one this one. OKIE I cant stand to hear it, like nails on a chalkboard young ladies, please correct yourselves!!! And singing involves a Melody AND talent. 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! 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! Then there is borough , pronounced burra, the yanks say burrow, thats what a mole does in your garden. This seems to be a dialect issue primarily in the U.S. South, but the writing implement pen is pronounced pin, as the number ten is pronounced tin!. Perhaps Im better not to. Seems our country (or generation) is being overrun with these ridiculous patterns! I dont think most people realize how annoying it is, especially when it becomes a pattern of speech, which it often does. attack becomes attawwk; radio becomes rawwdio. . I think it was about a year ago that I first noticed this creeping into speech. She is best known for her role in the NPR Morning Edition and All Things Considered. Great use of the word literally there, Amber. 4) adding definately before every verb I even contacted a renowned acting school. Thanks for your comment! Endlessly irritating to me and I agree, it does sound affected. Back in the day you would be fired for delivering news that way. Thanks for your comment and video. Vocal fry irritates the hell out of me! Help. Its done a lot in the German language, too (which makes sense, if you think about it). One of her favorites is Shtrategy. People who say: Suddenly I see the speech patterns that seem unnatural and improper. One thing that bothers me is when people pronounce the word ancient as ankshent. I think it was around this time that the issue of vocal fry came to the foreground on NPR. Uptalk at ?s. And please read through the comments for some very interesting insights and observations from other readers. Together with NPR's Training Team, she created a 10-minute voice coaching video, which offers tips to solve common vocal problems. It is not as if we do not live above the ground. I also wish we could deny medical service to anyone who refused to wear a mask and then contracted Covid-19. Does anyone out there have any thoughts on any possible geographic relationship? Our language is being bastardised for their own purpose, throat fry, non-pronunciation, just being annoying. thank you again for such a thoughtful response. or: Can you tell us about the car accident you witnessed today? As leading lady in Synetic Family Theatre's "The Fisherman and the Golden Fish," she and the cast earned the Helen Hayes Award for Outstanding Production of Theatre for Young Audiences. News Media and Teachers are mispronouncing this word. Duffin, of Planet Money, said that when she's recording she tries to sound like "a more listenable, polished version" of herself. My goodness! caused your repeated use of the vague term, space, without a specific Look at any Hugh Grant movie, and youll see. Im wondering if there is a name for a pattern Im noticing when people start listing bullet point details. I hope they will include this in the next videos. Now that Im working remotely full-time, I have become actually aware of the speech patterns of the people I work with! They were you know, I mean, and I mean like. The young woman in the commercial exclaimed, Its Dove-ah! Now I notice it all the time. Mostly female but males do it too. Recent research into vocal fry suggests that women do indeed have a tougher go of it than men when their voices slip into a lower register. If, however, its something that is correctable, I would like to know how, (NOT to be more pleasing or acceptible to him), so that I might be less annoying to more diplomatic persons like yourself . I see and hear it every dingle day and never heard a man do it. I dont know nothing about that. In our house it is forbidden LOL. 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