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I also dislike the replacement of youre welcome with no problem when told thank you. When I purchase something from an employee, or tell someone thank you, Im not needing assurance that Im not a problem. Im happy to continue commenting as required, as Ive plenty more to say on the subject! This has brought me to believe that uptalk is contrived and not a natural progression of linguistics. I want to shout at them Inhale! Soft, gentle words rising to hard, forceful preaching, followed by applause and cheering! A few other exercises for keeping voice forward are: Humming. How about But uh.. ?? Over his 10 years at NPR, he said he has grown emotionally to trust that his voice is enough. Nice to find Im not the only person driven to distraction by these annoying speech habits. Epic, etc. This listing or auctioneer way of speaking is an affectation from vlogs. Comments like that don't bother or surprise Fortir. Society doesnt need to do anything. Mostly female but males do it too. So, you probably already know about vocal fry, valspeak and uptalk, right? There are some new kids on the block this year: In these trying times. If I hear this on TV I change the channel. But any word beginning with ST is impossible for this woman to pronounce correctly. She currently sings with Summer Parfait, a jazz band including fellow NPR employees Chris Joyce and James Willetts. However preservation of correct grammar, and beauty of the English language is important to me and I refuse to adapt botching of the language. Even interviews with people youd think would be trained to avoid patterns like these are using them. These kids are expected to go out in the real world and magically transform into people they were once never expected to be. To me, it sounds like theyve actually forgotten to end the word and let that final syllable continue to sound out for an extended period. Tomorrow WILL be a hot day or My dad was from Canada of English heritage. She found that people over 40 heard the utterance without any creak as more authoritative, while people under 40 found both clips authoritative. Required fields are marked *. I must be getting old, I sound like my parents. after. I have suffered through dozens of interviews with millennials, both male and female, who use vocal fry, up talk and verbal place holders as if their lives depended on it. One study found that young women with vocal fry were perceived as less competent and trustworthy. She tackled the challenge of transitioning to radio, in part, by developing an unusual approach to writing out her tracks (the reporter's narration). Should school lectures take place on the moon, or just remotely via satellite? The staccato, fry voices makes me hit the mute button. It's BS. Uptalk or up speak are newer terms for ARI or Australian Rising Inflection which I am told is where it began. Ive been trying to figure out the speech pattern of an acquaintance its causing me irritation and anxiety. 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. Thanks for a place to vent. This collection would be much funnier if the written intro didnt include a sentence beginning I mean And then I had to take the Range Rover in for serviiiiiiiiice, I mean, Im like sooo worn out ( vocal fry). Another one that I see increasingly in many of those under 40, is known as g-dropping. For example i had a really busy day today.. Its definitely whiny, and its annoying as hell to my ears. Anyone who thinks these things dont (or shouldnt) matter should think again. During her 10-year tenure as Artistic Director, Lean & Hungry's shows were heard on public radio stations in 8 states and the District of Columbia, with an estimated audience of 42,000 listeners for each show. Reddit and its partners use cookies and similar technologies to provide you with a better experience. terrible annoying. Basically, many people, young people and more often women, will take a short vowel sound and make it a schwa sound ie. Unlike appearing simply one of the collective in using URGE, ENCOURAGE and SUGGEST which is a translation in beta male language, because we hate patriarchies, especially white ones, we can with ABSOLUTELY step past that level of making an indicator by laying the hammer on the anvil. Please. Probably because I was born in the 70s and obviously grew up in valley girl 80s. document.getElementById( "ak_js_2" ).setAttribute( "value", ( new Date() ).getTime() ); Debbie Grattan is a top-rated professional female voice over talent with more than 25 years of experience delivering voice over services worldwide. While he generally wants to be playful on his show, he said he's since tried to be more sensitive to when subjects require serious delivery. I have noticed a new one in speech and texts with 30 yr and younger females Of course, once he shared them with me,I started hearing them, too. But, over the past few years students have become increasingly reproachful as if I am purposefully attacking their generation. 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. I am also a teacher and am perplexed by the lack of vocabulary and sloppy use of language that I hear every day, everywhere, and by many! Someone told me it started with the Kardashians, which doesnt surprise me if thats true. I forgot about another sentence I hate, What happened to Have a good day/afternoon/evening/morning ? Last week, Slate Lexicon Valley podcaster (and NPR On the Media host) Bob Garfield lamented a frightening tic invading American speech. Like many here, I listen to a good deal of NPR-ish broadcasts and podcasts. Maybe its the microphones? The Alexis character on Schitts Creek has raised this to a hilarious satire. They are also signaling their frustration that they cannot complete their thoughts. I didnt know there was a word for that! I love to hear all types of accents, and regional dialects, as long as theyre intelligible. ", It's not quite clear where the style comes from, but Mae West is often cited as an example, so it's not a new phenomenon. It is not just annoying, it sounds absolutely ridiculous. If you ask me again, Id also predict the tide will turn and people who drop these phrases will come out on top in the long run. Also, old hardly known by an average individual, words, which are being now widely used. For some reason, untold numbers of people now seem to think its pronounced teee-eew. For me, its the high-pitched, pinched, nasal voice that sounds so flat and grating from women on TV. 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. 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. When used, it sounds more like its a filler until the person can come up with the words he/she wants to say. Does that mean that Aussies and New Zealanders are not sure of themselves? I feel more rested? I want the people representing my company to be PROFESSIONAL. I love the content of the daily but can't stand the guttural voice of Michael Barbaro. One thing that bothers me is when people pronounce the word ancient as ankshent. the talking heads are using these words in such sort of ridiculous ways that they make whatever theyre saying sound kind of foolish. Its like special effects in cinema: theyre not special anymore if a movie is 90% special effects. Vocal fry irritates the hell out of me! If none of you engage in such things, youre likely guilty of the offense that led me to search for endless monotone monologue of older Americans. It can make engaging topics so boring, it makes death enticing. Another one that I have not seen anyone else mention is does that make sense after every sentence. It reminds me of the French who often tack on a oui or non at the end of a sentence, non? Since I watch a lot of network tv, I hear this and other abominations on commercials, especially. You and me both. My husband listens to a lot of podcasts, particularly enjoying them while out driving or working in the yard. The kids immediately say, I cant read cursive. The tone, rhythm, and inflections grate on the ear. Person 1: I went to a concert yesterday and it was very entertaining! I think it was around this time that the issue of vocal fry came to the foreground on NPR. I am also hearing a and an used incorrectly. That one really gets me. Such as certain ,they no longer pronounce the t. Politicians and reporters insist on saying Look before spewing a profound statement. My fifteen year old son frequently accuses me of picking on him for the way he speaks/writes. Awesome and absolutely. Anyone care to comment? I started listening to podcasts regularly in the past year and find that I really zero in on speech patterns since Im not distracted by how the speaker looks or moves. By rejecting non-essential cookies, Reddit may still use certain cookies to ensure the proper functionality of our platform. The spaces are inappropriate and create tension for the listener. In the memo obtained by Current, Eric Nuzum, NPR's VP of programming, wrote, "You may have noticed a new voice reading some NPR sponsorship credits in January. Britain? They dont even allow their white announcers in Texas to sound like theyre from Texas! I am relieved to find this list because listening to NPR has become impossible. Can I just start by saying that two very annoying vocal trends that have reached us here in the UK / Northern Ireland in recent years are up speaking and vocal fry, which are bad enough on their own. At least we can take comfort knowing that some of these annoying fillers indeed die out eventually. I cant decide which I detest more- vocal fry or right. Ayesha Rascoe is involved in most of the National Public Radio programs. What's a listener to do when they hear a voice that they don't like? Its so common and I cannot believe speakers do NOT hear this on playback?!? He started tracking the pervasive use of these five patterns of speaking that are appearing in virtually every interview he listens to lately, including on cable news and business channels. I also cant stand when people repeatedly mispronounce words. Recently I have noticed what I call the Consonant Drag where the speaker is explaining something and they drag the consonants as if to give them space to think it out. As Ted brought up a few posts up: the ubiquitous use of the words sort of by media drives me nuts! I now hear little girls copying their mums, speaking in vocal fry, and thats sad. hide caption. Omitting ts from wordsthe one word that brought it to my attention was moun or as we like to refer to it as mountain. I have worked as a journalist for over 25 years, and I do not work in television for a reason. Ill add the slow sing-songy way people have started to talk. Stories on NPR and This American Life have tackled the phenomenon of "vocal fry," that creaky sound you hear when the voice drops to its lowest register. I heard one person this past weekend start literally every response with, Look. I couldnt agree more, this has been the bane of my existencetil now. The most common is right? when used at the end of a sentence. Start the answer with a yeah., I love these comments! Its a good question.. uuuh-eem.. if we look at the sortve.. cultural implications.. implications.. we we find that people.. generally are all victims of being annoying.. Thanks for your views on the topic of whether or not the voice of Barbaro . Perhaps I need to pay more attention to the bungled up speech patterns that are in use. The pay is $18 an hour, and Id start on next Monday, soyeah. (My 18-yo granddaughter, recently). They were you know, I mean, and I mean like. What are they like. I mean, how did people even get through the day before the internet was invented! Thanks for your comment and video. I am forever hearing me and my friends instead of my friends and I. It is difficult to give an example because this is a pitch pattern not just certain words. I agree. I hope they will include this in the next videos. NPR= National Propaganda Radio Taxpayers should demand their hard earned dollars not be spent on this Lefty Commie Drivel. 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. There is a good example of a migraine remedy commercial intoned by Khloe Kardashian. I dont watch the show often, but find the interaction interesting & noticed the speech differences early on. While editing a piece, he found himself imagining the words spoken by a more white voice instead of his own. "What would happen if you approached different-sounding voices with curiosity and said 'Let me see how this works, see how this feels, and try to understand where they're coming from'? I was going to ask her if she had a sore throat but decided to be nice and just get the hell out of there as quickly as possible. It is very annoying! Cant find a term for my 2nd pet peeve listing options with an affected inflection for each as in . 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. "It has expanded my own understanding of the world and the people you have brought on board are excellent," he wrote. I see it in the office at work and from my 16 yr old Daughter. Its not cute. STOP THAT NONSENSE! I have to tune her out because I cant stand to listen to her talk. Jessica Hansen is the voice of NPR's funding credits, and serves as an in-house voice coach for NPR. I notice my three year old great-grandson now says I really miss you guys when he used to just say I miss you., Some other annoying trends are 1) super, totally and uber for very 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. Excellent analysis!!! I just do not understand why voice overs must be so impersonal and what the show producer clearly sees as professional or some kind of the standard tone. "If you sound like America, then it's America that's talking. Now its bad enough that nine times out of ten, the politician decides to answer some other question that (s)he deems more appealing. Heres another verbal habit thats annoyed me to the point of pounding the wall. A question mark has a specific purpose in the English language. James, Seriously, though, get that ignorant, superficial, pseudointellectual sentence-padding out of here. AAHHH!!! If I had my way all of the above media types would be banned outright at home, in school and in the workplace, as all of it makes me want to puke. There are plenty of valid points to be made about the speech patterns here, but how many of these comments boil down to, I hate this regional / demographic lingual trend because I cant relate to it ? Criticizing someone's voice often seems to be a criticism of their identity. My biggest pet peeve is, still, the overuse of like. thank you again for such a thoughtful response. And the second? Instead of just saying the first is Y, the second one is Z. I suppose the purpose is to draw suspense or to be clever, but it is so unnecessary and stupidly interrupts the flow of a list of reasons. The sht thing I noticed way before Michelle Obama, which is sad because she is otherwise very well spoken. Leaving the Ts out of a word, as in bu on or ki en. Unfortunately its very prevalent down here in Australia. If I were paying someone to speak on TV I would insist that they use the correct pronunciations. More on that idea here. Very annoying. Thank you for a great opportunity to express & learn. I didnt read through all of the comments but one I didnt see mentioned is the common trend now, most especially (again) by young to even college aged females adding Watch ANY interview with a woman and they do this. Just like everyone else, sometimes reporters need a moment to collect their thoughts. News Media and Teachers are mispronouncing this word. This post & comments are fun because though annoying is a subjective quality, some of these patterns & phrasing are widely undesirable. Thats a very strange one. 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! If you pronounce the T (soft or hard) in button, youll get some strange glances, because literally no one here pronounces it that way. Part One: Into the Digital Era, Voice Over Trends 2022: Hottest Marketing Trends You Dont Want to Miss, Emotional Branding: The Power of Emotional Video Narratives, The Brand Anthem: What It Is, Why You Need One, An embarrassment in front of mom, dad or the general public, Unfit for any position that pays more than minimum wage. Allison Shelley/NPR Thank you for your comment! 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. The voices on NPR are more diverse than ever. I think, that new forms of expression are good because language is alive and new inventions created new vocabulary as well. 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. The shtraight down the shtreet seems to be 40-45 and under. Many shop assistants think they are being kind referring to me as Sweetheart or Hun. I want to shout at them all and saystop being sheep all of you, keep your individuality, its much more interesting, and real. Person 1: So what is your opinion on adding cream to this dessert? Weirdos lol . Language is too rich. I have heard meara and arrow instead of error. It makes these women sound like spoiled little girls who are accustomed to getting things their own way, and you better expect a tantrum if they dont get what they want. People confessing to something or revealing something or letting someone know about how they feel about something is described not as revealed or confessed but so and so opened up about whatever. Thankfully, people have stopped using in terms of before every statement! I have to wonder if schools still teach sentence diagrams. But its also absolutely true. Though Sanders, of It's Been a Minute, has heard from listeners that he and his panelists use "like" too much, he thinks it's indicative of a good conversation. OMG! I have heard infants using words like this when they are learning, but to hear it coming from the mouth of a grown woman? Vocal Frrry One sound that some listeners are still adjusting to is often-called "vocal. Its refreshing to hear someone else with similar tendencies, calling out the younger generation on so many of these types of habits, which, in effect, butcher the language and the beauty of its intended delivery. "I think of Ira Glass as the king of vocal fry," she said. Thats my new pet peeve and I wish I knew a way to counsel him on it! 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. I even contacted a renowned acting school. These five speech patterns have become rampant in interviews. I am a white dude on the radio, and no one has EVER tweeted at me critiquing my voice. Great use of the word literally there, Amber. In the series Heartland, it is practically half of the dialog. Have a good one! Maybe we could call it Blah-de-Blah Speak. Second one: the pin/pen merger. I can sense the pits of hell opening within my spirit and anger arising like smoke of an erupting volcano, ahhhhh! How about pandimik (apparently meaning pandemic,) mimber (apparently meaning member,) and oh god, space (apparently derived from safe space). FIGURATIVELY no one? This usually entails drawn out words: Sooosomething reeeaally horrrribllllle happened todaaayyyy I broke my cat candlllllle.. (Pout face). Is there a name for this type of speaking? A reporter asks a politician something like, Do you support the bill before congress that blah, blah blah [whatever the details]. ) It sounds like a popular catch phrase sports people use to show they are a sport person who know what they are talking about. Have a listen how many times you hear ABSOLUTELY on the tv. "You have an opportunity as a listener to expand your worldview by hearing all different types of voices," Sanders said. Its on Noom commercials, too. Omg YES!! Personally, I have a laundry list of poor speech and grammar pet peeves. After she appeared live on Morning Edition for the first time, she received a detailed email from a listener, urging her to stop using filler words. Its feels good to know others are as annoyed as I. OMG! I mean, they really drew it out. I watch a lot of YouTube news videos and even a simple yes/no question is nearly always answered by starting with So, I mean.. Isnt it a long-standing fact, that all beings respond to melodious speech far more positively than, for example, a shriek. I mean This completely unnecessary phrase seems to just be a habitual way to start sentences for many people. Her words hold me hostage. I'm happy to have a variety of voices on NPR, but they shouldn't include those that are annoyingly shrill or are using incorrect grammar. I first heard this on a Dove commercial. Our and Hour is pronounced and sounds the same. So, like, gag me with a spoon, you know? Also the northeastern dis, dat, dem and does for this, that, them and those. Especially when hearing service providers use it after customers express thanks. UGH!!! I thought I was the only person annoyed by these patterns. And last but certainly NOT least, saying the work right after every other sentence this makes me feel physically nauseated. She wrote how, "Sitting in host chair for first time I channeled white voice from Midwest and lost my own. Yep, that's right. The latter pronunciations of each drive me nuts. That authenticity is key to NPR's original mission to "celebrate the human experience as infinitely varied." As in: Reporter: Do you favor wearing masks in public to help slow the spread of SARS-CoV-2? The truth is clear. AND.. hitting the G in words too hard I.E. Thats probably (not proaly) one reason kids cant spell them correctly later. ***Follow @JoshVoorhees and the rest of the . Gosh ny chief hates include the words we are expected to use in public so we do not appear too assertive or pushy. Its not just insincere, its rude, as if theyre annoyed at having to say it. Sadly, we all need to bite our tongues. Stripping is not music. 3) HGTV shows are the worst for this offensive language. Beyond annoying. Not sure what thats called, maybe we should invent a name for it . Can you tell us about the car accident you witnessed today? 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. It makes the person listening want to say Please, just get to the point!, Can I just add..yeh yeh yeh yeh.. (in a convonot a song chorus. I dont think most people realize how annoying it is, especially when it becomes a pattern of speech, which it often does. Like any job, radio journalism requires training. I felt as though I learned something today. I hear it a lot among sports commentators and analyzers on tv and radio. Instant shutdown. YAY you found the bu**un 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! ish instead of pronouncing it as iz. For more information, please see our Loved your video. I was convinced I was the only one who noticed the (extremely annoying) uptick of use with the word right in conversation. Ive seen talking heads on cable news panels do this ad-nauseum. I came to this thread as I am driven mad by Nicola Walker, the terrific British actress (who I like very much) has this annoying habit of pausing momentarily in the middle of delivering her line in a script. Does anyone out there have any thoughts on any possible geographic relationship? Just on the cursive I used to teach my 5th and 6th graders cursive writing for at least 30 minutes a day. The voice goes up and slows down, theeeeeeeen, then they list detail 1, and detail two (pause) and detail three. Drives me crazy every time. 4) #pubradiovoice Sitting in host chair for first time I channeled white voice from Midwest and lost my own. And that show was probably a 5 year old rerun. My vote for most annoying speech affectation goes to the word to. I like to call this Laundry Listing because it is like they are giving you this boring laundry list of things. And what about people now pronouncing the t in often? 2. 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.) 3. Guest (author/pundit/wannabe politician): Sure, so, moving forward, we obviously want to first see what reopening would look like, then secure the strategic infrastructure to sort of make that happen in this space (apparent reference to safe space). We cant ignore our own speech patterns if were going to engage in this sort of discussion. You missed uh, um, well you know( the three words used together). Its as if speakers dont care whether their grammar is correct. For me, it is so distracting to hear the difference that on occasion Ive had to change the channel. 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