Yes, Pattie Parker!! use of the phrase sort of in each statement you made. Unfortunately most people dont even notice they have been infected, or they simply dont care, leaving people like me to go crazy. benefit, I wish to now address your repeated use of the term so Five lines from the bottom, auto correct changed Sanskrit to sandscript. Thats what it sounded like to me in your video. What are they like. ", Another listener from Minnesota wrote that "millennial correspondents" who speak with vocal fry "seems to counter NPR's high standards. One from Texas wrote: "Not all Americans sound like White American politicians and I wish that could be reflected on your airwaves.". Ken, can you give some examples regarding Dr. Ford? One of her favorites is Shtrategy. Like things like like because its just, like, beyond ubiquitous and you already know about it. Yeah, Ill second that motion. No. The internet search yields accusations of objections to this speech as further proof of bias against women. Its definitely annoying! But perhaps it is also a societal takeover of inferior standards that will continue to decline. LITERALLY no one? Excellent analysis!!! Any insight into where the hard G at the end of -ing is coming from? Absolutely! I have taught communication for three decades and address all of these practices with success in helping my young adult students understand how to code switch between casual and more business contexts. the way I was taught to as a very young child. For more information, please see our But yes now every venture capitalist, techie and aspiring TED talker has a pseudo-self-effacing way of speaking using right and sort ofsoooooo annoying! The only thing more annoying is the continuation of the last syllable in a series of items. Or is this merely habit? You are smarter than I am. Its a virus spreading. Dont get me started on LIKE. I have assumed theyre trying to sound British, which may also account for the glottal stop (i think thats the correct term) in words like curtain, mountain, sweeten etc. My fifteen year old son frequently accuses me of picking on him for the way he speaks/writes. Every generation has its own trends, and thats natural, but this trend is spreading and sticking. The most recent annoying speech pattern to me is the habit of adding an ah sound to the end of a word. Firstly, I would like to say that I quite enjoyed reading your article. EVERY FRICKIN interview has yeah yeah yeah!, more and more in the past 6 or so months. Meowing. Am I alone in this? What game? Receive a detailed quote, custom audition, and the ultimate in voice quality. 'Planet money,' 'This American Life,' 'Radiolab,' 'Startup' Why? Sam Sanders, host of It's Been a Minute, said that learning to write in his own voice was difficult. They are not harmonious. fer instead of for (are they hillbillies?!) Has anyone experienced this verbal hostage taking? Where did that come from?? Its come to the point that Im grateful when a guest says Youre welcome at the end. Eleanor Beardsley, and other unique female radio voices. Good English dictates brevity as a virtue; much, is redundant here. I cant stand to hear it, like nails on a chalkboard young ladies, please correct yourselves!!! I thought I was an a-hole for being annoyed at these things. This morning in class? Im trying to find this info, too. Re-reading your article I see your use of annoying phrases was intentional and very effective. I particularly despise yeah yeah yeah and starting sentences with So. FIGURATIVELY no one? Because anybody who over pronounces their ts and ss sounds annoying to me. An improper use is saying that everything that you feel is great, is awesome. Person 2: So South African farmers are facing difficult times nowadays The biggest one that I hear it in is when celebrities say singer. I find this is a topic worth discussing in a public forum, not to berate anyone for their colloquial style of speaking, but to intelligently address the issues with poor speech. A major part of the Biden plan is to sort of prioritize pandemic assistance. OMG! Ive noticed the inflection is often followed by movement, such as a slight head tilt, nod, hands, or shift of the eyes, presumably as an emphasis. Also on the rise Yah, Yah to express approval, agreement, excitement. 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. They sound exhausted or out of breath. 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. As a result, many teachers stopped teaching it. Seems to be a constant request for recognitionas if we somehow cant stop to ask if we dont understand something. The sound of 2020 America is a chirpy vocal fry. attack becomes attawwk; radio becomes rawwdio. I am dropping the mike now. You know what I mean? Would you please counsel ME on it? Id love to know how it happens. I had to go to the stoooore, pick up the dry cleaniiiiiing, get some grocerrrrrriiiies, walk the doooooooog. etc. Over his 10 years at NPR, he said he has grown emotionally to trust that his voice is enough. Can you tell the audience Thank you, Debbie! Sam Sanders, host of NPR's It's Been A Minute, records a segment at NPR West on September 24, 2018. I was about to write a comment concerning the misuse of me and I when I read yours. It's not just one part of America or one slice of America," he said. But of-ten sets my teeth on edge. Ultimately, I realized that it is deeply right to have many different voices reporting on the powerful.". is a problem. My dad was from Canada of English heritage. A year ago I started a list of new words and phrases starting to appear in last 20 years. Language is too rich. I've said this before, I'll say it again. Also, using lol in a sentence is not only idiotic, and outdated, but it makes the commenter appear mentally retarded. 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. As a young woman who sometimes subconsciously dips into this lower vocal register, I don't even notice when radio reporters speak with vocal fry. What is the affectation where the speaker draws out the end of every sentence as if theyve just ran out of breath, but still want to get that last word out. Theres another pronunciation of words that drive me to distractionor in this case I should say diSHtraction. A big offender is Marie Harf (former FOX News Dem commentator and former Obama State Department Spokeswoman). In 2015, Chenjerai Kumanyika, a radio journalist and professor, published an essay on Transom.org that sparked a conversation about race and public radio. Listeners have concerns about grammar, and filler words such as "um," "like" and "so." Unfortunately its very prevalent down here in Australia. to make it sound as it is so amazing, and all-important. Listening to NPR is what got this whole thing started a few years back But now these patterns are showing up everywhere. Also, another annoying speech pattern is this: Costant micro-pauses after each couple of words, like if theres a question being asked or theres always some doubt. Perhaps its self-importance driving the habit. While listeners sometimes write to us specifically about a particular voice they don't like, a survey of the emails we receive reveals a pattern. Some of my pet peeves are as follows: I was seriously annoyed . So should only be used at the beginning of a sentence when you are either asking a new question or starting a whole new topic of conversation. Of course, that is a feeling that non-white, non-male, non-midwesterners have felt for most of the history of broadcasting. Its all a process, and of course, we all work to improve (one hopes) our situation, not only personally, or as a family, but as a community and a country and a world. Just on the cursive I used to teach my 5th and 6th graders cursive writing for at least 30 minutes a day. 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. These are commentators, announcers, and reporters!! I notice the upspeak and vocal is prevalent mostly among young white females than anything else..but the valspeak..that is pretty universal..especially I find people my age use it as mostly fillers vs pauses when they are gathering their thoughts with like so ya know..I got 5 siblings w an equal balance of male and females and my parents growing up were drove up the wall by our over use of like. So annoying. Ive been trying to figure out the speech pattern of an acquaintance its causing me irritation and anxiety. Me too! thanks Rebecca for chiming in with your comment from your perspective as an educator/coach. Thatsaid when I want to pause, shake my head a little & say Wait, what?. 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. The power of live radio, after all, is that it's live. 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. Sanders wishes listeners would be less reactionary and more open when they hear voices they find unfamiliar or even unpleasant. I had never noticed the yeah yeah yeah but within ten minutes I heard it on tv. The number one ear-bleeding one is shtraight down the shtreet there are theesh trees and a shtop shign. After living abroad for over a decade, I noticed in the mid-1990s that, in the workplace, every female in a supervisory position seemed compelled to preface nearly every declarative sentence with, At this time. It was quite ridiculous to hear something like, At this tiiiime, we do not have a vacancy, but wed like to talk to you, so At this tiiime, can you tell me if you could come in at 10:00 on Thursday? Him: Im like did you see that? Also, some news reporters will pepper their stories with obviously. It sounds so phony . Grown men purposely deforming their mouth to speak like a FREAK! No problem implies that the Thank you was not needed, because it was the right thing to do. I think its an attempt to sound more confident, self-assured and forceful. I am also hearing a and an used incorrectly. Alternatively, or also, it could be an attempt to inject artificial emphasis to Every.Single.Word. "That's why you listen it's to hear people talk," Fortir said. Given NPR's millions of listeners, pleasing each one all the time would be an impossible goal. The marketing profession is an enemy to communicationmuch like the buzzspeak in 1984. It is not good representation of the general population; especially the show where it is only women who have the speech impediments. It starts at home and moves to the classroom. )and the latest affliction.WaitWHAT ??. The tone, rhythm, and inflections grate on the ear. It infuriates me, especially if NPR is on before my coffee. "When you're critiquing a voice, you're saying, 'I don't like the thing that is you on the radio,' " Karen Duffin, a co-host and reporter for Planet Money, told me. Its like the art of cursive, or long hand writing, which has also become a relic of the past for so many. This kind of speech pattern is common amongst younger television announcers/commentators. Or, should I say, I have tried to adjust? It is not possible. Fly them in and leave them in the outback. Ive get so annoyed when people do that!! Ive been listening to a lot of podcasts lately and obviously, most of them have commercials. I dont know, but it happens more often than youd think. It makes my skin crawl, when people say are, when it is PRONOUNCED, OUR!!! I first noticed it when Joanna Gains talked and now I notice it everywhere. terrible annoying. And they do it a lot. watch a MOvie, read a BOok, eat a COOkie, Ooops! Ive been looking to see if i can find more information about where this is coming fromdrives me crazyuh. I hear it all of the time especially as I live in a very affluent, lily white area. But, over the past few years students have become increasingly reproachful as if I am purposefully attacking their generation. It is difficult to give an example because this is a pitch pattern not just certain words. 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. And I say this from a professional point of view. For example, instead of saying No they say NoUH. This dessert was super easy to make! So, you probably already know about vocal fry, valspeak and uptalk, right? Is this the new trend? E.g. AND.. hitting the G in words too hard I.E. Second one: the pin/pen merger. I only have radio, and mostly listen to public radio local, national, and world. And when people speak without a script they often use filler words or make minor grammatical mistakes. Also umm, like, and ya know interspersed in many informal AND formal conversations. Yes her voice was tough to take but once you realized what she went through.well fuck. But any word beginning with ST is impossible for this woman to pronounce correctly. Someone told me it started with the Kardashians, which doesnt surprise me if thats true. my grammar and punctuation was intended as sarcasm but the rest was serious. 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 whiny and drawn-out words, how can I cite an example? Lets not forget the increasingly common tyoo in lieu of two, to, or too. Investigating these complaints opens a window into a long-running debate in the public radio community: what or more precisely, who should NPR sound like? Thanks for acknowledging this- I dont feel so insane anymore. Allison Shelley/NPR Button, mountains Stoooop with the glottal stop! Now that youve become painfully aware of my top five annoying speech patterns, please share your ownspeech pattern pet peeves. 1. And in setting forth a list of things that are alternatives, rather than saying whether its A or B or C they say whether its A, whether its B, whether its C. Speaking to NPR's Code Switch on his thoughts, he said, "Without being directly told, people like me learn that our way of speaking isn't professional, and you start to imitate the standard or even hide the distinctive features of your own voice. One thing that bothers me is when people pronounce the word ancient as ankshent. Scott Detrow, a politics reporter, is a white man. The one voice that NPR does have on hand that presents a good marriage of youthful freshness and traditional diction while remaining pleasing and understandable is David Greene, currently on Morning Edition. I recently discovered cursive writing has been dropped, so do schools no longer teach how to construct a sentence? I recall an item on the NPR program All Things Considered in the EARLY 90s about the rising inflection? I dont consider it thoughtful because the next word follows immediately. The reason is because. At one point in the history of the English language, you was the *plural* second-person pronoun, and thou was singular. I was thinking that I was the only hearing the incorrect use of the schwa during a recent newscast. I had to fight my own brain! Im like my husband uses it for every single thing. These are examples of bad grammar, mispronounced words, and slang. Worst laugh is definitely Dan Pashman (The Sporkful). 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). I appreciate its a casual, off the cuff chat with the 2 male hosts (in their late 30s possibly) who are intelligent & one was a teacher in London! I hope they will include this in the next videos. They are rampant in the South. It irritates me to see UR instead of you are or switched RU ,are you? Playin, doin, shopping, talkin, and just today consultin. Also, the millennial kid who is fd in the head trying to sound so sophisticated, like he is an expert at everything and demeaning to everyone. She said she wants to give reporters more control of their voices to increase their storytelling options. And their voices reflect indelible features of their backgrounds where they're from and the voices they grew up with. All of this is annoying- up talk, vocal fry, So. Like any job, radio journalism requires training. I have heard several other women speak this way and it grates on my nerves. But in between this & because Im bored at home, they do something called a live stream, which I didnt usually watch. Consider Bertie Wooster in the Wodehouse Jeeves stories. They clearly make a conscious decision to not have Black announcers speaking in the dominant Black American Vernacular English. One of the reasons the patterns become so widespread, particularly with the current trend of vocal fry, is the feeling of belonging it gives young women. Sorry about that, but its the only way to bring awareness to this type of conversational disease in hopes that it can be eradicated very soon. "I thought it felt strange to have a voice that did not sound like me reporting on the most powerful people in the world. Much of what else is mentioned here Ive not heard or not noticed. Its just annoying affectation and you KNOW they know better but they think it is adding something. Questions. Kind of (or sort of) This tidbit is used anywhere in the middle, as a way to not say what you really mean. I wonder if its the education system, or perhaps social media or television. If I could type in this format, it would look something like this. 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. ! Fry here and there. 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). Arent there any metrics showing that people fast forward when they come on? Lisa P. hit the nail on the head. Anyone who thinks these things dont (or shouldnt) matter should think again. One listener from Massachusetts wrote: "We are writing to express our concern about the prevalence of the vocal fry affectation adopted by too many of your broadcast correspondents. Even if the people indulging in these patterns have an incredibly high IQ, the patterns work against them by making them: Despite all the detriments of allowingthose patterns to unconsciously creep into your own conversational lexicon, people are falling prey at rapid rates. Great discussion on these affectations of speech, thank you. I found this post because I was looking for a video that addresses this. This Americanism was adopted by upper-crust young Englishmen in the 1920s who imagined it made them sound cosmopolitan. So. NPR is moving announcer Sabrina Farhi out of her "primary" role reading its sponsorship credits, according to an email to member stations. Every time I hear her voice, I immediately reach for the volume and turn it down. 1 the misuse of I OMG! Sheesh. The other annoyance is when someone announces this is a problem as this? Ask people why they do it (has to be within moments of the list having been sung) and theyll tell you its just a list. Hansen co-founded Lean & Hungry Theater, which creates audio adaptations of Shakespeare and other classics. I relate to it now as it is the absolutely worst thing ever and the commercial uses the cymbals to change it into some great thing, which it is not. NPR's 50 Great Voices Entertainment: Music Voices. This is supposed to be pronounced with the emphasis on the first syllable: STUdent. (Or should be). I know which zoo program youre referring to and I cant watch it either. Are you listening to me? What's a listener to do when they hear a voice that they don't like? This is exactly what Im looking for the name of The inflected list is the most common/overused pattern of speech. Uptalk, especially, when talking to a CSR at your bank or other professional organization. I can focus and absorb what they are saying so much more easily. Thats my new pet peeve and I wish I knew a way to counsel him on it! He wrote to us about his experience hearing reporters who did not sound like he does. (ex. Its bad enough to hear it in speech but I recently received an email that began with these words. I think females tend to do this more often and more dramatically. Is there not an audio producer charged with asking the reporters to speak with more maturity and confidence? Grammatical mistakes are less annoying, but still problematic. Nothing new! For me, its the high-pitched, pinched, nasal voice that sounds so flat and grating from women on TV. That means some listeners have to adjust to new sounds. No, sorry. Even if something just happened and I witnessed it with him. A speech pattern where every word is delivered with careful measure and staccato pauses, as if every thought being expressed is incredibly complex? What brought me here was the irritating way young females pronounce thank you. Ive noticed the upward shift in tone can be as much as an octave. I think its lazy not to pronounce words correctly. 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