Another one that I see increasingly in many of those under 40, is known as g-dropping. Amen!!! All of this is from one person. Often theyll be a so tacked on to the start. He would call us out too. There are so many more. I have also noticed when people use a hard g instead of a soft or silent g in many words. If someone speaks in numbered bullet points, such as, Firstly_____, and second then they wish to sound more educated than they are. Why isnt anyone saying to anymore? But its also absolutely true. A sentence in which one says nothing: I knooow! Is it the c thats throwing them, or are they getting it confused with the word anxious? A year ago I started a list of new words and phrases starting to appear in last 20 years. Soooo, this car just ran through a stop sign.. ARE YOU READING ME A BEDTIME STORY? And, I feel its time to bring the old standards back. I mean, if it really was a problem that I say that phrase whenever Im trying to make my point, what difference does it make? Whatever! Vocal fry. an unconscious parroting of other pundits? 4) #pubradiovoice Sitting in host chair for first time I channeled white voice from Midwest and lost my own. Yep, that's right. Or, as my best friend calls it: the hissed s. For example, the word is news, not noose. Theres no k sound in the word, yet many people want to pronounce it as though there is. Also on the rise Yah, Yah to express approval, agreement, excitement. Love thatNo problem. Cant find a term for my 2nd pet peeve listing options with an affected inflection for each as in . I hear it all the time paint-inG almost sounding like guh at the end of the syllable. Yet literally all of my female colleagues get constant criticism for how they speak or sound" He told me, except for two pronunciation corrections, he has never received a complaint about his voice or speaking manner even though, by his assessment, he uses "like" and "um" just as much as the women on the NPR Politics Podcast. I first noticed this on the Ezra Klein podcast. Stop talking like that!. But then apparently its me whos the grumpy old man with a problem, when I correct my kids in their use of basic English grammar. Arent there any metrics showing that people fast forward when they come on? Many people confuse further and farther or say me and you instead of you and I. Uptalk, a subset of valspeak, is the habit of producing a rising inflection as if youre asking a question even when youre not? Hansen coaches voice for NPR, corporate groups, professional theater companies, podcast hosts, journalists, and private clients nationwide. Women who speak this way remind me of the ghosts in the movie, The Grudge.. Segue is a conditional signal that the conversation has changed hands to the other participant. "People forget that there's a person on the other end of the email," Duffin said. It will not be a sad day for me when vocal fry becomes a bygone trend. Food more and more often is being pronounce feud. For me, the whole So thing is one of these pet peeves that makes me want to smash whatever device Im hearing the word played upon. Real News Host: In the last five minutes of the segment, for the viewers The So at the beginning of every answer to a question, the Vocal Fry, the Upspeak all irritate me beyond all measure. benefit, I wish to now address your repeated use of the term so Small talk usually calls for this kind of language unless youre writing a research paper. Ive been trying to find what this is called online, and not having any luck. Ive also noticed uptalk transcends position and demographics. She has taught throughout the Washington metropolitan area, including the Duke Ellington School of the Arts and American University. Do they know how ridiculous they appear???? Thats a very strange one. Amazing discussion. Im curious if this is a West Coast thing with the under 40 set. It starts at home and moves to the classroom. But I find it truly obnoxious that every other sentence (or more) begins with the word Look. Who started this Have a good one! trend anyway? Her words hold me hostage. Shes in her mid-50s and old enough to know better. I found this sight because I searched to see if I was the only one annoyed by sentences starting with So , which I find very annoying. Moving forward, going forward, I turn off the radio. I believe he is from the Bay Area in California. 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. So, you probably already know about vocal fry, valspeak and uptalk, right? The worst speech pattern for me is when the speaker put strong emphasis on many words in the same sentence, for example: But this pattern is now very diffuse, especially for people who do speeches, they think that putting a strong emphasis on each words makes their speech more powerful, while in reality it just dilutes the effect because now most words are pronunced with emphasis. I have been trying to figure out why so so many people in TV commercials speak with a lisp. Bull***t. Its just people being influenced by media influencers (Kardashians) and then copying each other to fit in. Anyone care to comment? I do not want to hear anyone speaking with mosquito tones. The way peoplearenowpurposely talking slow as though everyone theyre speaking to is a moron? If it can be misused, so much the better. What's a listener to do when they hear a voice that they don't like? Also annoying is the fake lisp of many young-ish women trying to copy Emma Stone, assuming her lisp is real not sure. Not only I improperly placed but me used at the start of a phrase. I wonder if anyone was listing to the message and if the listeners are able to verify the accuracy or validity of the content. If they come back to me with any further vocal fry, I just repeat the process until they get the message. 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? Im not sure if our primary education system is to blame for not putting enough emphasis on the spoken (or written) word for our younger generations, or whether it is more of a socialization and modeling of behavior that is rampant. Where Youre welcome implies that you went out of your way and accept their thanks as your praise. And they do it a lot. The Kardashions, though not typical, offer a great example of many of these trending patterns. As in, Yo, Im tellin you, shtraight up, this thing is yuge, aight?, Yes, no I dont like all of those bad habits either AND the inverse No, yes we should all be aware these speech patterns are happening increasingly.. What is it called when people stress the end of the last few words of a sentence as if they are using. I immediately have to fast forward, which defeats the whole purpose of advertising. I feel compelled to add an educational commentary on the definition of music when out in public. For example, presenters who do both on-screen and voice over work in the same programme, often utilise a completely different speech pattern/tone in both contexts. As opposed to what? Pretending to be an annoying, loud, meowing cat will place the voice right up front. I simply changed the channel on my tv. Yes, the mute button is hit, the station is changed, and I stop cringing 20 minutes later. I hear it a lot among sports commentators and analyzers on tv and radio. Super everything Super excited because its super boring and Im tired of being super disappointed. 2. The interior is super soft leather!. 3) Ordering at a restaurant or the like, saying Ill DO the instead of lll order the or Ill have the. It has become so prevalent that someone has to be telling them that this is the proper way to speak and I would like to know who it is. Someone told me it started with the Kardashians, which doesnt surprise me if thats true. NPR is moving announcer Sabrina Farhi out of her "primary" role reading its sponsorship credits, according to an email to member stations. Also da for the has been trending. the kind of and sort of virus has been making the rounds of cable news hosts and pundits, and its literally driving me crazy, you know what i mean? whether your repeated use of the term space is conscious, or simply my grammar and punctuation was intended as sarcasm but the rest was serious. YESSSS!,,,,,, the staccato speech is driving me away from tv. E.g. Also have you noticed that many reporters and tv personalities will repeat words over and over like that that that that,,,and, and, and and to to to to which is now ta ta ta ta (examplethey were going ta ta ta be there on Friday) etc. Is this the new trend? Shes also picked up on all the popular, irritating ways of speaking. At first, I thought maybe he was just discovering a new feature in the product he is explaining but it has become clear it is just something he blurts out every few minutes. Playin, doin, shopping, talkin, and just today consultin. A video on Today explains how it makes the women feel part of a macroculture.. The internet search yields accusations of objections to this speech as further proof of bias against women. The ingredients were super fresh and it tasted super amazing!, The car we bought drives super fast! Simply put, the standards for on-air positions were much higher when I entered the workforce: speaking well was imperative, but not nearly as important as having television looks. Great discussion on these affectations of speech, thank you. I thought it must be a local thing. It isnt just a curved exclamation point. 3 length vs. lenth, H (long a and ch) vs. (long a and shuss), streaming vs. shreaming. Every generation has its own trends, and thats natural, but this trend is spreading and sticking. Of course, once he shared them with me,I started hearing them, too. And, like uptalk, it seems to be used predominantly by female speakers. We lost thou as its use changed to refer to social subordinates long story short, we ended up with you for both the second-person singular and second-person plural pronouns. Thank you so much for validating my comments to my skeptical wife. And last but certainly NOT least, saying the work right after every other sentence this makes me feel physically nauseated. The kids immediately say, I cant read cursive. Thanks for confirming that its a new thing. 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. Stop adding, subtracting, and manipulating language to influence or control the listener. So, it is not just me that notices this. I cant stand when people say I cant even or I just cant with her or some nonsense like that, and they just end it right thereOr when people say YEAH you are with misplaced emphasis. "We ought to be able to hear all of that in the voices that the audience is hearing, whether that voice is the voice of somebody in a community somewhere in the middle of the country or that voice is the voice of a host or reporter for NPR. I would agree, that often, any form of critique, even for improvement in future and in business, is often dismissed, misplaced, and scoffed at by a younger generation that has grown up with a trophy for participation for anything they do, and often getting passing grades and remarks to send them on, without actually teaching them how to LEARN and QUESTION things. There's still debate in the medical community about whether vocal fry harms the vocal folds, but Hansen said it can stress them. Such as: NO-aahh!, STOP-aahh! I cant understand why newscasters emphasize random words (often times its a verb) Its become hugelycommon, even among expert speakers during formal interviews (just listen to NPR while various experts are interviewed). Im not crazy Im being been driven there, though. NPR= National Propaganda Radio Taxpayers should demand their hard earned dollars not be spent on this Lefty Commie Drivel. Some time around the late 90s, early 2000s, it was taken off the graded subjects. In addition, the effective and efficient usage of the words effective and efficient is an effective and efficient means of increasing effective and efficient effectiveness and efficiency. Consider Bertie Wooster in the Wodehouse Jeeves stories. Maybe thats it. "You have an opportunity as a listener to expand your worldview by hearing all different types of voices," Sanders said. People who do not know the difference between fewer and less and when to use them correctly. I am a white dude on the radio, and no one has EVER tweeted at me critiquing my voice. These are interior designers and contractors. Remember this rant next time you hear Were all in this together blah blah blah., By the way Im not real keen on the use of repurpose or deconstruct.. I saw a book tv author, a Harvard history professor good lord, on C-SPAN yesterday who said sort of in every spoken sentence. Ive NO idea where it came from or why. If something is different from something else, from is the only word that works. I had to go to the stoooore, pick up the dry cleaniiiiiing, get some grocerrrrrriiiies, walk the doooooooog. etc. Its like they are trying to sound like babies so they are less threatening. Also, add to The List the pronounciation of the word food as (something like), fee-yood, and potato and soup as, pota-teeyoo and see-yoop. No. Our and Hour is pronounced and sounds the same. Youre totally right. It appears "almost exclusively among women, and young women. Monkey hear, Monkey say! This is a great discussion! What is that??? Thats what it sounds like and it annoys me. she didn't sound certain saying her own name, helps reporters hone their voices for air. I guess it works when communication is between persons with a combined vocabulary of less than 100 words, but for everyone else its extremely annoying. Objective reality, for some folks, must be something that just happens to others. Together with NPR's Training Team, she created a 10-minute voice coaching video, which offers tips to solve common vocal problems. Thanks for your comment! Ultimately, I realized that it is deeply right to have many different voices reporting on the powerful.". Sh to begin start and such, is New York City and environs, similar to yuge. The voice goes up and slows down, theeeeeeeen, then they list detail 1, and detail two (pause) and detail three. 3. Vocal fry refers to a low, glottal, animal-like sound that speech pathologists consider a vocal disorder. I m hearing the phrases theres no doubt about it and theres no question about it and the variations: no doubt about it, no doubt, no question about it, and no question. A lazy speech habit that grates on my nerves is the use of Also too. Youre not crotchety. Also, ahhhhh, ahhhhhhh when they see a puppy or baby or receive a gift, etc. Now its bad enough that nine times out of ten, the politician decides to answer some other question that (s)he deems more appealing. Basically, many people, young people and more often women, will take a short vowel sound and make it a schwa sound ie. You can even mix them all together in infinite combinations: Right, so you know the best way to find out answers is to Google it, right? 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. What fascinates me most about it is that its unconsciously infused the American English speaking world, every seems to do it, everyone also seems to get it it never leaves anyone confused. Unfortunately its very prevalent down here in Australia. NPR's 50 Great Voices Entertainment: Music Voices. I thought I was an a-hole for being annoyed at these things. For me, it is so distracting to hear the difference that on occasion Ive had to change the channel. That one really gets me. 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. Person 1: So what is your opinion on adding cream to this dessert? One thing that bothers me is when people pronounce the word ancient as ankshent. I mean This completely unnecessary phrase seems to just be a habitual way to start sentences for many people. And then I had to take the Range Rover in for serviiiiiiiiice, I mean, Im like sooo worn out ( vocal fry). I have to smile when reading, as I am also of an age, and profession, where language skills, word choice, and vocal delivery are so important. I dont know nothing about that. Oh brother, Frankie! Hes a sinGer making singer rhyme with finger. Im low on fuel so Im gonna stop and fill up Fine. They have this childish high pitched baby voice and its like stabbing my ears with bamboo skewers. You missed uh, um, well you know( the three words used together). Enter your email address to subscribe to this blog and receive notification of new posts by email. There are so many of these annoying speech patterns and they are contagious. Pay attention and I promise youll start noticing these patterns in nearly every casual conversation you listen in on. She, indeed, speaks in a style you typically don't hear on serious news channels which NPR is special for . Yes, Pattie Parker!! Its my second or third. The one Im most sick of hearing and seeing is OMG.its not only extremely annoying and offensive, it makes the person using this abbreviation seem ignorant, unintelligent and immature, but it also happens to be highly blasphemous. My fifteen year old son frequently accuses me of picking on him for the way he speaks/writes. Simstrom ascribes those criticisms to gender: "I have long had a theory that part of what people take issue with about our show is women speaking authoritatively about science.". Start the answer with a yeah., I love these comments! Yes indeed, these annoying trends are now common to stupid people the world over believe me, mainly most likely due to easier access to media such as world news media, social media, Twitter, Pinterest, Facebook, self obsessed attention seeking wannabe famous so called influencers, etc. its there, though much less pronounced (sic.). The most annoying speech patterns are those of condescending people educated beyond thier intellect. A proper use example is: Parenting is an awesome responsibility. Thats what it sounded like to me in your video. Ken, can you give some examples regarding Dr. Ford? I even heard some say go away-aahh or similar uses. I cant decide which I detest more- vocal fry or right. Annoying! The kids were GRADED on handwriting in their report cards, and it was considered an important skill. Glen Washington (Snap Judgment) is so smooth, I also like Gene Demby and Shereen Marisol Meraji (Code Switch). For example: I had never noticed the yeah yeah yeah but within ten minutes I heard it on tv. The one thats driving me crazy is this extra schwa added to the ends of words. One thing journalists I spoke to said: They're real people and they'd like to sound real too. This occurs a lot when listing items. They sound exhausted or out of breath. 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. Its definitely whiny, and its annoying as hell to my ears. Drives me crazy every time. They are also signaling their frustration that they cannot complete their thoughts. document.getElementById( "ak_js_1" ).setAttribute( "value", ( new Date() ).getTime() ); Bring Debbie the details of your next commercial, narration, phone system recording or other voiceover project. For example someone says I went to the store, then the gas station, and then got something to eat. It is not as if we do not live above the ground. "You're on the air, not having a conversation with a buddy in a bar. Correspondent Carrie Johnson came to NPR in 2010, after a long career in print. The truth is clear. (Thats okay, Verla. We do a lot of VO recording work with China in particular in teaching English to school children, and are careful to provide proper grammar and usage in that regard. not pronounce the actual vowel, but rather make it the aaaaah sound. Ek-specially, think-yewwwuh and using individual instead of person are three of my current annoyance triggers. I want it to stop, NOW! I understand these may be hip ways of speaking these days , but they actually detract from the message. In our house it is forbidden LOL. The one I cant stand is S-backing where they say shhtreet, shhhtrike, dishhhtraction. I mean, like, Im literally, like, here. Listing speak! This is certainly not limited to lower social groups; its becoming endemic in very educated middle class professionals. (ex. Theres a woman at my healthcare providers office who uses upspeak constantly. !, WAIT-aahh. OMG! 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. The sht thing I noticed way before Michelle Obama, which is sad because she is otherwise very well spoken. I put my own example of me saying it in this Youtube link: It may have developed independently in both places. I have noticed lately female newscasters seemingly trying to avoid monotony by raising then lowering the pitch of the last syllable in a sentence. By accepting all cookies, you agree to our use of cookies to deliver and maintain our services and site, improve the quality of Reddit, personalize Reddit content and advertising, and measure the effectiveness of advertising. Probably because I was born in the 70s and obviously grew up in valley girl 80s. For example, a word with almost any vowel (most commonly an a) is pronounced, instead of with the actual long or short vowel sound for that letter, with a somewhat nasal awww ie the schwa. Drives me nuts. Really? Its mostly young females, but some young dudes do it as well. The voices on NPR are more diverse than ever. It really annoys me when people are speaking in clear English and then when its time foe them to refer to a foreign culture such as Latinos they cant just say Latinos like we do in English but they have to HEAVILY saturate their pronunciation so they can prove that they are almost (or actually) bilingual. Please. Reporters strive to sound clear and concise on air. I dont think most people realize how annoying it is, especially when it becomes a pattern of speech, which it often does. Or, when listening to a reporter or expert contributor on radio or television. Not included in the list, which usually includes vocal fry, is this mouth full of potato way of speaking that UK millennials in particular display. Very. For example, when they pronounce the word eight they say eigh-tah just pronouncing the last letter. 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. But Glass said in that episode that he never hears about his. The most recent annoying speech pattern to me is the habit of adding an ah sound to the end of a word. I would never have understood your point until I saw a commercial during which a delighted homeowner, commenting on a home makeover, said (the most overused word in English as) amazinggah!. Another one that I have not seen anyone else mention is does that make sense after every sentence. we had a surprise english test? Im reading this because I am driven to distraction now that my husband has started constantly dropping the g from words ending in ing. Im not an imbecile who is unable to follow a connected train if thought! Several years ago, feminist author Naomi Wolf suggested vocal fry among young women was causing them to "disown their own power.". I think its lazy not to pronounce words correctly. Great article. Im not ashamed to say that I have on frequent occasion shown these dim-witted types the door of my office immediately (usually upon hearing any hint of vocal fry, thats enough to do it), telling them to email me their query, which I then promptly delete without reading, and send them an auto-reply to that effect. I think its an attempt to sound more confident, self-assured and forceful. ! whenever someone learns of something thats surprising to them. Okayone more and Im done. This seems to be catching on, even by some senior respected news folks. Whatever you think of, you're not alone: Many listeners have an idea of what an NPR voice should sound like. Its easy to overlook poor speech when an attractive face is delivering the information. Most annoying speech pattern of the decade? This Americanism was adopted by upper-crust young Englishmen in the 1920s who imagined it made them sound cosmopolitan. I hope they will include this in the next videos. I want to shout at them all and saystop being sheep all of you, keep your individuality, its much more interesting, and real. You paying attention? No-uh. Language is too rich. Yeah, Ill second that motion. Some are even doing it on purpose. That reminds me of a form of uptalk, but also theres a thing I notice where a person will have two pitches in their speech. Leaving the Ts out of a word, as in bu on or ki en. I believe it to be the key to longevity. Its a lisp and something that should have been fixed in grade school. It applies to what the kids call music these days as well. She dragged out the word and pitched it higher. I was thinking maybe it was a Mexican/American thing (I am Canadian). I am also hearing a and an used incorrectly. Budden for BUTTON bugs the hell out of me. Hey Bob this original post was inspired from listening to NPRso you are not alone in your observations or annoyances at the kind of speech patterns readily available on our airwaves. And that is how I found your comment lol! It sounds weird and affected. I think females tend to do this more often and more dramatically. Where did this come from? May I direct my fellow annoyed speech watchers to a major culprit leading to these speech patterns? use of the phrase sort of in each statement you made. I abhor this glottal stop. Over his 10 years at NPR, he said he has grown emotionally to trust that his voice is enough. You guys seems to be winning in the USA, so if it bothers you, Im afraid youre out of luck. Being a voice-over talent makes me extremely sensitive to not only the sound of voices I hear on TV, radio and the internet, but also to the words that are chosen. How about pandimik (apparently meaning pandemic,) mimber (apparently meaning member,) and oh god, space (apparently derived from safe space). Like any job, radio journalism requires training. culture that (IMO) is ruining our educational system. METAPHORICALLY no one? Let me explain this simple thing to you dummies. is a problem. Im wondering if there is a name for a pattern Im noticing when people start listing bullet point details. And what about people now pronouncing the t in often? Its hit the English language strong in just the past year or so, right? Its hard to come up with additional topics, since so many of the biggies were already discussed. National faves: Jack Speer, Megna Chakhrabarti, Terry Gross National do-not-calls: Kai Ryssdal, Charlie Pierce sunnymentoaddict 6 yr. ago 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, tomorrow Ill apply for the job. Not fine. Thank you so much, Debbie and Baz! Like many here, I listen to a good deal of NPR-ish broadcasts and podcasts. November 28, 2016 by Debbie Grattan 307 Comments. Feel free to share in the comments! You know, the best way to find out the answers is to just Google it.. All are irritating and to me, they pigeon-hole the speaker and come across as less intelligent and less confident than they realize or intend. But its when I hear someone who has the astonishing ability to combine those two very irritating trends, as well as throwing in the recent social media driven pointless inane phrases so; I feel like, OMG! etc, that I terminate my involvement in the conversation immediately. One the first of second episodes of Star Trek Discovery, I think thats the name, the captain says, thish traitor. Yes!! My friends who do these habits, they do this not just in english language, but also in our native language. Sorry, but Im not pronouncing button as butt-ton. The vocal twerk I hear in men (mostly) is Listenfeels like a subtle form of bullying. No, you are hearing maybe a regional pronunciation. p.s. She doesn't mind sounding human. My spine is more aligned?. Hearing Americans and Britons speak is psychological torture. thats Mineah! Vocal Frrry One sound that some listeners are still adjusting to is often-called "vocal. In I Have Some Questions for You, Makkai has carefully crafted a novel that inhabits a strange interstitial space between a whodunit, a crime novel with a few elements plucked from found footage . Look at any Hugh Grant movie, and youll see. No problem suggests that I might have been a problem. Can you comment on a growing trend of, what one person termed, manufactured precision diction? Heres one that you didnt feature maybe it doesnt count but its wrong and its annoying. What is that? Sometimes reporters do incorporate feedback about their delivery. 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