At least enough to curb your own use (and maybe the usage by your kids, spouse and/or significant other). Someone mentioned literally here and now that I think of it that one annoys me when I hear the younger members of the family use it, as well as actually. 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. (Smirk. Its a strange phenomenon in my mind, but of course trends come and go. But if there was a single origin, the West Coast USA seems more likely to me considering the larger population and the amount of film and TV produced there thats consumed internationally. I called it creaking. So, it is not just me that notices this. I do not want to hear anyone speaking with mosquito tones. Using it as a string of bullet points makes the writer sound illiterate. Also, ahhhhh, ahhhhhhh when they see a puppy or baby or receive a gift, etc. Your email address will not be published. Double negatives. An awful conversational bridge. I have also noticed when people use a hard g instead of a soft or silent g in many words. Not only I improperly placed but me used at the start of a phrase. "When they sit down and open the mic to tell the story, they aren't just hanging on for the ride and hoping that it ends soon. Why? It has an r in it (two , to be pendantic) and I am not a child. Im low on fuel so Im gonna stop and fill up Fine. Also the use of words kiddo and doggo. It sounds like theyre saying, Think yeeough. in a rude, snobby, sneer down the nose at you manner. You asked your readers what we would like for you to include in your next video. would. My fifteen year old son frequently accuses me of picking on him for the way he speaks/writes. He has also shortening him and them to em. 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. My husband and I both react as though were hearing nails on a chalkboard when people speak as though theyre trying to manipulate us. I have heard meara and arrow instead of error. At the end of a sentence? thing (and, as illustrated, often prematurely ending a sentence that actually wasnt? But we especially hear about the tone and timbre of reporters' voices. I saw it as SORE-ree. The young woman interviewing them had the most annoying high pitched upspeak that I could not continue, and when I read the comments, many people commented on how annoying the so-called journalist was. 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. Merry fucking xmas. You obviously havent heard anyone say super over and over. Hansen has taught techniques including Shakespeare, musical theater, and microphone and audition skills to children and adults of all ages. 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. In 2015, Chenjerai Kumanyika, a radio journalist and professor, published an essay on Transom.org that sparked a conversation about race and public radio. And singing involves a Melody AND talent. Grunting is not music. 'Voice' Author Explores Accents, Language And What Makes A Tone Sexy writer John Colapinto says the development of vocal structures may have been the key to humans' becoming the dominant species. Grown men purposely deforming their mouth to speak like a FREAK! To add to the I mean, is .I feel like, I have the pleasure of working with some folks that include these in every single spoken sentence. She wrote how, "Sitting in host chair for first time I channeled white voice from Midwest and lost my own. Does anyone say FebRuary without sounding ridiculous? Absolutely! Im wondering if there is a name for a pattern Im noticing when people start listing bullet point details. Noticably used televangelist pastors and political speeches. So what if someone tags right at the end of their sentence? The sad part about the first phrase (Uh, hello.everyone knows the Earth is round) is that anyone has to even say it at all in the 21st century. I get annoyed when people on TV or radio speak too quickly while also using fillers such as umm or uh. This American Life even did a segment on the negative messages their women reporters receive about vocal fry. Back in the day you would be fired for delivering news that way. She can help reporters reduce vocal fry in their speech if they want to. Listing speak! It seems that amazing has become the new awesome. He joins us. you left out one which has spread like wildfire the last few months (besides UHMMM)it is a click as I call it every time the person opens their mouth to start a sentence,kinda like chewing gum with your mouth open kind of a sucking click-I swear these things are done to get your attention for trivial things which the person want you to listen to. I say borough as burrow and mirror as mirror, not meara. She doesn't mind sounding human. Ugh! These little speech micro trends seem to pop up every now and then, then fade away over time (thank God!). And when people speak without a script they often use filler words or make minor grammatical mistakes. And then I had to take the Range Rover in for serviiiiiiiiice, I mean, Im like sooo worn out ( vocal fry). Adding an additional, unnecessary syllable to certain words for emphasis: no becomes no-ah and hello turns into hello-ah.. as though the speaker just had to get rid of that extra bit of air, and vocalize it. If the person is on TV, I have to change the channel. She dragged out the word and pitched it higher. And also SORREY, instead of saying sorry What truly bothers me is that this type of coddling in primary and secondary school continues into college, and beyond. Her words hold me hostage. YES. Reddit and its partners use cookies and similar technologies to provide you with a better experience. Thank you again for sharing your thoughts on this subject. Beyond annoying. Wish the tv stations would actually listen to their employeesfemale reporters are the WORST!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! He recently tweeted, "I've said this before, I'll say it again. What about the most recent one where you say structure with a glottal g/sh that sounds like struh-sherr? Vocal fry is one of the main voice complaints sent to the Invisibilia team, said project manager Liana Simstrom, who handles audience engagement for the narrative podcast about human behavior. Along with that and many other things mentioned here ive also noticed use of the wrong vowel sounds. Ive pointed out the mistake to my grandchildren who acknowledge the correction but later continue to say me and him. Even more annoying is the public speakers misuing the pronouns. The way peoplearenowpurposely talking slow as though everyone theyre speaking to is a moron? 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. Ive been listening to a lot of podcasts lately and obviously, most of them have commercials. Im sorry to say that the age old requirement to communicate accurately both verbally and in writing, and to effectively be your true self while communicating, is rapidly being lost to us all, in favour of these Social Media / Reality TV educated fools who cant be bothered to spell a word properly or fully, or string a coherent sentence together without an emoji! I first noticed this 10 years ago watching Dora the Explorer with my Daughter. 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. So is a completely disingenuous and idiot transfer. Were all in this together. Uh, no we are not. The vocal pattern that annoys me endlessly is when women talk like little girls when they add UH to the end of words. But any word beginning with ST is impossible for this woman to pronounce correctly. , Your email address will not be published. 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. Theres no room for any reply and honestly, I no longer care. Where did that come from?? Wu-ut? Hansen co-founded Lean & Hungry Theater, which creates audio adaptations of Shakespeare and other classics. And, when a person says, you are smarter than I, the am is implied as in I am. There are many more I could come up with, but tedious at the moment. Some of my pet peeves are as follows: That authenticity is key to NPR's original mission to "celebrate the human experience as infinitely varied." Vocal fry is the most annoying thing on the planet to me. For example: While it may not be pleasing to US, it may be a more recognizable and standard sound to those who are currently hiring VO talent, or even on-camera talent. 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. The education system. Its good to see I am not. The tone, rhythm, and inflections grate on the ear. They are rampant in the South. The reason is because. (Mark Memmott, the standards and practices editor, has addressed some of those issues in the past.). Politician: Look, we in my state believe that those people working in the aerospace industry are important. Politicians and reporters insist on saying Look before spewing a profound statement. Firstly, I would like to say that I quite enjoyed reading your article. They read out various super-chats & live comments, chat about various media happenings, but one host, Francis Foster (they are both stand up comedians too) repeatedly says absolutely in response to everything. Also not pronouncing a t in a word. I just wish I had a remote control that worked on people with a tangible presence. Jessica Hansen is the voice of NPR's funding credits, and serves as an in-house voice coach for NPR. I particularly despise yeah yeah yeah and starting sentences with So. I think one that bothers me the most (and one worth further discussing) is the ever common not quite lisp that Ive noticed a lot in the media, especially when watching news anchors/reporters (as it is their job to clearly convey the report). Everything is now amazing. a. period. I have to wonder if schools still teach sentence diagrams. If it tickles, don't back off, you're doing it right! is You get the idea. Anyone who wishes to sound like an idiot is well within his or her rights to do so. 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.) I think its rather sad. attack becomes attawwk; radio becomes rawwdio. I cant stand people pronouncing words that end ing like the end with een, i.e. A few other exercises for keeping voice forward are: Humming. Is it a geographical thing? Someone. This is only a small portion of the sissification of men that I could rant about but it is the most annoying. So, I woke uuuuup. She has performed in television, film, stage, voiceovers, and commercials. Those experiences felt like subtle whitewashing of his voice. "If you sound like America, then it's America that's talking. I found this article looking for answer to that question. At work, I am surrounded by intelligent and well-educated women in their 20s to 40s who speak this way. One will usually do the trick! Or it can negate what they just said, or preface a criticism or negative comment. Small talk usually calls for this kind of language unless youre writing a research paper. More common, is hearing someone speak with various combinations of several of these patterns appearing in just one sentence! You are smarter than I am. Yeah, naa, yeah is, similar to the Yeah, nowait, what?. Its hard to come up with additional topics, since so many of the biggies were already discussed. News Media and Teachers are mispronouncing this word. But when used in television, radio, or print, I boil uncontrollably. Quick, before you faint! I find it so distracting that I dont hear what theyre saying anymore, and thats not good. No one says sof-ten or lis-ten or plumb-er. I am now annoyed by the nasal and elongated pronunciation of me, voiced by women. Hes a sinGer making singer rhyme with finger. If I were grading you, your report would get, at best, a C-," the listener from Missouri concluded. I must be getting old, I sound like my parents. Indeed, there's an ongoing conversation within public radio about the extent to which the industry asks some journalists to change their voices to conform to the (mostly white) voices that came before them. 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. They dont even allow their white announcers in Texas to sound like theyre from Texas! Theres a woman at my healthcare providers office who uses upspeak constantly. A lazy speech habit that grates on my nerves is the use of Also too. The inflection pattern the hosts use in every sentence of every voice over is exactly the same. Ah. 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. She summarized her findings to Gross this way: "Those of us who are bothered by some of these features are probably just getting old.". I am sick of cymbals that end a commercial etc. She likened speaking into a microphone to a "performance that should be as authentic as possible.". So I do speak to them about that, how important it is to at least be able to READ it, but it really goes nowhere from there. 12 pt times new roman double spaces face to face conversations. 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. They also cannot read digital clocks. These are interior designers and contractors. Pronouncing str like shtr as in shtrong shtrange. I dont claim to speak perfect English but these are things every child learns in grade school. Thats what it sounds like and it annoys me. If reporters find that their voices are "tired," reducing vocal fry might be one way to help. If you can even record a sample of it and then create a short little video that you can upload to Youtube so its easy to share the audio, that would be good too. Im so glad I stumbled upon this story which consolidates all the worst habits of TV news people as well as the thread of reader responses. For example, Im from the southeastern USA. Women who speak this way remind me of the ghosts in the movie, The Grudge.. Their thinking is that they are being fake if they change up. Especially when hearing service providers use it after customers express thanks. HI Joan, I had to fight my own brain! ) Im curious if this is a West Coast thing with the under 40 set. I refuse point blank to allow anyone to communicate with me other than within the acceptable parameters of good spoken and written English i.e. NPR= National Propaganda Radio Taxpayers should demand their hard earned dollars not be spent on this Lefty Commie Drivel. 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