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 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. 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. 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. Agree! Now that youve become painfully aware of my top five annoying speech patterns, please share your ownspeech pattern pet peeves. A lazy speech habit that grates on my nerves is the use of Also too. I feel compelled to add an educational commentary on the definition of music when out in public. Re-reading your article I see your use of annoying phrases was intentional and very effective. Just because theres a stringor SHTRingof letters composed of an s, t and a nearby r, doesnt mean that English suddenly and surreptitiously morph into German pronunciation. 2 the addition of ing to verbs Trying to describe some of these patterns is difficult, so examples would be very helpful! Do you experience this as an interviewer? I wonder if anyone was listing to the message and if the listeners are able to verify the accuracy or validity of the content. Linguists usually refer to it as creaky voice. So creaking is a reasonable thing to call it. And singing involves a Melody AND talent. Playin, doin, shopping, talkin, and just today consultin. And then those styles get copied and go viral and pretty soon you hear it everywhere. We dont really distinguish the middle short e and middle short I in speech. NPR has always kept American dialects and accents out of their reporting, but Vally-Girl seems to be OK. 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. Please shut up!!! All of this is from one person. Yep, that's right. I forgot about another sentence I hate, I hope that is not the case. Whatever you think of, you're not alone: Many listeners have an idea of what an NPR voice should sound like. Ive been looking to see if i can find more information about where this is coming fromdrives me crazyuh. 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. I cant keep track of the number of very interesting podcasts with important messages that Ive had to turn off because of the horrible vocal fryyyyyyyy. Real News Host; Also, many of our viewers are likely wondering what But those persons might find it hard to get a high-paying job. Great discussion on these affectations of speech, thank you. Have I become a crotchety old fart or is Idiocracy truly upon us? Every second word she spoke that ended in a consonant had that ah at the end of it. There are a lot of great voices too though. What about using the words at all, at the end of a sentence. I heard a woman on NPR listing causes of something and at the end of each item her voice went up. NPR seems to be doing a full-out Jessica Rabbit Via . Start the answer with a yeah., I love these comments! 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. It is an art not a nuisance. 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. Quickly. I would be happy to hear the word amazing without the word super in front of it. 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. Moving forward, going forward, I turn off the radio. Why isnt anyone saying to anymore? If I hear this on TV I change the channel. 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.. Youre totally right. I was about to write a comment concerning the misuse of me and I when I read yours. 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. Uptalk is the new wave sweeping the youth, like wearing tights and having tattoos all over your arm. If you cant say it right how can you spell it correctly. 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. Other reporters hone their delivery as well. Double negatives. 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.. Great people, but, my goodness, that is a difficult accent for me. THAT is annoying. For example, in Alabama, pen and pin are pronounced the same way. 2) I cant stand the making every sentence sound like a question- National faves: Jack Speer, Megna Chakhrabarti, Terry Gross National do-not-calls: Kai Ryssdal, Charlie Pierce sunnymentoaddict 6 yr. ago Privacy Policy. Even in filipino words like palapag theyll say palapag-gah'the gah sounds like when you pronounce the letter G. They do this do the last letter of the last word of the their sentence. My spine is more aligned?. Hansen began acting at age 5, and was a cast member of a TV series on resisting peer pressure at 12. It totally baffles me. Its lazy and not particularly descriptive. After Sanders and his panelists discussed a mysterious case of American diplomats in Cuba suffering from a possibly psychosomatic illness, listeners wrote that his tone had been too light-hearted for a serious subject. Or you might hear the hushed monotone parodied in Saturday Night Live's iconic "Schweddy Balls" sketch. What I was really searching for is the new pattern that my daughter seems..touse. STOP THAT NONSENSE! 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. No one speaks like that in conversation and I find it both distracting and irritating. 3. Profeasionally, it comes down to efficiency and economy not to waste talk time with meaningless utterances or distractions. 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. But it sends up sounding so unintelligent and gutless. NPR= National Propaganda Radio Taxpayers should demand their hard earned dollars not be spent on this Lefty Commie Drivel. Its good to know my husband and I arent the only ones who feel this way about how people are speaking lately. Its kind of like way better than going to the library. Dont get me started on LIKE. OMG! thas instead of thats (which is the abbreviation for that is) Manhattan is apparently now Manhadden. 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. 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). Love thatNo problem. Not sure. This is supposed to be pronounced with the emphasis on the first syllable: STUdent. (Thats okay, Verla. Even politics reporter Detrow, who doesn't hear from listeners about his voice, said he evaluates his own interviews. type in this format, it. Look at any Hugh Grant movie, and youll see. Any and all bridge words used frequently in conversation is exceedingly annoying. HI Joan, Dropping the T is not a girl thing, at least not in the American South. Also annoying is the fake lisp of many young-ish women trying to copy Emma Stone, assuming her lisp is real not sure. I also blame Britney Spears. For example, instead of saying No they say NoUH. This seems to be a dialect issue primarily in the U.S. South, but the writing implement pen is pronounced pin, as the number ten is pronounced tin!. Can you tell the audience exactly to what you are referring in your immediately preceding use of the word space? I believe he is from the Bay Area in California. Have a listen how many times you hear ABSOLUTELY on the tv. Its like an italian accent, but not that exactly cuz i can resist the italian english accent, but not this habit my friends do cuz i know theyre not italian. One day Im sure Ill lose my job after losing my temper with a patient. Merry fucking xmas. The other annoyance is when someone announces this is a problem as this? Ek-specially, think-yewwwuh and using individual instead of person are three of my current annoyance triggers. Or is this merely habit? No. Many shop assistants think they are being kind referring to me as Sweetheart or Hun. The kids immediately say, I cant read cursive. Oh brother, Frankie! One from Texas wrote: "Not all Americans sound like White American politicians and I wish that could be reflected on your airwaves.". If we could get the Australians to leave home we could return the island to its original (European) use. Some time around the late 90s, early 2000s, it was taken off the graded subjects. I mean, like, Im literally, like, here. Literally?! Yeah at the beginning of a question that was not yes-or-no. thats Mineah! Im low on fuel so Im gonna stop and fill up Fine. And, forward, in all forms unless someone is moving or driving an object ahead of them. I dont know how these people get voice over jobs and why anyone would use them. Its under the The Up-and-Coming Most Annoying Speech Patterns section. Have a good one! Sam Sanders, host of NPR's It's Been A Minute, records a segment at NPR West on September 24, 2018. The one that really gets to me, (in addition to all the ones already mentioned), is the starting of a sentence with Wait, what? Leaving the Ts out of a word, as in bu on or ki en. Some words are not meant to have all the letters pronounced. Super everything Super excited because its super boring and Im tired of being super disappointed. The young woman in the commercial exclaimed, Its Dove-ah! Now I notice it all the time. Hes a sinGer making singer rhyme with finger. Today IS the first day of Spring Alternatively, or also, it could be an attempt to inject artificial emphasis to Every.Single.Word. New to me and I have grandchildren ranging from preschoolers to early 20s are the following: Ending a sentence with soyeah. Which is quite frankly one of the more annoying habits. Thank you so much for validating my comments to my skeptical wife. Youre not insane. 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