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I thought it was a byproduct of Ebonics...

It is annoying, and this has been discussed quite a lot over the past few years.

While it isn't vocal fry, which is that nasal, buzzy, head voice that many young people, and women in particular, use, it is often heard in conjunction with vocal fry.

This rising inflection, whether part of a question or not makes me want to slap people.

It is nothing more than a habit and a pattern of speech that they pick up from their peers.

Henry Higgins could cure them of it in no time.

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Originally posted by jhe888:

...vocal fry, which is that nasal, buzzy, head voice that many young people, and women in particular, use, it is often heard in conjunction with vocal fry.

It is nothing more than a habit and a pattern of speech that they pick up from their peers.

Vocal fry often emulates from the quiet cockpit of large aircraft when a pilot keys the mike on the intercom / PA to make routine announcements in his “professional pilot voice”: “AAAhhhhhh, ladies and gentlemennnnnn. If you glance out of the right side of the aircraft you should be able to see ....”.

We used to call it the bourbon and Marboro growl.

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Originally posted by Av8nShooter:

Isn’t all speech vocal?

Sign language? I guess it depends on how you define "speech."

At 2:38 in the video she does what the OP was talking about.

She is apparently equating Fry with Uptalking - or indicating that Uptalking is a subset of Fry. ???.

It is all very annoying. I didn't realize that it is done to appear intelligent as she indicated.

Here is one that I am getting really tired of:

People who start every sentence (especially when answering a question) with:

..... So, .......

Yes, listening to a noontime show on NPR one weekend I noted the narrator did that gimmick with every line. Never bothered to tune into the show again.

Live From Here with Chris Thile is worth the time if I can remember to tune in, though.

https://www.livefromhere.org/

I get very irritated with the vocal tone of a lot of females on TV--I don't know how to describe it, but it is very sharp and drawn out. Where do they learn to speak such that it comes out that way?

flashguy

On NPR the other day there was a woman who did both. Uptalk on all the sentences until the last?, then just faded away in a growl. These women are not the professional radio hosts but are the guest commentators or professors.

I think I know what you mean, but my hearing is such that I cannot hear most young women. It's bad in restaurants especially. My wife generally orders for me and tells the waitress that she's my hearing ear dog.

Link to original video: https://youtu.be/tqNhEzrWQpY

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Originally posted by Av8nShooter:
Isn’t all speech vocal?

According to the Supreme Court, speech includes things like written communications, graphic representations, even gestures (IIRC), etc. This post is speech. Otherwise the only things the First Amendment would protect from governmental action in the way of expression would be the right to stand on the corner and harangue the crowds or to use a printing press.

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Originally posted by Av8nShooter:
The trend is strong. And I also find it annoying. Does it perhaps have it’s origins in California “valley” speak?

I grew up in SoCal and yes, girls actually talked like this in high school-



Charlie, you're not alone. It is grating to hear this nowadays.

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She gets annoyed and shuts up....mission accomplished

LOL!!! Are you still married? Know what you mean, though!

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31 years and counting..................

There was a jeopardy contestant a couple of years ago who shows up by Googling "most annoying Jeopardy contestant ever" who did this. Here is a short clip:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w0K1ead2lWo

Here's another sample of her:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PU8g7Dy3vXo

It’s mostly women that use the sing songy voice also. Kinda weird.

1994 feature by Connie Chung

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z756L_CkakU

25 years ago this was "news."

Terry Jones (Monty Python) described how a Welshman, when angry, ends sentences on an upswing while an Englishman in the same situation does the opposite and drops down, he said that he always had to keep that in mind, depending on what sort of character he was portraying in a sketch.

What irritates me is when I hear ‘UH’ for emphasis at the end of a word. I was watching an episode of ‘Live PD Police Cam’ the other day and, when her boyfriend was insisting on not being compliant the female driving the car they were in was saying “Chris-UH, CHRIS-UH! Stop-UH, STOP-UH, STOP-UH!!!”

Another one that bugs me is the dropping of the last syllables of words. Rachel Ray is one of the promoters of this trend with her noutrish and several other shortened words. I see itbeing carried into womens' language more often in the last couple of years.