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Pointing this out to friends, Im usually answered by yeah, I noticed, or good old-fashioned shrugs. She helps people who find they sound monotone, sing-songy or low-energy. Guest (author/pundit/wannabe politician): Sure, so, moving forward, we obviously want to first see what reopening would look like, then secure the strategic infrastructure to sort of make that happen in this space (apparent reference to safe space). EXAMPLE: I got a call back from this employer offering me the job. Moving forward, going forward, I turn off the radio. Feel free to share in the comments! Drives me crazy every time. The one Ive noticed the most lately is the one mentioned by Mary N. And of course the extremely annoying vocal fry. Great discussion! But, over the past few years students have become increasingly reproachful as if I am purposefully attacking their generation. Thats what it sounds like and it annoys me. Its far from the only silent letter in spoken English. Every time I hear her voice, I immediately reach for the volume and turn it down. 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. Look at any Hugh Grant movie, and youll see. I heard one person this past weekend start literally every response with, Look. Even if something just happened and I witnessed it with him. Thanks for confirming that its a new thing. All of this is from one person. I was going to ask her if she had a sore throat but decided to be nice and just get the hell out of there as quickly as possible. 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.. Some are even doing it on purpose. On those rare occasions when I hear an interview with someone who is profoundly lacking all of these five patterns, it is such a breath of fresh air! I was thinking that I was the only hearing the incorrect use of the schwa during a recent newscast. Ive been looking to see if i can find more information about where this is coming fromdrives me crazyuh. The most annoying speech patterns are those of condescending people educated beyond thier intellect. As a naturalized American citizen I am paying attention to my execution of sentences and the intonation. And that is how I found your comment lol! This is such a great article, thank you for pointing out all the stupid add-ins people use that are so annoying to me. I thought I was being a stodgy Gen Xer in feeling profound contempt for these news pundits on CNN and MSNBC I just keep yelling at my TV: you sound like a moron! Theyre clearly not morons though many are well-educated and very smart but when they say right? and start a sentence with so they sound like idiots. or I I I I I I dragged out and finished with uh.. And when reporters and hosts deviate from that supposed standard, our office hears about it. 3 length vs. lenth, H (long a and ch) vs. (long a and shuss), streaming vs. shreaming. we had a surprise english test? Does that mean that Aussies and New Zealanders are not sure of themselves? Though NPR still has work to do on the issue of its newsroom diversity, over the past few years the numbers have been creeping in the right direction. She said she wants to give reporters more control of their voices to increase their storytelling options. Every second word she spoke that ended in a consonant had that ah at the end of it. 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 also noticed when people use a hard g instead of a soft or silent g in many words. So, tomorrow Ill apply for the job. Not fine. Its done a lot in the German language, too (which makes sense, if you think about it). There is a good example of a migraine remedy commercial intoned by Khloe Kardashian. I'm happy to have a variety of voices on NPR, but they shouldn't include those that are annoyingly shrill or are using incorrect grammar. I forgot about another sentence I hate, "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 am dropping the mike now. I first noticed this 10 years ago watching Dora the Explorer with my Daughter. Even the show's reviews on iTunes are full of complaints about the voices of the hosts, both of whom are women, especially their vocal fry. You know what I mean? I cant stand people pronouncing words that end ing like the end with een, i.e. 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. 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. Do you see the bu**un? Also, some news reporters will pepper their stories with obviously. But those persons might find it hard to get a high-paying job. I long to hear a host say Youre welcome in response. My current pet hate is the need for the speaker to promise to tell the truth as in To be honest, or Im not gonna lie, and then proceeds to reveal some piece of bland trivia! Pretty much everywhere to enunciate the ts in button is not correct. But any word beginning with ST is impossible for this woman to pronounce correctly. Speech patterns seem to trend quite quickly. For example, when they pronounce the word eight they say eigh-tah just pronouncing the last letter. Our and Hour is pronounced and sounds the same. Quickly. Theres another pronunciation of words that drive me to distractionor in this case I should say diSHtraction. I have noticed a new one in speech and texts with 30 yr and younger females For some people, its their dominant speech pattern and they seemingly cant escape it. Drop the phrases now and you can think of it as an easy,inexpensive way to outshine 85 percent of your competitors in that next job interview. It was made popular by chef Gordon Ramsden. Sometimes reporters do incorporate feedback about their delivery. Noticably used televangelist pastors and political speeches. 2) pumped and stoked for excited It is hard to describe but Ive narrowed it down to when a woman has to tell a story or recount something that has a list of things in it. As to use of words, and at least on the radio and applying to both male and female, using ta for to Ive heard world-renowned physicists do this. You know, the best way to find out the answers is to just Google it.. Listening to NPR is what got this whole thing started a few years back But now these patterns are showing up everywhere. I think that the person doing it wants to signal that they would have more to say about a thing but they really do not have any more ammunition. OH YES! Worchestershire sauce anyone? Also not pronouncing a t in a word. The reason is because. 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. Listen to Dr. Blassey Ford. Im done. Yeah, used in this odd transitional way. I started listening to podcasts regularly in the past year and find that I really zero in on speech patterns since Im not distracted by how the speaker looks or moves. Its my second or third. I am glad you are pointing them as incorrect and idiotic. But I remain relentless I call it out every time. And please read through the comments for some very interesting insights and observations from other readers. Ive seen talking heads on cable news panels do this ad-nauseum. I am listening to a webinar class right now and the instructor keeps using apparently to start sentences. That one drives me crazy! So many things about schooling have been grating AND concerning me for quite a while! Amongst a lot of youre vocabulary mistakes is one that makes me sick, the yank way of saying, mirror, they say Mirrrrr. Ive forgone many a great podcast topic due to vocal fry or overuse of right. If I were paying someone to speak on TV I would insist that they use the correct pronunciations. You know This phrase is increasingly being usedat the beginning of the sentence as a lead-in. I dont buy the argument that this is an empowering trend for women. Maybe I can strap them to a chair and rake my finger nails down a chalkboard! I had to fight my own brain!". I completely agree with the annoying no problem response from a server after saying Thank you. Greene has certainly proved his mettle. The NPR Podcast. Your email address will not be published. Its an epidemic among millennial actors, hosts, and cable news panelists/contributors. No one says sof-ten or lis-ten or plumb-er. I immediately have to fast forward, which defeats the whole purpose of advertising. They stay on one pitch primarily and then bounce up to the other pitch (note) on certain words, usually at the end of the sentence or at a comma if it were to be written out. I want it to stop, NOW! Allowing reporters to sound like themselves helps NPR reflect the variety of identities in its audience, and meet its long-term goal to "sound like America," with all of its diversity. "People forget that there's a person on the other end of the email," Duffin said. and I was totally unprepared for it? Such as: NO-aahh!, STOP-aahh! The ingredients were super fresh and it tasted super amazing!, The car we bought drives super fast! I dont know of any name for that But reading your comment makes me think that maybe a lot of this type of speaking comes as a side effect of the Youtube and social media age, where people try to stand out and get noticed any way that they can. Just stop! 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. For example: Like yourself, Im thinking its a trend. Using it as a string of bullet points makes the writer sound illiterate. Some of the family members have a better capacity to use words, language & phraseology than others that still use upspeak, vocalfry, text slang & whining. Her words hold me hostage. I mean, I dont know if Ive ever experienced anything like it grammatically in my entire 43 years, on this planet anyway. 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! 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. Formerly worst voice was Diane Rehm. But I have to make one addendum to the use of right? (a word I view as a form of conversational bullying). One from Texas wrote: "Not all Americans sound like White American politicians and I wish that could be reflected on your airwaves.". While editing a piece, he found himself imagining the words spoken by a more white voice instead of his own. I wonder how many of these patterns we can blame on Keeping Up with the Kardashians and other shows of that ilk. Sadly, we all need to bite our tongues. Not long in to our conversations, Ive tuned out. infomercial voice overs and direct response marketing, Voice Over Trends 2023: Less Looking, More Listening, Is the Golden Age of Voice Over Gone? 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. I first heard this on a home decorating tv show. They must be changed Out. I may be a little looser with my language, grammar, slang with my close girlfriend than in a business or unfamiliar situation. You and me both. Playin, doin, shopping, talkin, and just today consultin. Yes!! Thank goodness I stopped listening to American mainstream news with all their Aussie employees. What comes to mind when you imagine an "NPR voice"? I agree with you with every fiber of my being. Can you tell the audience exactly to what you are referring in your immediately preceding use of the word space? Ive been listening to a lot of podcasts lately and obviously, most of them have commercials. No statement can ever, ever stand on its own without an intensifier. So, it is not just me that notices this. If he catches that he's saying "you know" a lot, he'll try to cut down on using it. As leading lady in Synetic Family Theatre's "The Fisherman and the Golden Fish," she and the cast earned the Helen Hayes Award for Outstanding Production of Theatre for Young Audiences. We occasionally hear from listeners who critique what they perceive as the homogeneity of on-air voices. Please make it stop. Consider Bertie Wooster in the Wodehouse Jeeves stories. My fifteen year old son frequently accuses me of picking on him for the way he speaks/writes. People are suddenly emphasizing the wrong syllable in words that end in dent. For some reason, untold numbers of people now seem to think its pronounced teee-eew. The biggest one that I hear it in is when celebrities say singer. Maybe its our television sets audio, but I wonder why womens vowels are so loud on news programs. You guys seems to be winning in the USA, so if it bothers you, Im afraid youre out of luck. And, I feel its time to bring the old standards back. I am seriously thinking of finding a new provider for that very reason. As in change the sheets or change a lightbulb. Reddit and its partners use cookies and similar technologies to provide you with a better experience. hide caption. I want to shout at them all and saystop being sheep all of you, keep your individuality, its much more interesting, and real. is You get the idea. November 28, 2016 by Debbie Grattan 307 Comments. They were you know, I mean, and I mean like. I am so happy that I found this website! !, WAIT-aahh. A new one Ive just started noticing on a local radio interview, and from my husband (ugh) is accentuating the word to and a pause. Amen!!! Perhaps I need to pay more attention to the bungled up speech patterns that are in use. Uggh! Where did that come from?? The kids immediately say, I cant read cursive. They are also signaling their frustration that they cannot complete their thoughts. its so, like, annoying, right? 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. Yes, no, blah blah blah. Hansen has taught techniques including Shakespeare, musical theater, and microphone and audition skills to children and adults of all ages. dontgetaphd 6 mo. I see it in newscasts all the time being used by educated people. But journalists can sound clear without all sounding the same. If I am in another room from the TV and a female news anchor is speaking, it seems all I can hear are explosive ah and eh sounds. 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. Brits will say Sorrey, and Americans will say sorry. Do they know how ridiculous they appear???? You can shream ashuss g t v. The 2021 Dream Home is looking good and wanting you to win it. why do young women want to sound freaky? So, what are you gonna do about that job application? Fine. I have to bite my tongue and let off steam when I hear Australians speak. 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. Dropping the T is not a girl thing, at least not in the American South. The T-dropping is especially irritating because it sounds like something a very young kid would do and I HATE when adults talk like toddlers. Most of us know the way we speak may change depending what social situation were in. Im happy to continue commenting as required, as Ive plenty more to say on the subject! I also loathe when people pronounce nuclear as nucular. I dont know nothing about that. 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). 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. airlines. I DO say February. This field is for validation purposes and should be left unchanged. They rise the inflection of the words at the end of every sentence. Vocal Frrry One sound that some listeners are still adjusting to is often-called "vocal. OMG! e.g. Ive get so annoyed when people do that!! My spine is more aligned?. 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. Every generation has its own trends, and thats natural, but this trend is spreading and sticking. Objective reality, for some folks, must be something that just happens to others. (My wife thinks I am. ) Agree! Unfortunately these offensive speech trends have been happening for many decades. a. period. Theuse of such patterns do more than annoy the listener. NPR= National Propaganda Radio Taxpayers should demand their hard earned dollars not be spent on this Lefty Commie Drivel. She has a distinctively black accent and is a favorite voice on NPR. I only have radio, and mostly listen to public radio local, national, and world. OK. How about the recent clipping to the end of some words. Example.. Over his 10 years at NPR, he said he has grown emotionally to trust that his voice is enough. Im not about to watch that show just to find out, though. 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. This sounds immature (like a 5 year old), lazy and uneducated. She has performed in television, film, stage, voiceovers, and commercials. I was thinking maybe it was a Mexican/American thing (I am Canadian). 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. Then on the other extreme we have ABSOLUTELY. My husband and I both react as though were hearing nails on a chalkboard when people speak as though theyre trying to manipulate us. Stripping is not music. If, however, its something that is correctable, I would like to know how, (NOT to be more pleasing or acceptible to him), so that I might be less annoying to more diplomatic persons like yourself . We have come so far with representing what a diverse world we are in the media. She also created and hosted two seasons of Lean & Hungry's award-winning podcast. My gripe is mainly with broadcasting media, films, books, articles, any sort of communication authority, that has embraced these habits. Then there is borough , pronounced burra, the yanks say burrow, thats what a mole does in your garden. I believe he is from the Bay Area in California. A lazy speech habit that grates on my nerves is the use of Also too. Over the past few decades we have grown more to accept/tolerate each others personal shortcomings in professional places. As a result, many teachers stopped teaching it. 'Planet money,' 'This American Life,' 'Radiolab,' 'Startup' Why? I hope that there will be some attention paid to restoring some respect for our language in generations to come. She wrote how, "Sitting in host chair for first time I channeled white voice from Midwest and lost my own. Thanks Ava for your note. As Ted brought up a few posts up: the ubiquitous use of the words sort of by media drives me nuts! He joins us. Shes in her mid-50s and old enough to know better. I am a white dude on the radio, and no one has EVER tweeted at me critiquing my voice. That authenticity is key to NPR's original mission to "celebrate the human experience as infinitely varied." I thought, I am absolutely not going to have my child taught by this woman., Short as become like oswords like class and that are pronounce as closs and thot.. Its definitely annoying! Tripp, I agree completely. NPR seems to be doing a full-out Jessica Rabbit Via . Its good to know my husband and I arent the only ones who feel this way about how people are speaking lately. Now I can add that to my list. 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. The biggest for me, though, is the epidemic vocal fry combined with a high-pitched voice, or sexy baby speak, among the majority of women, and many men now (Ira Glass, Im looking at you). She pointed out that Ira Glass, the host of This American Life who has an iconic radio voice, uses a lot of vocal fry. Perhaps its self-importance driving the habit. Theres a name for it, but I cant remember what its called. Great use of the word literally there, Amber. Im so glad someone has identified moronic speech that has gone from thoughtful Well,. to the contrary So, as if theyre indicating a confirmation summation that theirs is the correction of an issue. 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. He cant seem to finish a sentence without stopping in the middle and, if its a long sentence, hell stop and start 3 or 4 times. Ugh! Does anyone out there have any thoughts on any possible geographic relationship? Its become hugelycommon, even among expert speakers during formal interviews (just listen to NPR while various experts are interviewed). I agree I cannot stand the fact that 90% of the population is now using the work awesome in a context and place that has nothing to do with its actual meaning. Im not an imbecile who is unable to follow a connected train if thought! Him: Im like did you see that? Thank you, Debbie! I have two. I call this the singing list, the intonation conveys a meaning that the list is long, maybe endless, and whats being sung is a representative/illuminating example, but not exhaustive. Can I just start by saying that two very annoying vocal trends that have reached us here in the UK / Northern Ireland in recent years are up speaking and vocal fry, which are bad enough on their own. 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