I hate hearing vocal fry. is it normal?

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I hate hearing vocal fry. Is it Normal?

A pet peeve of mine is vocal fry (a.k.a. Creaky Voice Syndrome, popcorning, glottal fry).

It seems to have become the hot new linguistic fad, especially among young women.

I believe the Creaky Voice is an affectation.

It makes me cringe like hearing finger nails scraped on a blackboard!

Some of the worst celebrity offenders of the Creaky Voice include:
Britney Spears, Paris, KK and Katy Perry.

And most of us know at least one person in our lives who indulges in it.

Why on earth they think it's attractive or cool to sound like Elmer Fudd is beyond me.

I hate it!

Please comment

I become enraged when I hear it and want to break the TV 8
I hate hearing vocal fry 12
I'm trying to develop vocal fry so I can annoy everyone 4
I love it 1
other (comment) 3
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  • notaterrorist
    8 years ago

    especially when they talk as if they're asking a question when they're making a statement

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  • MrsEdGein
    8 years ago

    There is a guy on one the local radio stations that does that sometimes and when I hear it I want to snap his neck.

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  • BlackyHancock
    8 years ago

    Drives me nuts too bro

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  • dom180
    8 years ago

    Am I the only one who doesn't pick up on details like this? Like, things like vocal fry never even register with me. I have to be told about it to notice it, let alone find it annoying.

    I'm being rhetorical of course; of course I know I am not the *only* one who feels this indifferently, but it genuinely surprises me how common this "hate" is. It feels to me like a very new thing; in the internet age, weirdly-specific "hates" go viral easily. With non-issues like this people really should be taking a chill pill.

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  • thegypsysailor
    8 years ago

    Never heard of it or heard it.

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    • kingofcarrotflowers
      8 years ago

      Not op but

      http://m.youtube.com/watch?v=YEqVgtLQ7qM

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      • Anonymous Post Author
        8 years ago

        Yes. That's exactly what I mean. I almost threw up watching that.

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        • NeofelisNebulosa
          8 years ago

          I didn't know what vocal fry was at first, but hearing that video was awful. I hate it too. It sounds like they're too lazy to speak and the words are being dragged out of their throat.

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          • kingofcarrotflowers
            8 years ago

            I know riiiiiiight

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      • thegypsysailor
        8 years ago

        Thanks. Internet here is better, for the moment.

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