"People forget that there's a person on the other end of the email," Duffin said. I want the people representing my company to be PROFESSIONAL. I just heard a lady doing a commercial on TV who pronounced entertainment as intertainment. Anyone who wishes to sound like an idiot is well within his or her rights to do so. Grammatical mistakes are less annoying, but still problematic. It seems to me it takes more effort to speak a word without its T sound in the middle than to speak the word properly! When I go into the 4th, 5th grade classes, I write my name on the board in cursive. Right!? Thank you so much for validating my comments to my skeptical wife. Why should we voice the t in often? After thank you = no tip from me. People use Right? as a complete sentence. 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! Ayesha Rascoe is involved in most of the National Public Radio programs. This sounds immature (like a 5 year old), lazy and uneducated. 1. An awful conversational bridge. Then there is borough , pronounced burra, the yanks say burrow, thats what a mole does in your garden. However, the habit of young womens talk that no one has mentioned is the tendency to cluster words together in extremely fast phrases within sentences, a habit which once I notice, becomes increasingly irritating. The ending gah sound, as in reading-gah drives me nuts. Uptalk, a subset of valspeak, is the habit of producing a rising inflection as if youre asking a question even when youre not? It goes this way. But instead it sounds like I went to the STOre, then the gas STAtion, and then got something to EAT.. Ive even come close to writing to NPR about their guests propensity to start sentences with so. Another one Ive heard lately is everything going on these days. Why use a euphemism in place of the pandemic? I am also hearing stated instead of simply said, and dont get me started on the misuse of myself. Thank you for validating my observations! It wasnt just that the election campaign this year was ugly, right? Oh my Godd-uh! I mean, I dont know if Ive ever experienced anything like it grammatically in my entire 43 years, on this planet anyway. "That's why you listen it's to hear people talk," Fortir said. Yeah, no. Or I mean, Im not lyin when I say Where Youre welcome implies that you went out of your way and accept their thanks as your praise. Misnomer is now used when what is really meant is misconception. These are two different words with different meanings. The overuse of superlative adjectives. She dragged out the word and pitched it higher. Double negatives. Was the Mike Lindell one, Thats why I curated MyPillow? ! whenever someone learns of something thats surprising to them. Thanks for your comment! How can there or here not be ON the ground, if it is, ON the ground. My current favorite is folks who add the word literally to every statement. You and me both. I absolutely abhor all of the speech patterns/words described here, however my biggest annoyance when it comes to TV voice overs is how extremely patronising and robotic they often sound. I change channels whenever I hear it. Real News Host: In the last five minutes of the segment, for the viewers I first noticed vocal fry around 2007 when two young female supervisors of mine would literally end each sentence with 4 to 5 seconds of vocal fry. "Like" is a sign of a relaxed conversation. Just observant. Look at what?? The one I cant stand is S-backing where they say shhtreet, shhhtrike, dishhhtraction. Women who speak this way remind me of the ghosts in the movie, The Grudge.. Also, add to The List the pronounciation of the word food as (something like), fee-yood, and potato and soup as, pota-teeyoo and see-yoop. Moving forward, going forward, I turn off the radio. -aahh to extend words. Have a good one! . 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. Ive seen talking heads on cable news panels do this ad-nauseum. The kids immediately say, I cant read cursive. 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. Also, why has everyone started turning ts to ds. As a result, many teachers stopped teaching it. Duffin said voice critiques don't bother her personally but that she worries they limit who feels welcome on the air. If youve ever heard Jedediah Vila, she does it ALL the time. Amazing discussion. It sends the message that only some people can be trusted to report the news. Correspondents are starting to do it. caused your repeated use of the vague term, space, without a specific Also da for the has been trending. Everyone is using that now it seems! I cant stand when people say I cant even or I just cant with her or some nonsense like that, and they just end it right thereOr when people say YEAH you are with misplaced emphasis. that the odds are every one of those comments is directly speaking to another comment directed indirectly to another comment and so on? Cant find a term for my 2nd pet peeve listing options with an affected inflection for each as in . I completely agree with the annoying no problem response from a server after saying Thank you. Its mildly disturbing to me. Is this really a new trend? So, after reading literally every single comment, I am pondering the question; is it ironic that were all complaining about an enormous range of vocal variants (or variations?) To me, it sounds like theyve actually forgotten to end the word and let that final syllable continue to sound out for an extended period. Britain? https://youtu.be/gGEit7Fg9HU. Would you please counsel ME on it? The problem is is that.. This is certainly not limited to lower social groups; its becoming endemic in very educated middle class professionals. 3) Ordering at a restaurant or the like, saying Ill DO the instead of lll order the or Ill have the. Great people, but, my goodness, that is a difficult accent for me. Ive heard this a lot in the mid-Atlantic states, but lately its infested patterns of speech throughout the United Stateshow about Canada? 12 pt times new roman double spaces face to face conversations. If he catches that he's saying "you know" a lot, he'll try to cut down on using it. I dont know nothing about that. Hansen has served on the Mills College Alumnae Steering Committee; the Washington, DC, chapter Arts Committee of the Brandeis University Alumni Board; the National Society of Arts and Letters; and as judge for the Mr. District of Columbia Benefit Competition. They want profit without first investing in professionalism, imo. It seems to be the new normal. Or adding the wrong vowels to words for instance making the word food sound more like fewd. how about people who fitty dollars instead of fifty? Theres always something! Other reporters hone their delivery as well. I am thankful for people like you, who are still standing for some standards in a young society that is so quick to discard and dismantle anything that seems to be inconvenient or in any way challenging to their accepted, and often sub-par standards. Many men do this also, although its usually not as noticeable as creaky voice in women, because mens voice are deeper to begin with so the pitch drop doesnt contrast as much with their normal pitch/phonation. Thanks for acknowledging this- I dont feel so insane anymore. Sorry, but Im not pronouncing button as butt-ton. I forgot about another sentence I hate, walkeen instead of walking. None of these up-and-coming phrases ever appear in scripts that I read for actual voice-over jobs or auditions. OMG! I have a friend who can code switch very well. Some are even doing it on purpose. I abhor this glottal stop. Maybe its our television sets audio, but I wonder why womens vowels are so loud on news programs. As a naturalized American citizen I am paying attention to my execution of sentences and the intonation. I have to bite my tongue and let off steam when I hear Australians speak. Gosh ny chief hates include the words we are expected to use in public so we do not appear too assertive or pushy. No. Why? The millions of people who comprise society absolutely do not need to adapt to the annoying speech patterns of an entitled few. No problem suggests that I might have been a problem. You obviously havent heard anyone say super over and over. Where did that come from?? And listeners have seriously strong feelings about this stuff. Thanks for your comment and video. 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. I do not want to hear anyone speaking with mosquito tones. she didn't sound certain saying her own name, helps reporters hone their voices for air. I dont buy the argument that this is an empowering trend for women. Budden for BUTTON bugs the hell out of me. I wonder how many of these patterns we can blame on Keeping Up with the Kardashians and other shows of that ilk. It is not as if we do not live above the ground. My dad was from Canada of English heritage. I am finding it increasingly more difficult to watch television, or listen to certain radio broadcasters, due to distracting speech patterns and styles. No, thanks. Personally, I have a laundry list of poor speech and grammar pet peeves. And the speech pattern that led me to your page is the one Ive observed in the voice overs on virtually all home improvement shows. Omg YES!! Its also a telltale sign along with being a 20-something vlogger who films herself eating/showering/walking a rat dog of narcissistic personality disorder. EVERY FRICKIN interview has yeah yeah yeah!, more and more in the past 6 or so months. Great use of the word literally there, Amber. What about using the words at all, at the end of a sentence. I guess it works when communication is between persons with a combined vocabulary of less than 100 words, but for everyone else its extremely annoying. I have worked as a journalist for over 25 years, and I do not work in television for a reason. Am I alone in this? I had to fight my own brain!". Now, once in a while I see the dramatic purpose of such a structure, but every dang time, every single dialogue. ! Fry here and there. It really does grate on the nerves. Playin, doin, shopping, talkin, and just today consultin. very prevalent among high school kids and their teachers. People who do not know the difference between fewer and less and when to use them correctly. It makes me terribly sad. Producers, who listen while reporters record their scripts, are alert for issues with speed and clarity, and will ask reporters to try again if necessary. Often theyll be a so tacked on to the start. I was actually googling, trying to find if this type of (annoying!) I must be getting old, I sound like my parents. (Said in a condescending nerd voice: So. The letters arent required to be immediately next to each other, as in hiSHtoRy, either. is my dog No! Its far from the only silent letter in spoken English. More on that idea here. I would be happy to hear the word amazing without the word super in front of it. No. Im glad to discover I am not alone. It is very annoying! Not only I improperly placed but me used at the start of a phrase. And that show was probably a 5 year old rerun. Jessica Hansen, one of the voices of NPR's funding credits and its in-house vocal coach, helps reporters hone their voices for air. Based on a 2010 NPR Music survey of its listeners * Missing: Mohammad-Reza Shajarian * Ahmad Zahir * Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan * Asha Bhosle * Esma Redzepova * Sezen Aksu * Dennis Brown * Radmilla Cody * Khaled * Twinkie Clark * Amalia Rodrigues * Concha Buika * Chavela Vargas * Camaron de la Isla In another, speakers with vocal fry received more votes in a hypothetical election. hide caption. Should school lectures take place on the moon, or just remotely via satellite? Privacy Policy. Then I grabbed a coffeeeee. The sound of 2020 America is a chirpy vocal fry. Who is telling people to jut their bottom jaw out and keep their tongue from going past their teeth? Whenever I hear someone begin a statement with Look, I long to interrupt and say, Im looking.. A tragic comment on our times, indeed. I simply changed the channel on my tv. And then I had to take the Range Rover in for serviiiiiiiiice, I mean, Im like sooo worn out ( vocal fry). Some time around the late 90s, early 2000s, it was taken off the graded subjects. "It has expanded my own understanding of the world and the people you have brought on board are excellent," he wrote. I think its rather sad. 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. Today IS the first day of Spring Seems to be a constant request for recognitionas if we somehow cant stop to ask if we dont understand something. Most examples have been covered here. For example, mou- uhn, instead of moun-tain. The first example makes full-grown adults sound like a toddler who cant yet say his/her ts.. This has brought me to believe that uptalk is contrived and not a natural progression of linguistics. It's not just one part of America or one slice of America," he said. "I thought it felt strange to have a voice that did not sound like me reporting on the most powerful people in the world. You missed uh, um, well you know( the three words used together). 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. This was. this article was originally conceived after listening to NPR and the annoying patterns heard by those that are supposed to be professional broadcasters. For example, when they pronounce the word eight they say eigh-tah just pronouncing the last letter. You know This phrase is increasingly being usedat the beginning of the sentence as a lead-in. Ive noticed the upward shift in tone can be as much as an octave. 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. Thats litteriiiiing, and he just kept walkiiiiing That isnt exactly it, but its similar. Plus, at the end of the day. Dont run into nobody! (a parent to a child) I cant stand to hear it, like nails on a chalkboard young ladies, please correct yourselves!!! I am a bit more forgiving if English isnt your first language but otherwise its incredibly annoying. Maybe we could call it Blah-de-Blah Speak. I believe they are taught this mode of delivering content. Not long in to our conversations, Ive tuned out. I even contacted a renowned acting school. I agree with many of the annoying speech discussed here. Its funny but also sad that the ways of the world, and so many traditions and really important things are not being passed down to the next generation. This one comes at the end of sentences, apparently to encourage or sometimes subtly force agreement on the listener. This is supposed to be pronounced with the emphasis on the first syllable: STUdent. He told me: That is a sign that I've opened them up, they feel comfortable and they're talking in the way that they just regularly talk. Or is it gender? Im not trying to be critical or mean, but it used to be if you had a speech impediment, you went to speech therapy and got rid of it before you went on public media. I first noticed this in the TV series Unforgotten where it is hugely noticeable, but seeing earlier performances in the TV series Spooks from a number of years before, I see (hear!) That drives me INSANE!!!! If the person is on TV, I have to change the channel. He joins us. Im British and cant say Ive ever heard anyone say Yes, no to answer a question, so Im pretty sure its not trendy amongst British speakers. What about the other inflection/tone people use now when they list things out? I heard one person this past weekend start literally every response with, Look. And who started everything being super??? Everyone does this now, it seems, and it drives me nuts ( especially when people start it and only list ONE THInnnnnng and not another). Vocal fry refers to a low, glottal, animal-like sound that speech pathologists consider a vocal disorder. It infuriates me, especially if NPR is on before my coffee. Even politics reporter Detrow, who doesn't hear from listeners about his voice, said he evaluates his own interviews. The one thats driving me crazy is this extra schwa added to the ends of words. And what about people now pronouncing the t in often? YES! Thats my new pet peeve and I wish I knew a way to counsel him on it! It hurts my ears! 3) but think back to TV shows or movies from the 1950s or 1940s, the Trans Atlantic accent and men sounding like radio show hosts. Please share more comments on this, and specifically what other patterns youd like to see us include in the next video. By accepting all cookies, you agree to our use of cookies to deliver and maintain our services and site, improve the quality of Reddit, personalize Reddit content and advertising, and measure the effectiveness of advertising. At least we can take comfort knowing that some of these annoying fillers indeed die out eventually. It sounds like theyre saying, Think yeeough. in a rude, snobby, sneer down the nose at you manner. Eckert, the linguist, found that the biggest users of vocal fry are actually men. So is a completely disingenuous and idiot transfer. I hear this a lot in conversation these days too. This dessert was super easy to make! And they do it a lot. I wonder if they realize they are doing this? The first part of the sentence is on a lower pitch and then last word is HIGHerrr, and then the next is back to the first lower and last word is in the MIDDleee , etc. 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. And look, weyak, yak, yak.. . Sort of and right came right out of Britain. Simply put, the standards for on-air positions were much higher when I entered the workforce: speaking well was imperative, but not nearly as important as having television looks. I put my own example of me saying it in this Youtube link: STOP THAT NONSENSE! Wait, what is the worst, because it pretends to be clever and original, and is the polar opposite of both. In the memo obtained by Current, Eric Nuzum, NPR's VP of programming, wrote, "You may have noticed a new voice reading some NPR sponsorship credits in January. We all have a few annoying speech/writing habits.). Your email address will not be published. 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). It irritates me to see UR instead of you are or switched RU ,are you? Our language is being bastardised for their own purpose, throat fry, non-pronunciation, just being annoying. is You get the idea. 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. Music is music. Epic, etc. 4. I also blame Britney Spears. As far as voice sounds, I do hear vocal fry on occasion and I notice men do it as well as women but women are more often chastised for it. 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. What is that??? Stripping is not music. Tripp, I agree completely. On a personal note, being, English , that is to say, we invented English, therefore, regardless of colour, creed, religion. Theuse of such patterns do more than annoy the listener. Ive been studying this intonation for a while (this is the first place Ive found it even being acknowledged), its so common. 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. My shopping experiences in the UK have changed since I turned 60 and let my hair go grey. In the Fresh Air episode about criticism of young women's voices she said,"People are busy policing young women's language, and nobody is policing older or younger men's language.". Yes, I understand that my fixated attention on these patterns is what is causing me to be distracted. Its like they are trying to sound like babies so they are less threatening. There are a lot of great voices too though. I love the content of the daily but can't stand the guttural voice of Michael Barbaro. I believe young women demonstrate many of these generational tics in an attempt to make themselves sound more attractive: The vocal fry to try to avoid high-pitched speech; the moan at the end of sentences to make it sexier; the schwa-ing to sound more intelligent. 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. What brought me here was the irritating way young females pronounce thank you. As Ted brought up a few posts up: the ubiquitous use of the words sort of by media drives me nuts! People who say: The one Im most sick of hearing and seeing is OMG.its not only extremely annoying and offensive, it makes the person using this abbreviation seem ignorant, unintelligent and immature, but it also happens to be highly blasphemous. Sadly, I dont think these trend will die out. I realize its really too early to be voting for Most Annoying for 2021, but this ones definitely been frosting my butt. to gain your insight on this phenomenon. Unfortunately the word, the shouting and the angry demeanor are now used by many standup comedians in place of jokes. I like to call this Laundry Listing because it is like they are giving you this boring laundry list of things. She doesn't mind sounding human. All are irritating and to me, they pigeon-hole the speaker and come across as less intelligent and less confident than they realize or intend. Having a predilection for languages & words, combined with being a professional presenter for most of life, my ear is sensitive to all uses of phrasology; blue, high tone, trends, slang, group ID, annoying & more. I just do not understand why voice overs must be so impersonal and what the show producer clearly sees as professional or some kind of the standard tone. In I Have Some Questions for You, Makkai has carefully crafted a novel that inhabits a strange interstitial space between a whodunit, a crime novel with a few elements plucked from found footage . OMG! Argh!!! As opposed to what? So in the workplace and over the airways, especially on leftist networks the use of ENCOURAGE, SUGGEST and URGE etc etc etc. You two have made so many excellent points! If someone speaks in numbered bullet points, such as, Firstly_____, and second then they wish to sound more educated than they are. i agree, it drives me insane , they sound like 4 year olds. I stand self-corrected. Ive NO idea where it came from or why. Though, not usually in a professional setting. Its under the The Up-and-Coming Most Annoying Speech Patterns section. I may be a little looser with my language, grammar, slang with my close girlfriend than in a business or unfamiliar situation. Heres what makes me hit mute/delete on any podcast, youtube speaker, Radio, etc. It seems to be many white females that Im noticing using this trend. The voices on NPR are more diverse than ever. THAT is annoying. Sanders wishes listeners would be less reactionary and more open when they hear voices they find unfamiliar or even unpleasant. thas instead of thats (which is the abbreviation for that is) So, I woke uuuuup. Im like my husband uses it for every single thing. 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. Maybe it is something that every generation deals with, so perhaps its just the age, life experience and maturity that needs to be there before common sense advice can sink in. While he generally wants to be playful on his show, he said he's since tried to be more sensitive to when subjects require serious delivery. They also do this in Germany, quite memorably. By saying that (usually at the end of a sentence) it prevents someone else from talking or contributing their 2 cents, waiting for whatever follows the But.uh. Exclusive to Americans are having to include real quick in every sentence and right here or right there But MOST annoying now is one that almost every single woman seems to do now And yes it is women strangely enough. 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. There are plenty of valid points to be made about the speech patterns here, but how many of these comments boil down to, I hate this regional / demographic lingual trend because I cant relate to it ? For example: I had to go to the stoooore, pick up the dry cleaniiiiiing, get some grocerrrrrriiiies, walk the doooooooog. etc. ", He added, "There's a difference between sounding clear and having great journalism behind that sound and creating a sound that is pleasing to every listener in the audience. One of the speaking annoyances on NPR is the overuse of surea host may say, how does this policy impact the electorate? and the response will inevitably begin with sure! followed by an actual response to the question. Speaking to NPR's Code Switch on his thoughts, he said, "Without being directly told, people like me learn that our way of speaking isn't professional, and you start to imitate the standard or even hide the distinctive features of your own voice. A few other exercises for keeping voice forward are: Humming. The NPR Podcast. Everything and everyone is aMAzing. Drives me nuts! She likened speaking into a microphone to a "performance that should be as authentic as possible.". Five lines from the bottom, auto correct changed Sanskrit to sandscript. Love thatNo problem. As in, Yo, Im tellin you, shtraight up, this thing is yuge, aight?, Yes, no I dont like all of those bad habits either AND the inverse No, yes we should all be aware these speech patterns are happening increasingly.. THANK YOU for this! e.g. If you ask me again, Id also predict the tide will turn and people who drop these phrases will come out on top in the long run. We can expect the children of millennials to pass annoying speech patterns on to their children. Every generation has its own trends, and thats natural, but this trend is spreading and sticking. Its not a conscious thing. is a problem. Theres no room for any reply and honestly, I no longer care. Speaking to Terry Gross on Fresh Air, linguist Penny Eckert described a preliminary study she conducted that asked participants to listen to two clips one with creak and one without. I hear it on NPR a lot. I get far more hung up on language misuse, though. Public radio should mean that all voices, relaying solid reporting, are respected enough to inform the country. Interviewer asks, Why is the current focus on companies like Exxon?, Young woman interviewee: Yeah, so Exxon is a high-profile, Mostly, young women seem to do this. I thought it must be a local thing. OMG! Kudos. 2. Ive noticed that, too. Isnt it a long-standing fact, that all beings respond to melodious speech far more positively than, for example, a shriek. https://t.co/7p2fxbZTAN. Its become hugelycommon, even among expert speakers during formal interviews (just listen to NPR while various experts are interviewed). One of her favorites is Shtrategy. I dont consider it thoughtful because the next word follows immediately. I feel compelled to add an educational commentary on the definition of music when out in public. My goodness! For me, its the high-pitched, pinched, nasal voice that sounds so flat and grating from women on TV. But like you, when I find a younger person who is free of the upspeak, glottal fry, lack of oxygen when speaking, or repetitive use of um, like and you know it is always refreshing. So annoying. 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. Just as NPR's reporting can expose listeners to new ideas, listening to national radio is an opportunity to hear voices from many backgrounds. Brits will say Sorrey, and Americans will say sorry. In that regard, there is clearly several areas where the linguistic phrases are a product of generation, e.g., texting shortcuts used in other contexts, borrowing from pop culture. Its not clear if upspeak/high rising terminal intonation started in Australia (or even New Zealand), or on the West Coast of the USA. 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