Anyone who thinks these things dont (or shouldnt) matter should think again. She has received a few emails about her voice from listeners, including one that said she didn't sound certain saying her own name, which she briefly addressed in a Planet Money segment. Fast forward to 2020 and, although I love shows about animals like the various zoo reality shows on Animal Planet, I cannot watch the one based out of Australia. its there, though much less pronounced (sic.). Just like everyone else, sometimes reporters need a moment to collect their thoughts. Thanks for your comment and video. To me, thats like criticising someone who stutters, besides being a tool to stonewall me. To me, that sounds idiotic and uppity, not to mention the hyper pronunciation. She can help reporters reduce vocal fry in their speech if they want to. The only thing more annoying is the continuation of the last syllable in a series of items. Also umm, like, and ya know interspersed in many informal AND formal conversations. 50% of revenue is from member stations. I m hearing the phrases theres no doubt about it and theres no question about it and the variations: no doubt about it, no doubt, no question about it, and no question. Yes her voice was tough to take but once you realized what she went through.well fuck. Nice to find Im not the only person driven to distraction by these annoying speech habits. Please shut up!!! Britain? As a result, my tolerance for vocal tics is definitely lower than it used to be. What comes to mind when you imagine an "NPR voice"? ish instead of pronouncing it as iz. For example, I have to walk my doggggg, pick up the kidddds, and go grocery shoppinnnng. 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. Because anybody who over pronounces their ts and ss sounds annoying to me. Button, mountains Stoooop with the glottal stop! The number one ear-bleeding one is shtraight down the shtreet there are theesh trees and a shtop shign. Dont run into nobody! (a parent to a child) I heard one person this past weekend start literally every response with, Look. Listeners have concerns about grammar, and filler words such as "um," "like" and "so." This is a huge trend on YouTube right now and its quite annoying. For example youre not just happy to be here today youre SUPER happy. Its super annoying. Corollary: being excited about even the most routine, long-anticipated events, such as the press release I saw last week about a new software upgrade that the developer was super excited to announce. That was actually in the written press release. Such as certain ,they no longer pronounce the t. 3) Ordering at a restaurant or the like, saying Ill DO the instead of lll order the or Ill have the. Formerly worst voice was Diane Rehm. Thank you again for sharing your thoughts on this subject. I wonder if they realize they are doing this? I suppose if the heart is in the right place, we can forgive some of these transgressions of speech. Grammatical mistakes are less annoying, but still problematic. Im not sure if our primary education system is to blame for not putting enough emphasis on the spoken (or written) word for our younger generations, or whether it is more of a socialization and modeling of behavior that is rampant. Cookie Notice YESSSS!,,,,,, the staccato speech is driving me away from tv. Perhaps Im better not to. Not long in to our conversations, Ive tuned out. I am glad you are pointing them as incorrect and idiotic. I hear it all the time paint-inG almost sounding like guh at the end of the syllable. Vocal fry is the most annoying thing on the planet to me. ! Fry here and there. All of this is from one person. Dont do that-ah! Its so annoying-gah!. There are so many of these annoying speech patterns and they are contagious. He has become hyper-sensitive to even the most polite criticism, and I blame this solely on our P.C. METAPHORICALLY no one? This cymbal sound bite, arent event how a professional drummer would play, or maybe would not immediately make this sound unless the cymbals were damaged somehow. Uptalk, a subset of valspeak, is the habit of producing a rising inflection as if youre asking a question even when youre not? Wish the tv stations would actually listen to their employeesfemale reporters are the WORST!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! And please stop using hangin out and you guys.. Thuh, preceding a word starting with a vowel! I dont mind hearing AAVE when its between friends but professional usage irks. Please share more comments on this, and specifically what other patterns youd like to see us include in the next video. If something is different from something else, from is the only word that works. But many English speakers dont really consider you as plural, because its indistinguishable from the singular, and so they perceive a gap in our pronoun system, which has been filled with a number of informal second-person plural pronouns: yall, you guys, yous guys, you-all, you lot (UK), etc. Though Sanders, of It's Been a Minute, has heard from listeners that he and his panelists use "like" too much, he thinks it's indicative of a good conversation. Thank you for helping me put a name to this! Should school lectures take place on the moon, or just remotely via satellite? Sauvignon Sauv in- yoh (silent n) not Sauv in- yawn. 3) saying een for ingas in goeen or stayeen for going or coming Voice. Thanks for a place to vent. This is certainly not limited to lower social groups; its becoming endemic in very educated middle class professionals. Mark, your comments are very well spoken, and I also consider language and ones command and understanding of it to be a sign of class and proper education. But I remain relentless I call it out every time. 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. Wait, what is the worst, because it pretends to be clever and original, and is the polar opposite of both. Housewives of wherever, The Hills, Keeping up with, The Apprentice. I would be happy to hear the word amazing without the word super in front of it. I think it is annoying when people answer a question with, Yes, no It seems trendy with Britsh speakers. Its sort of a way to soften, to be kind of vague, imprecise and uncommitted. Double negatives. Heres another verbal habit thats annoyed me to the point of pounding the wall. I see it in the office at work and from my 16 yr old Daughter. Real News (Host): When do you think we can fully re-open schools, 5 days/week? I thought it must be a local thing. (And yes, she also hears a lot of feedback on her own voice.). Questions. 3 length vs. lenth, H (long a and ch) vs. (long a and shuss), streaming vs. shreaming. Im reading this because I am driven to distraction now that my husband has started constantly dropping the g from words ending in ing. Is it the c thats throwing them, or are they getting it confused with the word anxious? Ultimately, I realized that it is deeply right to have many different voices reporting on the powerful.". Awesome and absolutely. to make it sound as it is so amazing, and all-important. I even heard some say go away-aahh or similar uses. Even if the people indulging in these patterns have an incredibly high IQ, the patterns work against them by making them: Despite all the detriments of allowingthose patterns to unconsciously creep into your own conversational lexicon, people are falling prey at rapid rates. It was the most annoying thing I had ever heard. Also have you noticed that many reporters and tv personalities will repeat words over and over like that that that that,,,and, and, and and to to to to which is now ta ta ta ta (examplethey were going ta ta ta be there on Friday) etc. Yep, that's right. I think its rather sad. Its refreshing to hear someone else with similar tendencies, calling out the younger generation on so many of these types of habits, which, in effect, butcher the language and the beauty of its intended delivery. After she pointed this out to me, I hear an appalling number of people that half hiss/lisp when they speak on reputable news programs. I believe it to be the key to longevity. Hansen is a classically trained singer, and has sung with choirs and madrigal groups, in musical theatre, and in jazz and rock bands. Also, Im not fond of meme/social media culture creeping into everyday conversation either. I may be alone in this one lol, but i hate it. Its interrupted cadence. I mean Seriously? What I was really searching for is the new pattern that my daughter seems..touse. This collection would be much funnier if the written intro didnt include a sentence beginning I mean 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.. But any word beginning with ST is impossible for this woman to pronounce correctly. She is best known for her role in the NPR Morning Edition and All Things Considered. FIGURATIVELY no one? The power of live radio, after all, is that it's live. Videos, I get by with closed-caption options, otherwise just NO. I came to this thread as I am driven mad by Nicola Walker, the terrific British actress (who I like very much) has this annoying habit of pausing momentarily in the middle of delivering her line in a script. Good English dictates brevity as a virtue; much, is redundant here. Can you tell us about the car accident you witnessed today? An overheard conversation: The other day I was walkiiiiiing, and, like, this dude flicked a cigarette butt on the graaa-ound, and I said, hey! The Alexis character on Schitts Creek has raised this to a hilarious satire. That holds true for the sources NPR interviews on the air, just as it does for the voices of correspondents and hosts. No. We occasionally hear from listeners who critique what they perceive as the homogeneity of on-air voices. Their whole speach pattern changes. If none of you engage in such things, youre likely guilty of the offense that led me to search for endless monotone monologue of older Americans. It can make engaging topics so boring, it makes death enticing. upspeak, vocal fry, constant buzzwords, overworked filler phrases, etc. Please make it stop. So many people cannot do it. 2001 - 2023 Debbie Grattan Voiceover Talent | Site Map | Privacy Policy. To those of you who are staying up to date with these comments and following this thread, we just posted a compilation video in this blog. It grated on my ears. I say borough as burrow and mirror as mirror, not meara. Having it as part of your daily living is different from going on TV or radio and having everyone hear it in a professional context. The difference in their abilities to communicate well, resolve conflicts, and reach desired goals with less confusion is notable. She currently sings with Summer Parfait, a jazz band including fellow NPR employees Chris Joyce and James Willetts. I want to shout at them Inhale! 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. Its definitely annoying! I have heard infants using words like this when they are learning, but to hear it coming from the mouth of a grown woman? Does that mean that Aussies and New Zealanders are not sure of themselves? I mean, like, Im literally, like, here. I understand these may be hip ways of speaking these days , but they actually detract from the message. Does anyone out there have any thoughts on any possible geographic relationship? Ive pointed out the mistake to my grandchildren who acknowledge the correction but later continue to say me and him. Even more annoying is the public speakers misuing the pronouns. Soooo, this car just ran through a stop sign.. ARE YOU READING ME A BEDTIME STORY? 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. I was about to write a comment concerning the misuse of me and I when I read yours. Indeed, there's an ongoing conversation within public radio about the extent to which the industry asks some journalists to change their voices to conform to the (mostly white) voices that came before them. National faves: Jack Speer, Megna Chakhrabarti, Terry Gross National do-not-calls: Kai Ryssdal, Charlie Pierce sunnymentoaddict 6 yr. ago Or here in The UK / Ireland, Big Brother, Made in Chelsea to name but a few. I feel more rested? Its not just insincere, its rude, as if theyre annoyed at having to say it. Im not about to watch that show just to find out, though. Gosh ny chief hates include the words we are expected to use in public so we do not appear too assertive or pushy. right? My goodness! I agree though, like the tattoo girl on the Twix commercial that spells NO REGERTS and then says Sawree in that whiny sarcastic voice. I DO say February. A question mark has a specific purpose in the English language. Sorry about that, but its the only way to bring awareness to this type of conversational disease in hopes that it can be eradicated very soon. I have asked you not to do that! I say something, along the lines of, Thats one way to ensure I dont talk; you dont have to listen to me. Then, I walk away seething, and loathing him more and more. Id love to know how it happens. Argh!!! I hope that there will be some attention paid to restoring some respect for our language in generations to come. The interior is super soft leather!. I feel compelled to add an educational commentary on the definition of music when out in public. I found this article looking for answer to that question. This is why I refuse to hire young people! A major part of the Biden plan is to sort of prioritize pandemic assistance. One of the reasons the patterns become so widespread, particularly with the current trend of vocal fry, is the feeling of belonging it gives young women. Its like the art of cursive, or long hand writing, which has also become a relic of the past for so many. Hansen has taught techniques including Shakespeare, musical theater, and microphone and audition skills to children and adults of all ages. The broadcasters at a local TV newsroom think that sentences end with three periods. I notice my three year old great-grandson now says I really miss you guys when he used to just say I miss you., Some other annoying trends are 1) super, totally and uber for very 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. What is that? All Im hearing from this post is a lot of complaining over nothing. Moaning is not music. Debbie also provides phone-related voice over services including phone prompts, messages-on-hold and outbound phone marketing for companies in the United States and Canada. Its so distracting! And then I had to take the Range Rover in for serviiiiiiiiice, I mean, Im like sooo worn out ( vocal fry). Yes!! I also wish we could deny medical service to anyone who refused to wear a mask and then contracted Covid-19. how about people who fitty dollars instead of fifty? Consider Bertie Wooster in the Wodehouse Jeeves stories. I get far more hung up on language misuse, though. Great discussion! She played a pregnant workplace harasser in Coastal Training Technologies' "Drop by Drop," which earned CINE's Special Jury Award. Can you tell the audience exactly to what you are referring in your immediately preceding use of the word space? Now that Im working remotely full-time, I have become acutely aware of speech patterns of the people I work with! Im glad to discover I am not alone. Filed Under: Fun Stuff Tagged With: Featured, patterns, speech, voice over style. The sad thing about podcasters is that they have not taken any diction or public speaking classes. Dont get me started on LIKE. There are several blogs online, written by women who think society needs to stop being critical of their way of talking; i.e. Once you learn a second language its hard to speak it incorrectly. Other specialties include female narration voice overs for corporate narration, web videos, tutorials, explainer videos and technical medical narration. It seems to be the new normal. Trying to describe some of these patterns is difficult, so examples would be very helpful! 5. Its done a lot in the German language, too (which makes sense, if you think about it). I cant stand to hear it, like nails on a chalkboard young ladies, please correct yourselves!!! 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. Super annoying! Omitting ts from wordsthe one word that brought it to my attention was moun or as we like to refer to it as mountain. They also make thespeaker sound less intelligent and sometimes even manipulative. It sounds like a popular catch phrase sports people use to show they are a sport person who know what they are talking about. 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 completely agree with the annoying no problem response from a server after saying Thank you. "If you sound like America, then it's America that's talking. I dont know, but it happens more often than youd think. I heard a woman on NPR listing causes of something and at the end of each item her voice went up. Your observations are wonderful & interesting. Ive heard narrators doing it on youtube videos. No statement can ever, ever stand on its own without an intensifier. 1 the misuse of I Everything and everyone is aMAzing. Hmm How about overuse of exclamation points? I found this post because I was looking for a video that addresses this. My god, every single female and some of the males end every sentence like its a question. I didnt read through all of the comments but one I didnt see mentioned is the common trend now, most especially (again) by young to even college aged females adding It really became a battle of negative personalities in a race to the bottom of common decency.. This dessert was super easy to make! Is it to have a snippet of time before responding? I growl at it when I hear it. Its far from the only silent letter in spoken English. Different than makes no sense. No problem suggests that I might have been a problem. 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. I cannot remember any time that the person uttering that delusional phrase wasnt in political arts.. Vocal fry. Required fields are marked *. 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