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. For me, the whole So thing is one of these pet peeves that makes me want to smash whatever device Im hearing the word played upon. Also, I heard earlier on a My Pillow commercial a similar error which I failed to write down. I blame social media and non-parenting. 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. Now I can add that to my list. The one Ive noticed the most lately is the one mentioned by Mary N. And of course the extremely annoying vocal fry. Our language is being bastardised for their own purpose, throat fry, non-pronunciation, just being annoying. I see it in the office at work and from my 16 yr old Daughter. He transcribed what she had said, changed the text color of "a few errors" to red, and suggested his own improvements in green brackets. Can you tell us about the car accident you witnessed today? Can you tell the audience I view the word "like" in the entire opposite manner than a lot of those critics. Yeah at the beginning of a question that was not yes-or-no. I am so tired of women trying to sound like little girls and drawing out their s sounds. Your email address will not be published. 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. The kind of/sort of pattern I first noticed about 8-10 years ago and it was my old pet peeve; maybe Ive grown used to it by now. If you pronounce the T (soft or hard) in button, youll get some strange glances, because literally no one here pronounces it that way. Allison I have to chuckle at your comment, since just last night, while watching one of the football playoff games, my husband was getting quite annoyed at Tony Romos continuous use of the word right? uptick included, while commentating. And what about people now pronouncing the t in often? The 10th Ammendment says differently. I also wish we could deny medical service to anyone who refused to wear a mask and then contracted Covid-19. Ugh! This is only a small portion of the sissification of men that I could rant about but it is the most annoying. I have noticed a new one in speech and texts with 30 yr and younger females Its definitely whiny, and its annoying as hell to my ears. i agree, it drives me insane , they sound like 4 year olds. It sends the message that only some people can be trusted to report the news. benefit, I wish to now address your repeated use of the term so The overuse of superlative adjectives. Scott Detrow, a politics reporter, is a white man. Please dont waste time and effort with a question you immediately answer yourself just jump in and explain the issue and your opinion about it! The young woman interviewing them had the most annoying high pitched upspeak that I could not continue, and when I read the comments, many people commented on how annoying the so-called journalist was. Just stop! They also do this in Germany, quite memorably. I commonly hear comferble, tempature, and Febooairy. Its just laziness (and somehow its become cool to sound lazy or bored). Amazing this, and amazing that PLEASE STOP NOW! 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. Ultimately, I realized that it is deeply right to have many different voices reporting on the powerful.". I have worked as a journalist for over 25 years, and I do not work in television for a reason. The Alexis character on Schitts Creek has raised this to a hilarious satire. EVERY FRICKIN interview has yeah yeah yeah!, more and more in the past 6 or so months. November 28, 2016 by Debbie Grattan 307 Comments. But I find it truly obnoxious that every other sentence (or more) begins with the word Look. But it sends up sounding so unintelligent and gutless. I have heard several other women speak this way and it grates on my nerves. Now, once in a while I see the dramatic purpose of such a structure, but every dang time, every single dialogue. Hell start a sentence, but then even before he gets to the part that he wants to bully you into agreeing with, hell stick in a right?! Im not crazy Im being been driven there, though. I get far more hung up on language misuse, though. I dont have any neck pain? Theuse of such patterns do more than annoy the listener. NPR must be making a conscious decision to allow all of this. or common mispronunciation: Realtor, not Real a tor. No. Its lazy and not particularly descriptive. Its one of my many pet peeves in newscaster-speak, and I hear this one all the time especially from Rachel Martin on NPR. 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. I love this discussion! thanks Rebecca for chiming in with your comment from your perspective as an educator/coach. Also not pronouncing a t in a word. I agree with you with every fiber of my being. Another more recent pattern I hear most often by women is speaking in the low register of their voice. Hahaha Russell you are SPOT on! Not included in the list, which usually includes vocal fry, is this mouth full of potato way of speaking that UK millennials in particular display. Speaking as an African American woman, if being more inclusive is the aim it fails. My current favorite is folks who add the word literally to every statement. This one comes at the end of sentences, apparently to encourage or sometimes subtly force agreement on the listener. SO NECESSARY! Also, Im not fond of meme/social media culture creeping into everyday conversation either. Im glad to discover I am not alone. Real News Host; Also, many of our viewers are likely wondering what How about pandimik (apparently meaning pandemic,) mimber (apparently meaning member,) and oh god, space (apparently derived from safe space). 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. Language is too rich. On one news page I saw it used in four different headlines at the same time. None of these up-and-coming phrases ever appear in scripts that I read for actual voice-over jobs or auditions. Thanks for your comment! 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. Recently, I went onto YouTube to look for videos of the late actress Conchata Ferrell, and I found an interview with her and co-star Holland Taylor. Thank you is the correct response. As he remarkedthey have to teach to the middle to create any sense of moving forward in such large groups. Back in the day you would be fired for delivering news that way. ", In the ensuing #PubRadioVoice conversation, now-host of Weekend Edition Sunday Lulu Garcia-Navarro tweeted about a similar experience. Sh to begin start and such, is New York City and environs, similar to yuge. Listeners have concerns about grammar, and filler words such as "um," "like" and "so." 5. Especially when hearing service providers use it after customers express thanks. One from Texas wrote: "Not all Americans sound like White American politicians and I wish that could be reflected on your airwaves.". I am Jack and this? Were all in this together. Uh, no we are not. Unfortunately the word, the shouting and the angry demeanor are now used by many standup comedians in place of jokes. This was. is it hipster talk? Another big offender is the reality tv show, e.g. Any insight into where the hard G at the end of -ing is coming from? Pay attention and I promise youll start noticing these patterns in nearly every casual conversation you listen in on. The interior is super soft leather!. If I.could. Maybe I can strap them to a chair and rake my finger nails down a chalkboard! NPR's 50 Great Voices Entertainment: Music Voices. and I was totally unprepared for it? She currently sings with Summer Parfait, a jazz band including fellow NPR employees Chris Joyce and James Willetts. 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. walkeen instead of walking. It applies to what the kids call music these days as well. ta instead of to Good to know I am not the only person being annoyed by the way women robot-speak to the latest trend. "That's why you listen it's to hear people talk," Fortir said. When closed captioning cannot get a good portion of the words right, Houston we have a problem! They are typically found in unscripted, more extemporaneous speech. So many things about schooling have been grating AND concerning me for quite a while! I dont consider it thoughtful because the next word follows immediately. 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 cant decide which I detest more- vocal fry or right. Yes. I consider language a beautiful sign of class, education and the desire to make everybody involved in a conversation comfortable. It sounds like cookie cutter script. Ive also noticed uptalk transcends position and demographics. I growl at every inflected, high rising, ramble sometimes eliciting concerned looks from family members. 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. Many shop assistants think they are being kind referring to me as Sweetheart or Hun. Receive a detailed quote, custom audition, and the ultimate in voice quality. There are some new kids on the block this year: In these trying times. If I hear this on TV I change the channel. That one really gets me. It goes this way. So, like, gag me with a spoon, you know? You obviously havent heard anyone say super over and over. I was convinced I was the only one who noticed the (extremely annoying) uptick of use with the word right in conversation. 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 Its been shortened from I know, right? (Aka, IKR?) Why bother with all the words when you can trim it down to one. 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. 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. My current most annoying list includes some new & old (along with my initial yeah, no): 1) Vocalfry, can actually hurt voice. Thankfully, people have stopped using in terms of before every statement! Lets not forget the increasingly common tyoo in lieu of two, to, or too. 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). Yes!! The bulk of revenues coming from programming fees, grants from foundations or business entities, contributions and sponsor-ships. Part One: Into the Digital Era, Voice Over Trends 2022: Hottest Marketing Trends You Dont Want to Miss, Emotional Branding: The Power of Emotional Video Narratives, The Brand Anthem: What It Is, Why You Need One, An embarrassment in front of mom, dad or the general public, Unfit for any position that pays more than minimum wage. What I was really searching for is the new pattern that my daughter seems..touse. I think theres a time and place, but certainly the workplace is not the place. 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 am a white dude on the radio, and no one has EVER tweeted at me critiquing my voice. Cookie Notice 4) adding definately before every verb At least enough to curb your own use (and maybe the usage by your kids, spouse and/or significant other). Nails on a chalkboard to me. She can help reporters reduce vocal fry in their speech if they want to. I find the lisping oddly intriguing particularly on Chick-Fil-A commercials because of their run-in with those who accuse(d) them of homophobia. Do TV news announcers take classes in speaking this way? THANK YOU for this! Since I watch a lot of network tv, I hear this and other abominations on commercials, especially. So what if someone tags right at the end of their sentence? 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. She has been a proud member of the Screen Actors Guild since 2005. This seems to be a dialect issue primarily in the U.S. South, but the writing implement pen is pronounced pin, as the number ten is pronounced tin!. No, sorry. Agree! The most annoying speech patterns are those of condescending people educated beyond thier intellect. Start the answer with a yeah., I love these comments! Excellent analysis!!! 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 Your observations are wonderful & interesting. A study in 2014 found that although vocal fry, whether used by men or . It has an r in it (two , to be pendantic) and I am not a child. I want it to stop, NOW! Its come to the point that Im grateful when a guest says Youre welcome at the end. Theres no k sound in the word, yet many people want to pronounce it as though there is. I appreciate its a casual, off the cuff chat with the 2 male hosts (in their late 30s possibly) who are intelligent & one was a teacher in London! Soooooo, its bad enough when girls speak that way but, when a guy does it, I know were in trouble. You paying attention? Pronouncing str like shtr as in shtrong shtrange. Would my friends laugh if I developed the chirpy voice? But those persons might find it hard to get a high-paying job. I think one that bothers me the most (and one worth further discussing) is the ever common not quite lisp that Ive noticed a lot in the media, especially when watching news anchors/reporters (as it is their job to clearly convey the report). type in this format, it. No problem implies that the Thank you was not needed, because it was the right thing to do. 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. Their thinking is that they are being fake if they change up. I believe they are taught this mode of delivering content. Glen Washington (Snap Judgment) is so smooth, I also like Gene Demby and Shereen Marisol Meraji (Code Switch). Im trying to find this info, too. I wondered if I was alone in my discomfort. Whatever you think of, you're not alone: Many listeners have an idea of what an NPR voice should sound like. James, It really annoys me when people are speaking in clear English and then when its time foe them to refer to a foreign culture such as Latinos they cant just say Latinos like we do in English but they have to HEAVILY saturate their pronunciation so they can prove that they are almost (or actually) bilingual. Along with that and many other things mentioned here ive also noticed use of the wrong vowel sounds. Does anyone super agree? I first noticed this 10 years ago watching Dora the Explorer with my Daughter. And so, yeah. Aural homogeneity discourages listeners and future radio-makers who don't fit the mold. I say borough as burrow and mirror as mirror, not meara. Anywho.. I want to post it on Facebook. Sort of and right came right out of Britain. I can focus and absorb what they are saying so much more easily. I also cannot stand everyone using the word Amazing to describe everything that is good. Also, why has everyone started turning ts to ds. )and the latest affliction.WaitWHAT ??. 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. I cant stand people pronouncing words that end ing like the end with een, i.e. I felt as though I learned something today. The inflection pattern the hosts use in every sentence of every voice over is exactly the same. My goodness! Every time I hear her voice, I immediately reach for the volume and turn it down. Its an epidemic among millennial actors, hosts, and cable news panelists/contributors. Im so glad I stumbled upon this story which consolidates all the worst habits of TV news people as well as the thread of reader responses. It sounds like a popular catch phrase sports people use to show they are a sport person who know what they are talking about. These five speech patterns have become rampant in interviews. It makes the person listening want to say Please, just get to the point!, Can I just add..yeh yeh yeh yeh.. (in a convonot a song chorus. The worst is sort of. Initially I thought it was a precious Mid-Atlantic way of speaking from years gone by Gore Vidal was a sort of intellectual savant. Then as it was used repeatedly in the same program by these pundits I realized it was just some new ridiculous-sounding cautious way of not overstepping. She dragged out the word and pitched it higher. Or is it gender? Add on the ground. Even when an exact location is given, the ubiquitous use of on the ground, drives me quite mad. We do a lot of VO recording work with China in particular in teaching English to school children, and are careful to provide proper grammar and usage in that regard. You should receive an employer of the year award. She tackled the challenge of transitioning to radio, in part, by developing an unusual approach to writing out her tracks (the reporter's narration). Dropping the T is not a girl thing, at least not in the American South. ? Its not clear if upspeak/high rising terminal intonation started in Australia (or even New Zealand), or on the West Coast of the USA. Youre not crotchety. 'Voice' Author Explores Accents, Language And What Makes A Tone Sexy writer John Colapinto says the development of vocal structures may have been the key to humans' becoming the dominant species. I am so happy that I found this website! Over his 10 years at NPR, he said he has grown emotionally to trust that his voice is enough. What is the affectation where the speaker draws out the end of every sentence as if theyve just ran out of breath, but still want to get that last word out. I use both in different contexts. 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. I wonder how many of these patterns we can blame on Keeping Up with the Kardashians and other shows of that ilk. When used, it sounds more like its a filler until the person can come up with the words he/she wants to say. Jessica Hansen, one of the voices of NPR's funding credits and its in-house vocal coach, helps reporters hone their voices for air. Some time around the late 90s, early 2000s, it was taken off the graded subjects. And look, weyak, yak, yak.. ARGH!!!! Not up-talk exactly, as in ending every sentence as if it were a question, but more when people are listing things that are maybe a little tedious. 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 marketing profession is an enemy to communicationmuch like the buzzspeak in 1984. 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