An embarrassment in front of mom, dad or the general public.Even if the people indulging in these patterns have an incredibly high IQ, the patterns work against them by making them: The use of such patterns do more than annoy the listener. To say that all these fad-driven speech patterns are kinda, sorta, well… I don’t know, annoying may seem a bit harsh. Here’s a new video we created to demonstrate some of the more common patterns you hear today… Uptalk, a subset of valspeak, is the habit of producing a rising inflection as if you’re asking a question – even when you’re not? Valspeak is, like, short for the way Valley Girls talk that was, like, you know, so big Frank Zappa sang about it in 1982. Vocal fry refers to a low, glottal, animal-like sound that speech pathologists consider a vocal disorder. So, you probably already know about vocal fry, valspeak and uptalk, right? I mean, everyone has heard plenty of examples of those speech patterns that have made perfectly well-educated college grads (mostly female) sound like Kardashian wannabes.
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