Sam Sanders, host of It's Been a Minute, said that learning to write in his own voice was difficult. I will change the channel when people speak in this manner, and when I have to put up with an advertisement before a video starts, I will simply repeat over and over to block them out, la la la la la until it is over. NPR's 50 Great Voices Entertainment: Music Voices. Thanks for reading and commenting with such a detailed response, Adrianne. used instead of OK Cookie Notice We occasionally hear from listeners who critique what they perceive as the homogeneity of on-air voices. She currently sings with Summer Parfait, a jazz band including fellow NPR employees Chris Joyce and James Willetts. Thank you for your comment! 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. Fabulous opinions everybody: a terrific discussion! What's a listener to do when they hear a voice that they don't like? Jackie Fortir is a healthcare reporter for StateImpact Oklahoma and part of the NPR-Kaiser Health News partnership. But I find it truly obnoxious that every other sentence (or more) begins with the word Look. Offer them a mask as they debark the plane while thanking them for flying F.U. walkeen instead of walking. And listeners have seriously strong feelings about this stuff. "People forget that there's a person on the other end of the email," Duffin said. 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. All Im hearing from this post is a lot of complaining over nothing. Speaking as an African American woman, if being more inclusive is the aim it fails. I could go no for ages but two of them fucked my life up, so I hate them all. Paige, You sound as ignorant as the people youre skewering. I thought, I am absolutely not going to have my child taught by this woman., Short as become like oswords like class and that are pronounce as closs and thot.. 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. "It's so quintessential to his delivery." She suddenly realizes she slipped into AAVE for a few words because we were speaking casually. I've said this before, I'll say it again. I cant understand why newscasters emphasize random words (often times its a verb) What truly bothers me is that this type of coddling in primary and secondary school continues into college, and beyond. My Wife just rolls her eyes and says get a life lol. I stand self-corrected. Sometimes reporters do incorporate feedback about their delivery. I have to tune her out because I cant stand to listen to her talk. Profeasionally, it comes down to efficiency and economy not to waste talk time with meaningless utterances or distractions. 4) #pubradiovoice Sitting in host chair for first time I channeled white voice from Midwest and lost my own. Its like special effects in cinema: theyre not special anymore if a movie is 90% special effects. I am seriously thinking of finding a new provider for that very reason. All of this is annoying- up talk, vocal fry, So. OMG! I didnt know there was a word for that! Button, mountains Stoooop with the glottal stop! Where did that come from?? Find the placement of your hum where the lips are the buzziest and most tingly. Can you tell the audience Yeah, naa, yeah is, similar to the Yeah, nowait, what?. Or it can negate what they just said, or preface a criticism or negative comment. My friends who do these habits, they do this not just in english language, but also in our native language. Its become hugelycommon, even among expert speakers during formal interviews (just listen to NPR while various experts are interviewed). They are rampant in the South. Everyone drops the T here. The ending gah sound, as in reading-gah drives me nuts. I cant stand people pronouncing words that end ing like the end with een, i.e. Its almost excusable (almost) to hear uptalk from an entry level early 20-something, however, Im really not sure how a middle aged VP becomes an uptalker. Ive forgone many a great podcast topic due to vocal fry or overuse of right. ", One listener did just that. I enjoyed reading them and replying as well. The broadcasters at a local TV newsroom think that sentences end with three periods. Five lines from the bottom, auto correct changed Sanskrit to sandscript. There's still debate in the medical community about whether vocal fry harms the vocal folds, but Hansen said it can stress them. Lisa P. hit the nail on the head. Its rampant. 12 pt times new roman double spaces face to face conversations. They even create elaborate spoofs, like this send-up of the "annoying" podcast voice. Alternatively, or also, it could be an attempt to inject artificial emphasis to Every.Single.Word. Oh, and yes, I know I left off many other annoying speech patterns. I have to smile when reading, as I am also of an age, and profession, where language skills, word choice, and vocal delivery are so important. It is an art not a nuisance. I must be getting old, I sound like my parents. Thankfully, people have stopped using in terms of before every statement! I wonder if they realize they are doing this? The vocal pattern that annoys me endlessly is when women talk like little girls when they add UH to the end of words. Double negatives. They read out various super-chats & live comments, chat about various media happenings, but one host, Francis Foster (they are both stand up comedians too) repeatedly says absolutely in response to everything. Along with that and many other things mentioned here ive also noticed use of the wrong vowel sounds. Try listing the garnishes you can add to a hamburger ( tomato, lettuce, onion, etc ) without going up in pitch with each word. And last but certainly NOT least, saying the work right after every other sentence this makes me feel physically nauseated. I had to fight my own brain! Like any job, radio journalism requires training. Fly them in and leave them in the outback. OMG! Heres one that you didnt feature maybe it doesnt count but its wrong and its annoying. The ingredients were super fresh and it tasted super amazing!, The car we bought drives super fast! Amongst a lot of youre vocabulary mistakes is one that makes me sick, the yank way of saying, mirror, they say Mirrrrr. It was the most annoying thing I had ever heard. Its bazaar. This is what annoys me and I am a woman. People are suddenly emphasizing the wrong syllable in words that end in dent. She can help reporters reduce vocal fry in their speech if they want to. Especially when hearing service providers use it after customers express thanks. Its definitely whiny, and its annoying as hell to my ears. I growl at it when I hear it. 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. He would call us out too. Cant find a term for my 2nd pet peeve listing options with an affected inflection for each as in . Im sorry to say that the age old requirement to communicate accurately both verbally and in writing, and to effectively be your true self while communicating, is rapidly being lost to us all, in favour of these Social Media / Reality TV educated fools who cant be bothered to spell a word properly or fully, or string a coherent sentence together without an emoji! EVERY FRICKIN interview has yeah yeah yeah!, more and more in the past 6 or so months. And in setting forth a list of things that are alternatives, rather than saying whether its A or B or C they say whether its A, whether its B, whether its C. Whatever you think of, you're not alone: Many listeners have an idea of what an NPR voice should sound like. Ive been listening to a lot of podcasts lately and obviously, most of them have commercials. 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! Though, not usually in a professional setting. 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. Some of the family members have a better capacity to use words, language & phraseology than others that still use upspeak, vocalfry, text slang & whining. much more easily. Its not even super cute. I know which zoo program youre referring to and I cant watch it either. I have worked as a journalist for over 25 years, and I do not work in television for a reason. "Like" is a sign of a relaxed conversation. Ek-specially, think-yewwwuh and using individual instead of person are three of my current annoyance triggers. Youre not crotchety. 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.. "You're on the air, not having a conversation with a buddy in a bar. 1. Please share more comments on this, and specifically what other patterns youd like to see us include in the next video. 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. 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. I find it close to impossible to think that these sounds are solely mimicry. type in this format, it. What is this called? To me, that sounds idiotic and uppity, not to mention the hyper pronunciation. 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. Hahaha Russell you are SPOT on! A proper use example is: Parenting is an awesome responsibility. Hansen coaches voice . Those experiences felt like subtle whitewashing of his voice. Imitating neanderthals? Im not in it with any Cornholio who believes the Bill of Rights was ammended such that no government edict can mandate the wearing of masks or otherwise intrude on their bottom-shelf 40 brains belief of their right to cough and sneeze on me. METAPHORICALLY no one? Id love to know how it happens. All of this is from one person. All of this is from one person. Grammatical mistakes are less annoying, but still problematic. I also see an affectation of a stammer, emphasizing the last syllable of a word, of a sentence, the totally unnecessary use of and so, after starting with the ubiquitous So, and repetition of statements as if the listener is an imbecile. They dont even allow their white announcers in Texas to sound like theyre from Texas! Youve covered it all, including the Yes, no stupidity. . Please. Anything you can think of, no matter how tiny and insignificant it may be, can be described as a game changer. Britain? Love thatNo problem. In our house it is forbidden LOL. If I had my way all of the above media types would be banned outright at home, in school and in the workplace, as all of it makes me want to puke. Wait, what is the worst, because it pretends to be clever and original, and is the polar opposite of both. The NPR Podcast. I wonder ifnah, prolly not. 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. So should only be used at the beginning of a sentence when you are either asking a new question or starting a whole new topic of conversation. 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. Thats probably (not proaly) one reason kids cant spell them correctly later. as f*ck immediately comes to mind, stupid-sounding phrases like SO MUCH YES! Also, why has everyone started turning ts to ds. I immediately have to fast forward, which defeats the whole purpose of advertising. Voice. I understand these may be hip ways of speaking these days , but they actually detract from the message. I believe they are taught this mode of delivering content. right? that the odds are every one of those comments is directly speaking to another comment directed indirectly to another comment and so on? caused your repeated use of the vague term, space, without a specific How about But uh.. ?? The education system. . But, these trends are needed- If they didnt happen we would still be saying things like Where Art Thou?. Also the use of words kiddo and doggo. p.s. Duffin, of Planet Money, said that when she's recording she tries to sound like "a more listenable, polished version" of herself. Why do major newscasters use the word That so much!?!? Questions. Its not just insincere, its rude, as if theyre annoyed at having to say it. She has performed in television, film, stage, voiceovers, and commercials. This had to have started with someonemaybe a Kardashian? I feel compelled to add an educational commentary on the definition of music when out in public. It is always annoying, but sometimes makes the report(s) unlistenable. Permeating WiFi, etc.? I want it to stop, NOW! My fifteen year old son frequently accuses me of picking on him for the way he speaks/writes. an unconscious parroting of other pundits? I recall an item on the NPR program All Things Considered in the EARLY 90s about the rising inflection? Theres another pronunciation of words that drive me to distractionor in this case I should say diSHtraction. For example, instead of saying No they say NoUH. Merry fucking xmas. For more information, please see our For example, talking.with.periods.between.words! You might think of Terry Gross' velvety timbre. 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. 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. Most examples have been covered here. Thanks for acknowledging this- I dont feel so insane anymore. Agreed, Paula. Theres no k sound in the word, yet many people want to pronounce it as though there is. or common mispronunciation: Realtor, not Real a tor. That means some listeners have to adjust to new sounds. My current pet hate is the need for the speaker to promise to tell the truth as in To be honest, or Im not gonna lie, and then proceeds to reveal some piece of bland trivia! This occurs a lot when listing items. Person 1: What is your viewpoint on the plight of South African farmers? All this said, very few reporters or hosts speak on air exactly as they do in person. "You have an opportunity as a listener to expand your worldview by hearing all different types of voices," Sanders said. Heres a new video we created to demonstrate some of the more common patterns you hear today. These are just regional inflections, not errors per se. to gain your insight on this phenomenon. Sorrey and sorry. On one news page I saw it used in four different headlines at the same time. The 10th Ammendment says differently. Ive been studying this intonation for a while (this is the first place Ive found it even being acknowledged), its so common. I had to fight my own brain!". But I have to make one addendum to the use of right? (a word I view as a form of conversational bullying). I do this, and my co-habitator, unrelenting spirit-breaker guy person interrupts me in the middle of my every effort to engage in a meaning exchange of ideas and information. Okayone more and Im done. (Or should be). News Media and Teachers are mispronouncing this word. .ANY Mouth smacking, Ttt or Tsk between every phrase, or hearing saliva sounds !!! Uptalk is the new wave sweeping the youth, like wearing tights and having tattoos all over your arm. And their voices reflect indelible features of their backgrounds where they're from and the voices they grew up with. 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. Hey, buddy if you dont stop telling me to look, Ill just have to decline to listen. or: Its hit the English language strong in just the past year or so, right? ! Fry here and there. I had to go to the stoooore, pick up the dry cleaniiiiiing, get some grocerrrrrriiiies, walk the doooooooog. etc. "I think of Ira Glass as the king of vocal fry," she said. Vocal fry. Many shop assistants think they are being kind referring to me as Sweetheart or Hun. These are interior designers and contractors. Yeah, Ill second that motion. If I.could. Its the teacher and college professors that are spreading this annoying trend. I am a white dude on the radio, and no one has EVER tweeted at me critiquing my voice. Its my second or third. I have to wonder if schools still teach sentence diagrams. One from Texas wrote: "Not all Americans sound like White American politicians and I wish that could be reflected on your airwaves.". Out of protest, I might start writing the word out as ta, since that is how people are pronouncing the word. thanks for reading and your comment! There are some new kids on the block this year: In these trying times. If I hear this on TV I change the channel. Yeah at the beginning of a question that was not yes-or-no. Thank you so much, Debbie and Baz! Videos, I get by with closed-caption options, otherwise just NO. I growl at every inflected, high rising, ramble sometimes eliciting concerned looks from family members. ", Another listener from Minnesota wrote that "millennial correspondents" who speak with vocal fry "seems to counter NPR's high standards. Its one of my many pet peeves in newscaster-speak, and I hear this one all the time especially from Rachel Martin on NPR. Women who speak this way remind me of the ghosts in the movie, The Grudge.. Or, should I say, I have tried to adjust? It is not possible. Ive heard this a lot in the mid-Atlantic states, but lately its infested patterns of speech throughout the United Stateshow about Canada? So I do speak to them about that, how important it is to at least be able to READ it, but it really goes nowhere from there. I have noticed lately female newscasters seemingly trying to avoid monotony by raising then lowering the pitch of the last syllable in a sentence. Other specialties include female narration voice overs for corporate narration, web videos, tutorials, explainer videos and technical medical narration. It is difficult to give an example because this is a pitch pattern not just certain words. "What would happen if you approached different-sounding voices with curiosity and said 'Let me see how this works, see how this feels, and try to understand where they're coming from'? Great job! Chris Beck in his article in SpliceToday.com describes it best, "Michael Barbaro of the New York Times' The Daily podcast, sounds like he's in his death throes in the final two words of every sentence he speaks, and then he's able to miraculously revive himself instantly to begin the next one. Just as NPR's reporting can expose listeners to new ideas, listening to national radio is an opportunity to hear voices from many backgrounds. Also the northeastern dis, dat, dem and does for this, that, them and those. Vocal fry is one of the main voice complaints sent to the Invisibilia team, said project manager Liana Simstrom, who handles audience engagement for the narrative podcast about human behavior. Also, Im not fond of meme/social media culture creeping into everyday conversation either. It isnt just a curved exclamation point. HI Joan, 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. 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. The one I cant stand is S-backing where they say shhtreet, shhhtrike, dishhhtraction. 2. whether your repeated use of the term space is conscious, or simply This is such a great article, thank you for pointing out all the stupid add-ins people use that are so annoying to me. Let me explain this simple thing to you dummies. Simstrom ascribes those criticisms to gender: "I have long had a theory that part of what people take issue with about our show is women speaking authoritatively about science.". or I I I I I I dragged out and finished with uh.. Ah. For example as heard by a newscaster recently: THANK YOU for this! Like things like like because its just, like, beyond ubiquitous and you already know about it. So So, youll also find this one at the beginning of a sentence, namely as a way to manage the conversation and sound fairly authoritative (or condescending). Maybe its our television sets audio, but I wonder why womens vowels are so loud on news programs. Also, some news reporters will pepper their stories with obviously. , Your email address will not be published. My husband and I both react as though were hearing nails on a chalkboard when people speak as though theyre trying to manipulate us. I consider language a beautiful sign of class, education and the desire to make everybody involved in a conversation comfortable. Do you see the bu**un? I view the word "like" in the entire opposite manner than a lot of those critics. If I were grading you, your report would get, at best, a C-," the listener from Missouri concluded. An awful conversational bridge. The letter A seems to be the guiding light. The sht thing I noticed way before Michelle Obama, which is sad because she is otherwise very well spoken. Great use of the word literally there, Amber. She has performed guest star roles on NBC's Parks & Recreation and HBO's Veep, working with Amy Poehler and Julia Louis-Dreyfus, respectively. For example, a word with almost any vowel (most commonly an a) is pronounced, instead of with the actual long or short vowel sound for that letter, with a somewhat nasal awww ie the schwa. Im old, so I can state authoritatively that most on this list of annoying speech habits have been around for a long time, in fact as long as I can remember. November 28, 2016 by Debbie Grattan 307 Comments. Real News Host: In the last five minutes of the segment, for the viewers It is so rehearsed and not natural. This was. Food more and more often is being pronounce feud. Am I alone in this? She is one of the favorite voices in the NPR. I do think it bothers some more than others, and once you key in on ityou hear it all the time, and it becomes more like nails on a chalkboard. Drives me crazy every time. But journalists can sound clear without all sounding the same. We all have a few annoying speech/writing habits.). Someone has to take responsibility for the slaughter of the Queens English. The staccato, fry voices makes me hit the mute button. This dessert was super easy to make! I hear it all of the time especially as I live in a very affluent, lily white area. (Mark Memmott, the standards and practices editor, has addressed some of those issues in the past.). 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. not pronounce the actual vowel, but rather make it the aaaaah sound. Many people ARE taking advantage of the hot weather. "When you're critiquing a voice, you're saying, 'I don't like the thing that is you on the radio,' " Karen Duffin, a co-host and reporter for Planet Money, told me. Or I mean, Im not lyin when I say An improper use is saying that everything that you feel is great, is awesome. Amazing this, and amazing that PLEASE STOP NOW! Now I can add that to my list. Hayes, you say right?, but how do I know whether I agree with you or not until you actually make the statement?. The one thats driving me crazy is this extra schwa added to the ends of words. I forgot about another sentence I hate, One listener from Massachusetts wrote: "We are writing to express our concern about the prevalence of the vocal fry affectation adopted by too many of your broadcast correspondents. very prevalent among high school kids and their teachers. is it hipster talk? As leading lady in Synetic Family Theatre's "The Fisherman and the Golden Fish," she and the cast earned the Helen Hayes Award for Outstanding Production of Theatre for Young Audiences. Thats litteriiiiing, and he just kept walkiiiiing That isnt exactly it, but its similar. I mean, I dont know if Ive ever experienced anything like it grammatically in my entire 43 years, on this planet anyway. What about the most recent one where you say structure with a glottal g/sh that sounds like struh-sherr? I think it was about a year ago that I first noticed this creeping into speech. I dont see nobody there., Double negatives scream, I am uneducated! I once changed my childs preschool because his teacher said, We aint got no time for that. (Aint is another awful one.) I mean, they really drew it out. ***Follow @JoshVoorhees and the rest of the . He has become hyper-sensitive to even the most polite criticism, and I blame this solely on our P.C. We receive a regular stream of complaints about how reporters and hosts talk on air. He cant seem to finish a sentence without stopping in the middle and, if its a long sentence, hell stop and start 3 or 4 times. Why should we voice the t in often? Eckert, the linguist, found that the biggest users of vocal fry are actually men. As a mother of 2 teens, I can certainly relate. 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?! I think theres a time and place, but certainly the workplace is not the place. Another big offender is the reality tv show, e.g. 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. 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. terrible annoying. I can deal with that but having to stand there and not be able to express a thought is just too much. He would say, no I dont know in reply to our you know. I just love what you wrote. I hope they will include this in the next videos. Its easy to overlook poor speech when an attractive face is delivering the information. We all must remember to keep our minds sharp and active. He transcribed what she had said, changed the text color of "a few errors" to red, and suggested his own improvements in green brackets. Now its bad enough that nine times out of ten, the politician decides to answer some other question that (s)he deems more appealing. People use Right? as a complete sentence. Some time around the late 90s, early 2000s, it was taken off the graded subjects. ", It's not quite clear where the style comes from, but Mae West is often cited as an example, so it's not a new phenomenon. I say borough as burrow and mirror as mirror, not meara. I hear it on NPR a lot. 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. 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. So, you probably already know about vocal fry, valspeak and uptalk, right? As he remarkedthey have to teach to the middle to create any sense of moving forward in such large groups. 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