This listing or auctioneer way of speaking is an affectation from vlogs. Theres a name for it, but I cant remember what its called. Hayes, you say right?, but how do I know whether I agree with you or not until you actually make the statement?. Dont know if this is quite in the same league, but watching YouTube videos, there is a channel called Triggernometry I like that does interesting interviews/chats on sometimes contentious topics. Its under the The Up-and-Coming Most Annoying Speech Patterns section. Ummm also people who ummm say ummmm uncontrollably as well as the yeah, no phrase that is everywhere. thanks for reading and your comment! OMG! I called it creaking. 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. 3) saying een for ingas in goeen or stayeen for going or coming I hear it a lot among sports commentators and analyzers on tv and radio. Music is music. Even interviews with people youd think would be trained to avoid patterns like these are using them. Sort of and right came right out of Britain. Thank you Paige for mentioning the accent on the wrong syllable trend. She dragged out the word and pitched it higher. Hansen is a classically trained singer, and has sung with choirs and madrigal groups, in musical theatre, and in jazz and rock bands. At least enough to curb your own use (and maybe the usage by your kids, spouse and/or significant other). The internet search yields accusations of objections to this speech as further proof of bias against women. OMG! After living abroad for over a decade, I noticed in the mid-1990s that, in the workplace, every female in a supervisory position seemed compelled to preface nearly every declarative sentence with, At this time. It was quite ridiculous to hear something like, At this tiiiime, we do not have a vacancy, but wed like to talk to you, so At this tiiime, can you tell me if you could come in at 10:00 on Thursday? They clearly make a conscious decision to not have Black announcers speaking in the dominant Black American Vernacular English. A few other exercises for keeping voice forward are: Humming. It sounds like a popular catch phrase sports people use to show they are a sport person who know what they are talking about. Every slimy toady in gangster movies said yeah yeah yeah, Boss, I hear ya, I hear ya! . AAHHH!!! Alternatively, or also, it could be an attempt to inject artificial emphasis to Every.Single.Word. use of the phrase sort of in each statement you made. and our Manhattan is apparently now Manhadden. Its easy to overlook poor speech when an attractive face is delivering the information. Also, some news reporters will pepper their stories with obviously. For example someone says I went to the store, then the gas station, and then got something to eat. My aversion to imbecile-generated sounds has made me reconsider certain career paths. While editing a piece, he found himself imagining the words spoken by a more white voice instead of his own. Yet literally all of my female colleagues get constant criticism for how they speak or sound. Your observations are wonderful & interesting. Alison MacAdam April 30, 2015. Credit: Emily Jan. 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. He would say, no I dont know in reply to our you know. I just love what you wrote. You can read opened up by the person being interviewed by a magazine or newspaper and it makes me cringe. Its kind of like way better than going to the library. Yeah at the beginning of a question that was not yes-or-no. to gain your insight on this phenomenon. Does anyone out there have any thoughts on any possible geographic relationship? 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! We occasionally hear from listeners who critique what they perceive as the homogeneity of on-air voices. Children these days arent even taught it anymore, and should they actually receive a hand-written note, they act as if they are translating some strange foreign sandscript language, to even try and read it. Great discussion! the way I was taught to as a very young child. Hahaha Russell you are SPOT on! One thing journalists I spoke to said: They're real people and they'd like to sound real too. I consider language a beautiful sign of class, education and the desire to make everybody involved in a conversation comfortable. Uptalk is the new wave sweeping the youth, like wearing tights and having tattoos all over your arm. 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 Allison Shelley/NPR 2) Adding Sh sound to words starting with ST, as mentioned in earlier comment. 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! It may have developed independently in both places. However preservation of correct grammar, and beauty of the English language is important to me and I refuse to adapt botching of the language. They also cannot read digital clocks. The latter pronunciations of each drive me nuts. 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. Some of my pet peeves are as follows: Why not just be brave and make a direct statement without the sort of timidity? Also, ahhhhh, ahhhhhhh when they see a puppy or baby or receive a gift, etc. How NPR's Carrie Johnson found her radio voice. It seems to be the new normal. That holds true for the sources NPR interviews on the air, just as it does for the voices of correspondents and hosts. I am so happy that I found this website! Women who speak this way remind me of the ghosts in the movie, The Grudge.. We lost thou as its use changed to refer to social subordinates long story short, we ended up with you for both the second-person singular and second-person plural pronouns. This is such a great article, thank you for pointing out all the stupid add-ins people use that are so annoying to me. 3) Ordering at a restaurant or the like, saying Ill DO the instead of lll order the or Ill have the. you left out one which has spread like wildfire the last few months (besides UHMMM)it is a click as I call it every time the person opens their mouth to start a sentence,kinda like chewing gum with your mouth open kind of a sucking click-I swear these things are done to get your attention for trivial things which the person want you to listen to. is my dog No! 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 I relate to it now as it is the absolutely worst thing ever and the commercial uses the cymbals to change it into some great thing, which it is not. Thanks for a place to vent. 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. Imitating neanderthals? I think its an attempt to sound more confident, self-assured and forceful. Where Youre welcome implies that you went out of your way and accept their thanks as your praise. Other wise, this is mostly normal talk for everyone. The young woman in the commercial exclaimed, Its Dove-ah! Now I notice it all the time. It seems to me that the average persons way of communicating has become more casual in professional situations because it has become taboo to correct others in academic settings. Isnt it enough that we can send a message in an instant without having to wait for a cursive written letter to arrive in weeks, but make it even faster with short cut spelling to arrive in a matter of seconds? He would call us out too. right? EXAMPLE: I got a call back from this employer offering me the job. Thank you again for sharing your thoughts on this subject. 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. (Thats okay, Verla. Perhaps Mr. Stein would be willing to hand over the reading honors to him. And, while you're at it, also check out Amanda Hess' take on the vocal-fry debateaka Why Old Men Find Young Women's Voices So Annoyinghere. 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.. Hansen coaches voice for NPR, corporate groups, professional theater companies, podcast hosts, journalists, and private clients nationwide. What brought me here was the irritating way young females pronounce thank you. Jessica Hansen is the voice of NPR's funding credits, and serves as an in-house voice coach for NPR. 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. Hearing Americans and Britons speak is psychological torture. One from Texas wrote: "Not all Americans sound like White American politicians and I wish that could be reflected on your airwaves.". 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. Very annoying habit for a smart lady!! 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 agree with many of the annoying speech discussed here. She doesn't mind sounding human. Yes her voice was tough to take but once you realized what she went through.well fuck. Ive been looking to see if i can find more information about where this is coming fromdrives me crazyuh. Another one that I have not seen anyone else mention is does that make sense after every sentence. Ive been listening to a lot of podcasts lately and obviously, most of them have commercials. Do they know how ridiculous they appear???? ago Agree, I have shuddered more than once when she consistently uses mildly incorrect grammar. I do not want to hear anyone speaking with mosquito tones. I hate those words as they sound so false but we all use them. I think females tend to do this more often and more dramatically. I see it in the office at work and from my 16 yr old Daughter. At the end of a sentence? thing (and, as illustrated, often prematurely ending a sentence that actually wasnt? When used, it sounds more like its a filler until the person can come up with the words he/she wants to say. 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. 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. Listing speak! Budden for BUTTON bugs the hell out of me. Like any job, radio journalism requires training. We receive a regular stream of complaints about how reporters and hosts talk on air. 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). 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. After thank you = no tip from me. I have suffered through dozens of interviews with millennials, both male and female, who use vocal fry, up talk and verbal place holders as if their lives depended on it. The one I cant stand is S-backing where they say shhtreet, shhhtrike, dishhhtraction. Didnt sonds like Di-int, Couldnt sounds like Cou-int. I want it to stop, NOW! NPR= National Propaganda Radio Taxpayers should demand their hard earned dollars not be spent on this Lefty Commie Drivel. New Hampshire Public Radio and the Warren B. Rudman Center were proud to welcome NPR White House Correspondent Ayesha Rascoe as the next speaker in our Justi. This one has been around for ages but, you know, its been given new life with a new use you cant help but constantly hear if you listen for it. It seems that amazing has become the new awesome. FIGURATIVELY no one? I have a friend who can code switch very well. 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.". Sucking on the teeth and smackingThis speaker does this , also. Lately, I have noticed by newscasters and others on TV the word expecially, which of course does not exist. Perhaps I need to pay more attention to the bungled up speech patterns that are in use. Then in addition to vocal fry they have to insert the word super at least once into each sentence. He has become hyper-sensitive to even the most polite criticism, and I blame this solely on our P.C. It is so rehearsed and not natural. I am relieved to find this list because listening to NPR has become impossible. Can you tell us about the car accident you witnessed today? My purpose in searching phrases that led me here was the very annoying yeah, no or visa versa. 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. They were you know, I mean, and I mean like. Double negatives. Language is too rich. Its definitely annoying! She wrote how, "Sitting in host chair for first time I channeled white voice from Midwest and lost my own. Stop adding, subtracting, and manipulating language to influence or control the listener. The most common is right? when used at the end of a sentence. So, like, gag me with a spoon, you know? Yes, the mute button is hit, the station is changed, and I stop cringing 20 minutes later. I recently discovered cursive writing has been dropped, so do schools no longer teach how to construct a sentence? Now, once in a while I see the dramatic purpose of such a structure, but every dang time, every single dialogue. That reminds me of a form of uptalk, but also theres a thing I notice where a person will have two pitches in their speech. This sounds immature (like a 5 year old), lazy and uneducated. and radio. Love thatNo problem. This occurs a lot when listing items. Im like my husband uses it for every single thing. Ive noticed an increase in the pronunciation of to as tyoo but it seems more frequent when the speakerthey seem to be mostly femaleelongates the word, perhaps suggesting that its said when the speaker is having a moment of reflection or being pensive; that it is becoming universal on television news and commentary is undeniableand is becoming an annoyance, These are probably the same girls that used to (or possibly still do ) say things like stop itah!! Like many here, I listen to a good deal of NPR-ish broadcasts and podcasts. Over his 10 years at NPR, he said he has grown emotionally to trust that his voice is enough. Thats litteriiiiing, and he just kept walkiiiiing That isnt exactly it, but its similar. And also SORREY, instead of saying sorry They are rampant in the South. Where did it come from and what were they thinking? Initially I read your comment as a knock on the Canadian pronunciation of sorry. Have a good one! If I could type in this format, it would look something like this. Yet its undocumented. Merry fucking xmas. Its rampant. I also dislike the replacement of youre welcome with no problem when told thank you. When I purchase something from an employee, or tell someone thank you, Im not needing assurance that Im not a problem. I hear it all of the time especially as I live in a very affluent, lily white area. Would my friends laugh if I developed the chirpy voice? Why? Brits will say Sorrey, and Americans will say sorry. Uptalk or up speak are newer terms for ARI or Australian Rising Inflection which I am told is where it began. Find the placement of your hum where the lips are the buzziest and most tingly. I want to post it on Facebook. A question mark has a specific purpose in the English language. A big offender is Marie Harf (former FOX News Dem commentator and former Obama State Department Spokeswoman). Her words hold me hostage. a lot of people I know are using the word ACTUALLY as a filler word. 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. This is what annoys me and I am a woman. For example, Im from the southeastern USA. I first heard this on a home decorating tv show. Paige, Sam Sanders, host of NPR's It's Been A Minute, records a segment at NPR West on September 24, 2018. 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. Theres a woman at my healthcare providers office who uses upspeak constantly. I was actually googling, trying to find if this type of (annoying!) But perhaps it is also a societal takeover of inferior standards that will continue to decline. I can sense the pits of hell opening within my spirit and anger arising like smoke of an erupting volcano, ahhhhh! You might think of Terry Gross' velvety timbre. For me, it is so distracting to hear the difference that on occasion Ive had to change the channel. That means some listeners have to adjust to new sounds. 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. Lets take a selfie of you and I. I know my rights Im a tax payer!). Kids used to be so proud when their cursive writing improved as they practiced it. In our house it is forbidden LOL. A lazy speech habit that grates on my nerves is the use of Also too. Excellent analysis!!! The truth is clear. Hansen co-founded Lean & Hungry Theater, which creates audio adaptations of Shakespeare and other classics. I think its rather sad. "It has expanded my own understanding of the world and the people you have brought on board are excellent," he wrote. Formerly worst voice was Diane Rehm. 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 began to notice it more and more on TV and in real life and decided that whoever started this trend should be banished to Antarctica for the remainder of his/her life. I just wish I had a remote control that worked on people with a tangible presence. The kids were GRADED on handwriting in their report cards, and it was considered an important skill. HI Joan, The other annoyance is when someone announces this is a problem as this? Also not pronouncing a t in a word. No statement can ever, ever stand on its own without an intensifier. Does anyone say FebRuary without sounding ridiculous? "If you sound like America, then it's America that's talking. Yes, I have an accent, but I use proper English as my model to imitate. 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. 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. It sounds so phony . I'm happy to have a variety of voices on NPR, but they shouldn't include those that are annoyingly shrill or are using incorrect grammar. Someone above grits their teeth at Americans and Brits speaking. Who is telling people to jut their bottom jaw out and keep their tongue from going past their teeth? They want profit without first investing in professionalism, imo. Someone has to take responsibility for the slaughter of the Queens English. It starts at home and moves to the classroom. -aahh to extend words. Person 1: I went to a concert yesterday and it was very entertaining! It appears "almost exclusively among women, and young women. Dont do that-ah! Its so annoying-gah!. Anywho.. I believe it to be the key to longevity. I don't think the latter is our goal.". As a public school teacher here in Florida for almost 40 years, Ive noticed the precipitous decline in our educational standards for years now. Why do major newscasters use the word That so much!?!? I call it excessive schwa-ing. 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. And who started everything being super??? I cant stand people pronouncing words that end ing like the end with een, i.e. 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. Why should we voice the t in often? Drives me nuts! Did college professors never say.hey, thats annoying and unprofessional? Especially, the pervasive use of poor speech in the business world, and academia. Literally, actually, etc. It's not just one part of America or one slice of America," he said. Hansen strives to make quality performance accessible to everyone, whether as a performer, creator, strategic leader, or coach. is a problem. 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. I heard a woman on NPR listing causes of something and at the end of each item her voice went up. But, these trends are needed- If they didnt happen we would still be saying things like Where Art Thou?. Of course, once he shared them with me,I started hearing them, too. Ive forgone many a great podcast topic due to vocal fry or overuse of right. I dont know nothing about that. 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. None of these up-and-coming phrases ever appear in scripts that I read for actual voice-over jobs or auditions. 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. Shouldnt voice overs sound like natural speech? Stripping is not music. To me, thats like criticising someone who stutters, besides being a tool to stonewall me. I believe he is from the Bay Area in California. I was thinking that I was the only hearing the incorrect use of the schwa during a recent newscast. Soooooo, its bad enough when girls speak that way but, when a guy does it, I know were in trouble. 3) HGTV shows are the worst for this offensive language. 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. The So at the beginning of every answer to a question, the Vocal Fry, the Upspeak all irritate me beyond all measure. The interior is super soft leather!. infomercial voice overs and direct response marketing, Voice Over Trends 2023: Less Looking, More Listening, Is the Golden Age of Voice Over Gone? I thought it must be a local thing. Ugh! You obviously havent heard anyone say super over and over. It really became a battle of negative personalities in a race to the bottom of common decency.. If they come back to me with any further vocal fry, I just repeat the process until they get the message. Heres one that you didnt feature maybe it doesnt count but its wrong and its annoying. Unfortunately these offensive speech trends have been happening for many decades. Thank you for a great opportunity to express & learn. Im happy to continue commenting as required, as Ive plenty more to say on the subject! Correspondent Carrie Johnson came to NPR in 2010, after a long career in print. Whenever I hear someone begin a statement with Look, I long to interrupt and say, Im looking.. 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 . Cookie Notice This is currently the speech trend that is driving me insane, even more so sometimes than vocal fry, which really bugs me. And please stop using hangin out and you guys.. Thuh, preceding a word starting with a vowel! I would rather have my guests say the word "like" a lot or me say the word "like" a lot and have a richer, deeper, better conversation that goes more places than have everyone be buttoned up and stifled as guests and you never hear the word "like.". I call this the singing list, the intonation conveys a meaning that the list is long, maybe endless, and whats being sung is a representative/illuminating example, but not exhaustive. Anything you can think of, no matter how tiny and insignificant it may be, can be described as a game changer. I love to hear all types of accents, and regional dialects, as long as theyre intelligible. Absolutely! How about pandimik (apparently meaning pandemic,) mimber (apparently meaning member,) and oh god, space (apparently derived from safe space). It seems to be many white females that Im noticing using this trend. Just as NPR's reporting can expose listeners to new ideas, listening to national radio is an opportunity to hear voices from many backgrounds. Dont get me started on the vocal fry. Yeah, Ill second that motion. I didnt read all the comments, so my apologies if this was already mentioned. This Americanism was adopted by upper-crust young Englishmen in the 1920s who imagined it made them sound cosmopolitan. 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. I dont watch the show often, but find the interaction interesting & noticed the speech differences early on. That drives me INSANE!!!! No one speaks like that in conversation and I find it both distracting and irritating. This usage of So is incorrect!!! My god, every single female and some of the males end every sentence like its a question. 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