illustr8r sends me articles from time to time that are designed to rile me up, pick that scab and remind me of my hates. Good job with this one!
Vocal Fry May Hurt Women’s Job Prospects
In a new study, people said they were less likely to hire speakers who used the creaky-voiced affectation, particularly when they were female.
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And it SHOULD hurt your job prospects. It’s the mark of a dummy. If you’re too stupid to understand that you were not born with that voice, and it’s an affectation that doesn’t have value, then you are not going to be hired by me.
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And the Atlantic article has a terrible example of vocal fry. Zooey Deschanel is a piker compared to these gals.
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I see the problem. Your reading a liberal rag.
I could walk away from the fry but if they said “organic” or “granular” in fry, I would kill them.
OMG! Nothing like an hitherto-unknown vocal disorder to make me completely and paralyzingly self-conscious.
Do I talk like this ever? Do I want to find out? Who would I trust to tell me the truth?
I may never speak again.
While living in CA, I used to run into the women who spoke like they were always asking a question. For example:
“I fell and broke my ankle? Aaaand it totally hurt?”
And sometimes when they were actually asking a question, I couldn’t tell.
Implement a new shaming tactic: female vocal fry shall now be known by an appropriate shorthand.
“Croaky bitch” shall suffice. 🙂
Little girls talk like that when they’re overly excited telling you about bunnies they saw or something. lol
This should piss people off
http://www.israpundit.com/archives/63598822
There’s actually a name for this plague? I thought they were just Idiocracy Obama-idiots speaking their dialect.
Nails on a chalkboard.
This is what pisses me off. “This message is for Mr. Moe Tom, your results are in and imptnt that yo please call Dr. Zeeeeee,at 834 34Z zeee.ank you gobye.”
Immature airheads trying to be sophisticated
and blas̩. Major Fail Рthey just sound brain dead.
BTW, Kim Kardashian and Katy Perry are both getting a little long in the tooth for this nonsense.
I can tune out the fry, but uptalk at the end of statements makes me want to throw something. I’m now hearing it in news broadcast guests!
Add to that saying “prolly” for “probably,” “jelly” for “jealous,” and “kewl” for “cool” and my ears really will start bleeding.
Hadn’t been aware of this trend. Trust me, NOBODY in New York City Family Court is trying in the least to appear sophisticated or upwardly mobile.
Gosh. Yet another tool in the Republican War on Women that I wasn’t aware of?
I’m in love. Faith Salie. Hot and intelligent.
So that’s what it’s called. We had an airhead lawyer in our office who croaked like that all the time, not just for inflection. I called her Froggy. I often wondered that she remembered how to breath much less manage to pass the bar.
Wow, this is truly a public service. I never knew what that was and now I’m in the know. Thanks so much IOTW!
And here I thought the Drew Barrymore affectation was annoying.
Where do these women come from and what is making them so retarded?