I love to hear all types of accents, and regional dialects, as long as theyre intelligible. My husband and I both react as though were hearing nails on a chalkboard when people speak as though theyre trying to manipulate us. 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. Love this article and the comments! Yes!! In 2015, Chenjerai Kumanyika, a radio journalist and professor, published an essay on Transom.org that sparked a conversation about race and public radio. A sentence in which one says nothing: I knooow! Thats what it sounded like to me in your video. Im not an imbecile who is unable to follow a connected train if thought! Wait, what is the worst, because it pretends to be clever and original, and is the polar opposite of both. What game? "You have an opportunity as a listener to expand your worldview by hearing all different types of voices," Sanders said. This is why I refuse to hire young people! I wonder if anyone was listing to the message and if the listeners are able to verify the accuracy or validity of the content. Unlike appearing simply one of the collective in using URGE, ENCOURAGE and SUGGEST which is a translation in beta male language, because we hate patriarchies, especially white ones, we can with ABSOLUTELY step past that level of making an indicator by laying the hammer on the anvil. And when people speak without a script they often use filler words or make minor grammatical mistakes. Like yourself, Im thinking its a trend. Jessica Hansen has one of the most annoying deliveries I can ever recall hearing from an announcernot only on NPR, but in the world of broadcasting. Remember this rant next time you hear Were all in this together blah blah blah., By the way Im not real keen on the use of repurpose or deconstruct.. 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. The spaces are inappropriate and create tension for the listener. The dropping of the T sound in the middle of words Ki**en, Bu**on is all over the place on radio and TV. Any insight into where the hard G at the end of -ing is coming from? dontgetaphd 6 mo. The voice goes up and slows down, theeeeeeeen, then they list detail 1, and detail two (pause) and detail three. I dont watch the show often, but find the interaction interesting & noticed the speech differences early on. I dont know, but it happens more often than youd think. Please, lets stop hiring these dudes who are stuck in their own head trying to sound and trick us believing they are something they are not. 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.. None of these up-and-coming phrases ever appear in scripts that I read for actual voice-over jobs or auditions. (Smirk. Does anyone out there have any thoughts on any possible geographic relationship? as f*ck immediately comes to mind, stupid-sounding phrases like SO MUCH YES! Weirdos lol . I am now hearing full glottal stops ( I think that is the correct term) being ignored. Recently I have noticed what I call the Consonant Drag where the speaker is explaining something and they drag the consonants as if to give them space to think it out. I am now annoyed by the nasal and elongated pronunciation of me, voiced by women. 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. What fascinates me most about it is that its unconsciously infused the American English speaking world, every seems to do it, everyone also seems to get it it never leaves anyone confused. I wonder if they realize they are doing this? Not sure if it has anything to do with trying to be overly sensitive or PC or whatever about things and needing to couch language. I agree though, like the tattoo girl on the Twix commercial that spells NO REGERTS and then says Sawree in that whiny sarcastic voice. 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. Finally, it is a bid to keep the floor. Allison Shelley/NPR But I have to make one addendum to the use of right? (a word I view as a form of conversational bullying). As in, those are quite some radishes you have there. It seems to be quite common as I hear quite some people using it. Im not sure if our primary education system is to blame for not putting enough emphasis on the spoken (or written) word for our younger generations, or whether it is more of a socialization and modeling of behavior that is rampant. While it may not be pleasing to US, it may be a more recognizable and standard sound to those who are currently hiring VO talent, or even on-camera talent. Why should we voice the t in often? 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. I growl at it when I hear it. She summarized her findings to Gross this way: "Those of us who are bothered by some of these features are probably just getting old.". What is it called when people stress the end of the last few words of a sentence as if they are using. Investigating these complaints opens a window into a long-running debate in the public radio community: what or more precisely, who should NPR sound like? Its just laziness (and somehow its become cool to sound lazy or bored). Other reporters hone their delivery as well. Quick, before you faint! I find it so distracting that I dont hear what theyre saying anymore, and thats not good. The voices on NPR are more diverse than ever. I had never noticed the yeah yeah yeah but within ten minutes I heard it on tv. Yes, Pattie Parker!! 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. How about pandimik (apparently meaning pandemic,) mimber (apparently meaning member,) and oh god, space (apparently derived from safe space). I get all excited about what Im telling, when he suddenly blurts out, Finish a sentence! I am confounded; I get angry; I reiterate, for the umpteenth time, I cant help it! You asked your readers what we would like for you to include in your next video. This often occurs when a person (on TV) is explaining the steps to any given process to another person: What Im going to do is, Im going to In 2nd person plural, What were doing is, were going to. Its usually when someone is trying to express exasperation or frustration-uh. If I were grading you, your report would get, at best, a C-," the listener from Missouri concluded. We have come so far with representing what a diverse world we are in the media. I have also noticed when people use a hard g instead of a soft or silent g in many words. I want the people representing my company to be PROFESSIONAL. Sadly, I dont think these trend will die out. 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 dont have any neck pain? Stripping is not music. I just heard a lady doing a commercial on TV who pronounced entertainment as intertainment. Likely popularized by Michelle Obama and Oprah. a. period. Thanks for confirming that its a new thing. 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! These hip speech patterns are used by women in, I would say 90% of the conversations Im involved with or hearing out in public. As opposed to what? . Even if something just happened and I witnessed it with him. Now, once in a while I see the dramatic purpose of such a structure, but every dang time, every single dialogue. Drives me nuts! An article in England stated that bosses would not employ anyone who used this phrasing, as they felt that they were unsure of themselves. Its one of my many pet peeves in newscaster-speak, and I hear this one all the time especially from Rachel Martin on NPR. Of course, once he shared them with me,I started hearing them, too. 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. Am I alone in this? You missed uh, um, well you know( the three words used together). How NPR's Carrie Johnson found her radio voice. I first noticed this in the TV series Unforgotten where it is hugely noticeable, but seeing earlier performances in the TV series Spooks from a number of years before, I see (hear!) Glen Washington (Snap Judgment) is so smooth, I also like Gene Demby and Shereen Marisol Meraji (Code Switch). Im low on fuel so Im gonna stop and fill up Fine. 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! !, as well as misusing words like adulting. walkeen instead of walking. ", He added, "There's a difference between sounding clear and having great journalism behind that sound and creating a sound that is pleasing to every listener in the audience. OMG! All of this is from one person. I DO say February. A speech pattern where every word is delivered with careful measure and staccato pauses, as if every thought being expressed is incredibly complex? Im only 40 but I feel like a rambling old person yelling at the TV any time I watch it. Its not even with lists. You paying attention? Where did that come from?? Its come to the point that Im grateful when a guest says Youre welcome at the end. 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? Everyone is using that now it seems! Its sort of a way to soften, to be kind of vague, imprecise and uncommitted. This usage of So is incorrect!!! I had to fight my own brain!". 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. I see it in the office at work and from my 16 yr old Daughter. Its definitely annoying! Can you point to the bu**un? It was the most annoying thing I had ever heard. My personal pet peeves include the use of right? at the end of every sentence, and the glottal stop (in the U.S., at least; the UK version has never bothered me). This occurs a lot when listing items. Thank you for a great opportunity to express & learn. And Why It's. So Annoying Audio Funny Language More: 'Reply All' is a podcast which does not do this 7 years ago As the creator of this clips puts it: "All my favorite US podcasts are being ruined by this universally adopted affectation. I think this is an absurd accusation. Its a virus spreading. Im not crazy Im being been driven there, though. Maybe we could call it Blah-de-Blah Speak. METAPHORICALLY no one? Comments like that don't bother or surprise Fortir. And another one is annudder (another). 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. Anything you can think of, no matter how tiny and insignificant it may be, can be described as a game changer. and our For example someone says I went to the store, then the gas station, and then got something to eat. I wonder if there is a name for this yet? Several years ago, feminist author Naomi Wolf suggested vocal fry among young women was causing them to "disown their own power.". I simply changed the channel on my tv. this article was originally conceived after listening to NPR and the annoying patterns heard by those that are supposed to be professional broadcasters. I completely agree with the annoying no problem response from a server after saying Thank you. While for many VO artists, like you and me, we strive to have a more refined and adjusted voice, that is more pleasing to the ear, I do find that in general media such as TV, film and especially commercials, the prevalence of this is a reflection of the prevalence found in the general population. So what if someone tags right at the end of their sentence? )and the latest affliction.WaitWHAT ??. How did this start? "If you sound like America, then it's America that's talking. So, after reading literally every single comment, I am pondering the question; is it ironic that were all complaining about an enormous range of vocal variants (or variations?) That happened to Mike Cooper, a voice-over artist who recently stumbled upon his voice being used without his knowledge for AI. the way I was taught to as a very young child. I am thankful for people like you, who are still standing for some standards in a young society that is so quick to discard and dismantle anything that seems to be inconvenient or in any way challenging to their accepted, and often sub-par standards. Have a good one! Listening to NPR is what got this whole thing started a few years back But now these patterns are showing up everywhere. Ill add the slow sing-songy way people have started to talk. I get far more hung up on language misuse, though. One the first of second episodes of Star Trek Discovery, I think thats the name, the captain says, thish traitor. 5. They probably started out as texting shortcuts, but the two I cant stand are LOL crammed into every sentence, and OMG at the beginning of every sentence. 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. Even if the people indulging in these patterns have an incredibly high IQ, the patterns work against them by making them: Despite all the detriments of allowingthose patterns to unconsciously creep into your own conversational lexicon, people are falling prey at rapid rates. (My wife thinks I am. ) 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. 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. Further, it seems that engaging in these practices seems to indicate a greater authenticity for Gen Z and Millennials. I have heard meara and arrow instead of error. terrible annoying. Tripp, I agree completely. 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. Agreed, Debbie! Other specialties include female narration voice overs for corporate narration, web videos, tutorials, explainer videos and technical medical narration. Then there is the over use of the word Like & So By saying that (usually at the end of a sentence) it prevents someone else from talking or contributing their 2 cents, waiting for whatever follows the But.uh. He has also shortening him and them to em. Ive get so annoyed when people do that!! If you pronounce the T (soft or hard) in button, youll get some strange glances, because literally no one here pronounces it that way. There are so many more. He would say, no I dont know in reply to our you know. I just love what you wrote. Thank you again for sharing your thoughts on this subject. 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. Last week, Slate Lexicon Valley podcaster (and NPR On the Media host) Bob Garfield lamented a frightening tic invading American speech. 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. They arent aware of it so I think that means there are no elocution lessons. infomercial voice overs and direct response marketing, Voice Over Trends 2023: Less Looking, More Listening, Is the Golden Age of Voice Over Gone? Youre not crotchety. . thas instead of thats (which is the abbreviation for that is) Theres no k sound in the word, yet many people want to pronounce it as though there is. Mark, your comments are very well spoken, and I also consider language and ones command and understanding of it to be a sign of class and proper education. Its been shortened from I know, right? (Aka, IKR?) Why bother with all the words when you can trim it down to one. Its interesting to see how the pureness of the English language can be corrupted in some ways, by modern speech patterns, mostly by native English speakers. very prevalent among high school kids and their teachers. Can you tell us about the car accident you witnessed today? Now its bad enough that nine times out of ten, the politician decides to answer some other question that (s)he deems more appealing. I dont watch a lot of TV; but when I do I have to mute all the commercials. No, thanks. The most recent annoying speech pattern to me is the habit of adding an ah sound to the end of a word. I wonder how many of these patterns we can blame on Keeping Up with the Kardashians and other shows of that ilk. Our and Hour is pronounced and sounds the same. This usually entails drawn out words: Sooosomething reeeaally horrrribllllle happened todaaayyyy I broke my cat candlllllle.. (Pout face). Is there a name for this type of speaking? The latest speech fad that I am noticing a lot, here in the UK, in presenters on the radio, interviews, everywhere in fact, with seemingly well educated people, is that they are suddenly starting to drop their Ts in the middle of words-poveree(poverty) clariee(clarity) etc theyre all doing it. What is that? I am forever hearing me and my friends instead of my friends and I. That holds true for the sources NPR interviews on the air, just as it does for the voices of correspondents and hosts. I was thinking maybe it was a Mexican/American thing (I am Canadian). Where did it come from and what were they thinking? The pay is $18 an hour, and Id start on next Monday, soyeah. (My 18-yo granddaughter, recently). He wrote to us about his experience hearing reporters who did not sound like he does. 4) Replacing the good old annoying no problem with the nearly arrogant no worries. It was made popular by chef Gordon Ramsden. Also, using lol in a sentence is not only idiotic, and outdated, but it makes the commenter appear mentally retarded. And lets not ignore the disproportionate amount of times speech pattern analysis (even here, in this comment section) is essentially just an excuse to satisfy a societal itch to hate things that are trending amongst young women. "Like" is a sign of a relaxed conversation. He told me: That is a sign that I've opened them up, they feel comfortable and they're talking in the way that they just regularly talk. EVERY FRICKIN interview has yeah yeah yeah!, more and more in the past 6 or so months. Ken, can you give some examples regarding Dr. Ford? Grown men purposely deforming their mouth to speak like a FREAK! Thank you is the correct response. 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. Thats litteriiiiing, and he just kept walkiiiiing That isnt exactly it, but its similar. I hope youll be disturbed too. Unfortunately most people dont even notice they have been infected, or they simply dont care, leaving people like me to go crazy. But in between this & because Im bored at home, they do something called a live stream, which I didnt usually watch. 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. It is so rehearsed and not natural. I hear it a lot among sports commentators and analyzers on tv and radio. They must be changed Out. Help. Very annoying habit for a smart lady!! But then apparently its me whos the grumpy old man with a problem, when I correct my kids in their use of basic English grammar. caused your repeated use of the vague term, space, without a specific Makes me understand why people sometimes get slapped! Housewives of wherever, The Hills, Keeping up with, The Apprentice. No. Thanks Ava for your note. Listeners have concerns about grammar, and filler words such as "um," "like" and "so." That one really gets me. "I thought it felt strange to have a voice that did not sound like me reporting on the most powerful people in the world. My current favorite is folks who add the word literally to every statement. 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.. They also cannot read digital clocks. I cant stand to hear it, like nails on a chalkboard young ladies, please correct yourselves!!! So is a completely disingenuous and idiot transfer. Hahaha Russell you are SPOT on! We dont really distinguish the middle short e and middle short I in speech. We cant ignore our own speech patterns if were going to engage in this sort of discussion. I was seriously annoyed . Its so common and I cannot believe speakers do NOT hear this on playback?!? 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. Literally, actually, etc. 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. And, I feel its time to bring the old standards back. 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. All the best to you in navigating our wonderful world of words! I was actually googling, trying to find if this type of (annoying!) Real News Host: In the last five minutes of the segment, for the viewers It is very annoying! Every time I hear her voice, I immediately reach for the volume and turn it down. If youve ever heard Jedediah Vila, she does it ALL the time. Auto-formatting removed the numerous spaces between the words in my last sentence, rendering the example less than illustrative. If, however, its something that is correctable, I would like to know how, (NOT to be more pleasing or acceptible to him), so that I might be less annoying to more diplomatic persons like yourself . Pointing this out to friends, Im usually answered by yeah, I noticed, or good old-fashioned shrugs. I agree with Angela Brookman, above, in her complaint about people now refusing to pronounce the T sound in words (Im told the phenomenon has a name: T-glottalization), though I take issue with her examples, clarity and poverty. What drives me up a wall is when young people and that is who is doing this now drop the T sound in the middle of a word, such as kitten. They say kih-uhn. And mitten is mih-uhn, and written is wrih-uhn, and so forth. Uggh! Hansen has served on the Mills College Alumnae Steering Committee; the Washington, DC, chapter Arts Committee of the Brandeis University Alumni Board; the National Society of Arts and Letters; and as judge for the Mr. District of Columbia Benefit Competition. Ive noticed that, too. 3) Ordering at a restaurant or the like, saying Ill DO the instead of lll order the or Ill have the. Personally, I have a laundry list of poor speech and grammar pet peeves. Probably because I was born in the 70s and obviously grew up in valley girl 80s. Others, over exaggerated, more perfect, funner and many more. I am so tired of women trying to sound like little girls and drawing out their s sounds. She has performed in television, film, stage, voiceovers, and commercials. would. It is not good representation of the general population; especially the show where it is only women who have the speech impediments. The Alexis character on Schitts Creek has raised this to a hilarious satire. 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). ish instead of pronouncing it as iz. They dont even allow their white announcers in Texas to sound like theyre from Texas! I hear it on NPR a lot. Uptalk, especially, when talking to a CSR at your bank or other professional organization. Cant find a term for my 2nd pet peeve listing options with an affected inflection for each as in . One of the most irritating forms of up talk or vocal fry is when a woman is explaining her day and each sentence is drawn out at the end with an upward inflection, then the next sentence is hooked on at the end with the same down to up trajectory and drawing out the last word to crescendo. Also, ahhhhh, ahhhhhhh when they see a puppy or baby or receive a gift, etc. https://t.co/7p2fxbZTAN. 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