creaky voice

[Beverly Flanigan]

Ah, now Bill Clinton I've heard!

At 10:24 AM 2/22/2006, you wrote:
>Beverly,
>
>Type "creaky voice" into Google and you will get a number of
>excellent references. Even Wikipedia is acoustically sound. The most
>frequent user of creaky voice I have heard recently is Bill Clinton,
>a speaker certainly not given to high-pitched undergrad women's
>voice. IN fact, the overall influence of creak is to considerably
>lower, not raise, pitch.
>
>dInIs
>
>
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>>I second Tom's request:  Since I haven't seen or heard any of the persons
>>mentioned below (I'm benighted, I know), I have no idea what you all mean
>>by "creaky" voice.  I had thought it was the high-pitched, squeaky,
>>tweenish (definitely not affected) voice I hear from undergrad women; am I
>>wrong?
>>
>>At 09:55 AM 2/22/2006, you wrote:
>>>Bill Mullins,
>>>
>>>I am also an interested looker-on, but has there been a response to your
>>>query that I missed? Phoneticians should not only be able to produce the
>>>creaky voice, but also describe it in the language of acoustic/auditory
>>>phonetics.
>>>
>>>Regards.
>>>
>>>THOMAS PAIKEDAY
>>>www.paikeday.net
>>>
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>>>From: "Mullins, Bill AMRDEC" <Bill.Mullins at US.ARMY.MIL>
>>>To: <ADS-L at LISTSERV.UGA.EDU>
>>>Sent: Saturday, February 18, 2006 2:40 PM
>>>Subject: Re: creaky voice
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>>>>Subject:      Re: creaky voice
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>>>>>Is there some way of describing, for us lookers-on, what is meant by
>>>>>"creaky voice"?   Are there  some familiar voices on NPR that exhibit =
>>>>this?
>>>>>A. Murie
>>>>
>>>>I played the Jacobellis interview; she didn't sound especially creaky.  =
>>>>(Or maybe I'm not understanding the word as it is being used.)
>>>>=20
>>>>I hear some actresses who sound creaky.  Usually it sounds kind of =
>>>>affected, and shows up in words with a short "a" sound.
>>>>=20
>>>>See Mary-Louise Parker, particularly from her appearances on "West Wing" =
>>>>(I have even seen her called "lockjaw" on one of the fan boards -- =
>>>>perhaps the creakiness is associated with a clenched lower jaw, sort of =
>>>>like Thurston Howell III's Harvard accent).
>>>>=20
>>>>See also Sarah Vowell, who played the daughter in "The Incredibles" and =
>>>>appears occasionally on public radio's "This American Life".
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