" 'Vocal Fry' Creeping into U.S. Speech"

[Jonathan Lighter]

Ah (I love saying that) but were they so evidently (or
pseudo-evidently) *affected* since forever?

The current perception of many - including myself and those people in
Australia - is that the creaky sound is associated with certain sorts
of (esp. female) speakers in certain sorts of usu. condescending or
disdainful contexts.

Is this perception all a delusion? If so, what accounts for it?

JL
On Mon, Dec 12, 2011 at 4:27 PM, Wilson Gray <hwgray at gmail.com> wrote:
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> On Mon, Dec 12, 2011 at 11:32 AM, Ben Zimmer
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>> "these 'low, creaky vibrations' have been common since forever"
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> "Truer words were never spoken."
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