Vocal Fry

[Jerry E Kane]

Vocal fry is a quirk of speech recently reported in  the following
Scientific American podcast:

What used to be thought of as a symptom of a speech disorder might now be a
 hot trend in vocal style among rock stars and young women. Christie
Nicholson  reports.


_http://www.scientificamerican.com/podcast/episode.cfm?id=a-quirk-of-speech-
may-become-a-new-11-12-17_
(http://www.scientificamerican.com/podcast/episode.cfm?id=a-quirk-of-speech-may-become-a-new-11-12-17)

Jerry E. Kane
Los Angeles

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