Vocal Fry (UNCLASSIFIED)

[Mullins, Bill AMRDEC]

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I am a layperson with respect to this field.  Why is the sound called
"fry"?

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> For some perspective from linguists, who seem to have been ignored in
all
> media reports of this research, you might consult:
> http://languagelog.ldc.upenn.edu/nll/?p=3626
> or
> http://val-systems.blogspot.com/2011/12/on-vocal-fry.html
>
> -Matt Gordon
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> From: American Dialect Society [ADS-L at LISTSERV.UGA.EDU] on behalf of
Jerry E
> Kane [Jerryekane at AOL.COM]
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> Subject: Vocal Fry
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> Vocal fry is a quirk of speech recently reported in  the following
> Scientific American podcast:
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> 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.
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>
_http://www.scientificamerican.com/podcast/episode.cfm?id=a-quirk-of-spe
ech-
> may-become-a-new-11-12-17_
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(http://www.scientificamerican.com/podcast/episode.cfm?id=a-quirk-of-spe
ech-
> may-become-a-new-11-12-17)
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> Jerry E. Kane
> Los Angeles
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