Vocal Fry (UNCLASSIFIED)

[Mullins, Bill AMRDEC]

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> Arnold Zwicky
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> On Dec 19, 2011, at 10:10 AM, Bill Mullins wrote:
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> > I am a layperson with respect to this field.  Why is the sound
called
> > "fry"?
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> because it has the popping sound of something being fried.
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> arnold
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