Hansen earned her MFA in Acting from Brandeis University, and has additionally studied in New York and France, at the Guthrie Theatre, and at Studio Theatre Conservatory. i agree, it drives me insane , they sound like 4 year olds. Who is telling people to jut their bottom jaw out and keep their tongue from going past their teeth? This morning in class? As Ted brought up a few posts up: the ubiquitous use of the words sort of by media drives me nuts! I think it is annoying when people answer a question with, Yes, no It seems trendy with Britsh speakers. I think its an attempt to sound more confident, self-assured and forceful. They are also signaling their frustration that they cannot complete their thoughts. Instant shutdown. Playin, doin, shopping, talkin, and just today consultin. NPR must be making a conscious decision to allow all of this. -aahh to extend words. There are a lot of great voices too though. As a mother of 2 teens, I can certainly relate. It infuriates me, especially if NPR is on before my coffee. The broadcasters at a local TV newsroom think that sentences end with three periods. A year ago I started a list of new words and phrases starting to appear in last 20 years. NOW, I substitute. Especially, the pervasive use of poor speech in the business world, and academia. What truly bothers me is that this type of coddling in primary and secondary school continues into college, and beyond. Can I just start by saying that two very annoying vocal trends that have reached us here in the UK / Northern Ireland in recent years are up speaking and vocal fry, which are bad enough on their own. My wife has been sucked in and watches all of these, albeit now in private, as I spend most of my time pointing out how these dumb narcissistic losers, sap the very life out of all right-thinking folks within humanity. At first, I thought maybe he was just discovering a new feature in the product he is explaining but it has become clear it is just something he blurts out every few minutes. Moving forward, going forward, I turn off the radio. An overheard conversation: The other day I was walkiiiiiing, and, like, this dude flicked a cigarette butt on the graaa-ound, and I said, hey! I thought that I was the only person who had picked up on the stuDENT pronunciation. Tomorrow WILL be a hot day or It really became a battle of negative personalities in a race to the bottom of common decency.. I believe he is from the Bay Area in California. Sounds unnatural. I dont watch a lot of TV; but when I do I have to mute all the commercials. Why isnt anyone saying to anymore? Sam Sanders, host of It's Been a Minute, said that learning to write in his own voice was difficult. I dont know how these people get voice over jobs and why anyone would use them. He has also shortening him and them to em. You can shream ashuss g t v. The 2021 Dream Home is looking good and wanting you to win it. How did this start? Real News Host; Also, many of our viewers are likely wondering what Hi Gina thanks for your response here. However, Ive noticed a horrible trend, especially on Parcast, to have females doing commercials who sound like babies. Charlotte, dropping the g has been around since I was a young teen, in the early 70s. She found that people over 40 heard the utterance without any creak as more authoritative, while people under 40 found both clips authoritative. Socially, or even professionally, person to person, I dont let them bother me too much. 3) but think back to TV shows or movies from the 1950s or 1940s, the Trans Atlantic accent and men sounding like radio show hosts. Where did it come from and what were they thinking? Do you experience this as an interviewer? I also cant stand when people repeatedly mispronounce words. "It has expanded my own understanding of the world and the people you have brought on board are excellent," he wrote. ", It's not quite clear where the style comes from, but Mae West is often cited as an example, so it's not a new phenomenon. This occurs a lot when listing items. If you cant say it right how can you spell it correctly. ARGH!!!! OK. How about the recent clipping to the end of some words. Example.. There are many more I could come up with, but tedious at the moment. I often hear young women in their 20-40s, speak in a monotone for a few words and then raise the pitch to a a bit higher monotone level for a few words before ending sentence. Yes, I found this site while searching for Stephen Dubner annoying speech pattern. Its like an italian accent, but not that exactly cuz i can resist the italian english accent, but not this habit my friends do cuz i know theyre not italian. Merry fucking xmas. One thing journalists I spoke to said: They're real people and they'd like to sound real too. I want it to stop, NOW! That reminds me of a form of uptalk, but also theres a thing I notice where a person will have two pitches in their speech. Out of protest, I might start writing the word out as ta, since that is how people are pronouncing the word. If you really sit down and read every word its a fascinating phenomenon. I feel compelled to add an educational commentary on the definition of music when out in public. But it sends up sounding so unintelligent and gutless. Oh, and yes, I know I left off many other annoying speech patterns. As in: Reporter: Do you favor wearing masks in public to help slow the spread of SARS-CoV-2? (Smirk. Its become hugelycommon, even among expert speakers during formal interviews (just listen to NPR while various experts are interviewed). Another big offender is the reality tv show, e.g. And, when a person says, you are smarter than I, the am is implied as in I am. He wrote to us about his experience hearing reporters who did not sound like he does. That one drives me crazy! He recently tweeted, "I've said this before, I'll say it again. Ive get so annoyed when people do that!! She is best known for her role in the NPR Morning Edition and All Things Considered. Perhaps its self-importance driving the habit. Any and all bridge words used frequently in conversation is exceedingly annoying. ***Follow @JoshVoorhees and the rest of the . context or discernible link to the discussion. When used, it sounds more like its a filler until the person can come up with the words he/she wants to say. Fly them in and leave them in the outback. Keith Woods, NPR's vice president of newsroom training and diversity, told me that a variety of voices is one way to achieve greater journalistic truth. Where Youre welcome implies that you went out of your way and accept their thanks as your praise. Speech patterns seem to trend quite quickly. But as the quotes above show, some listeners do notice and they let the reporters know, too. Even interviews with people youd think would be trained to avoid patterns like these are using them. If I were grading you, your report would get, at best, a C-," the listener from Missouri concluded. There are several blogs online, written by women who think society needs to stop being critical of their way of talking; i.e. I call it excessive schwa-ing. document.getElementById( "ak_js_2" ).setAttribute( "value", ( new Date() ).getTime() ); Debbie Grattan is a top-rated professional female voice over talent with more than 25 years of experience delivering voice over services worldwide. Its refreshing to hear someone else with similar tendencies, calling out the younger generation on so many of these types of habits, which, in effect, butcher the language and the beauty of its intended delivery. Meowing. If he catches that he's saying "you know" a lot, he'll try to cut down on using it. I put my own example of me saying it in this Youtube link: Not sure. I work with someone who is very intelligent in general, and very knowledgeable about the subject hes presenting but he has this annoying halting speech pattern. Im glad to discover I am not alone. You might hear the rich baritone of Bob Edwards. ", One listener did just that. Have a listen how many times you hear ABSOLUTELY on the tv. This segment aired on February 27, 2023. Lisa P. hit the nail on the head. Thank you, Debbie! So what if someone tags right at the end of their sentence? and then I got stuck in trafiiiiic, so I was late for woooork, people are off siiiick, we have more to doooo, I had t skip luuuunch ad nauseam. Some words are not meant to have all the letters pronounced. So is a completely disingenuous and idiot transfer. Its come to the point that Im grateful when a guest says Youre welcome at the end. Grunting is not music. 5) substituting Im here like or Hes here like for I said or he said. I want to post it on Facebook. I had to fight my own brain!". The best example is stuDENT. You are smarter than I am. Small talk usually calls for this kind of language unless youre writing a research paper. For example, mou- uhn, instead of moun-tain. The first example makes full-grown adults sound like a toddler who cant yet say his/her ts.. Having it as part of your daily living is different from going on TV or radio and having everyone hear it in a professional context. use of the phrase sort of in each statement you made. We cant ignore our own speech patterns if were going to engage in this sort of discussion. Good English dictates brevity as a virtue; much, is redundant here. You and me both. Important..pronounced Im-por-ent. Sounds like a 2 year old learning to speak. They read out various super-chats & live comments, chat about various media happenings, but one host, Francis Foster (they are both stand up comedians too) repeatedly says absolutely in response to everything. Perhaps I need to pay more attention to the bungled up speech patterns that are in use. Thats a very strange one. much more easily. Feel free to share in the comments! Most of us know the way we speak may change depending what social situation were in. Also, why has everyone started turning ts to ds. These five speech patterns have become rampant in interviews. This past year has seemed a bit empty at times when social isolation has become the new normal. Lately, I have noticed by newscasters and others on TV the word expecially, which of course does not exist. They clearly make a conscious decision to not have Black announcers speaking in the dominant Black American Vernacular English. You can read opened up by the person being interviewed by a magazine or newspaper and it makes me cringe. Hmm How about overuse of exclamation points? They are rampant in the South. Great discussion on these affectations of speech, thank you. Is it the c thats throwing them, or are they getting it confused with the word anxious? One from Texas wrote: "Not all Americans sound like White American politicians and I wish that could be reflected on your airwaves.". He joins us. As in, those are quite some radishes you have there. It seems to be quite common as I hear quite some people using it. Real News Host: In the last five minutes of the segment, for the viewers Of course, that is a feeling that non-white, non-male, non-midwesterners have felt for most of the history of broadcasting. This is a great discussion! Maybe it is something that every generation deals with, so perhaps its just the age, life experience and maturity that needs to be there before common sense advice can sink in. Sam Sanders, host of NPR's It's Been A Minute, records a segment at NPR West on September 24, 2018. Kind of (or sort of) This tidbit is used anywhere in the middle, as a way to not say what you really mean. Its funny but also sad that the ways of the world, and so many traditions and really important things are not being passed down to the next generation. "It's so quintessential to his delivery." As a result, many teachers stopped teaching it. Reddit and its partners use cookies and similar technologies to provide you with a better experience. For example, in Alabama, pen and pin are pronounced the same way. I notice my three year old great-grandson now says I really miss you guys when he used to just say I miss you., Some other annoying trends are 1) super, totally and uber for very The pay is $18 an hour, and Id start on next Monday, soyeah. (My 18-yo granddaughter, recently). Why? If we could get the Australians to leave home we could return the island to its original (European) use. Heres a new video we created to demonstrate some of the more common patterns you hear today. I see it in newscasts all the time being used by educated people. In the series Heartland, it is practically half of the dialog. Makes me understand why people sometimes get slapped! This seems to be catching on, even by some senior respected news folks. I DO say February. ^ That, I hear all the time (Southern California). They have this childish high pitched baby voice and its like stabbing my ears with bamboo skewers. The worst speech pattern for me is when the speaker put strong emphasis on many words in the same sentence, for example: But this pattern is now very diffuse, especially for people who do speeches, they think that putting a strong emphasis on each words makes their speech more powerful, while in reality it just dilutes the effect because now most words are pronunced with emphasis. YES. I am thankful for people like you, who are still standing for some standards in a young society that is so quick to discard and dismantle anything that seems to be inconvenient or in any way challenging to their accepted, and often sub-par standards. A new one Ive just started noticing on a local radio interview, and from my husband (ugh) is accentuating the word to and a pause. THAT is annoying. They rise the inflection of the words at the end of every sentence. Trend, especially on Parcast, to have all the letters pronounced some. 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