The Vocal Fry Epidemic

**I am talking about over-use. Some vocal fry is a natural part of human speech patterns.**

Vocal fry resister:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vocal_fr...

Examples of low bass singers that may use the fry register
http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=...

Information on occurrence in speech:
http://bit.ly/rPU8tC
http://bit.ly/rqunwf

OMG, I was referenced on CBSNews.com
http://bit.ly/vEQBlU
(click here for some vocal fry impressions)
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[ghostofdayinperson]

2. I want to throw BRICKS covered in poop at those snotty bitches. Lastly, I love you for making this video.

[abbynormal0ne]

Haha, I'm glad you liked it!

[Jonny Tolley]

Vocal fry is just another example of lazy ass white chicks not giving a shit about how annoying they allow themselves to become, yet they want their men to be friggin' perfect. I've dated black and Asian women and they never talk like that. Seriously, guys. If you wanna find a girl that will make you happy, you gotta stay far away from white women.

[Aaron Gallant]

I'm sorry...I can't help but watch your VFT impressions over and over again and not the more serious part of your video. Freakin hilarious! I do however, know exactly what you are referring to. I hear it in teenage girls all the time.

[CocoChanelContessa]

I cant stand this croacky lilt one woman at work uses it its like she needs to clear her throat and swallow i think she thinks its seductive or engaging like everyone wants to listen to me because of my high class voice!! i cant stand it! thanks for making this video

[Allen Linnen, Jr.]

I though I was easily annoyed...

[Tommymaq]

No, I don't. I heard a pod-cast with the dudes who did the study a while back, and I've been looking around, but haven't been able to find it, sorry.

[PlentyInteresante]

Do you know what the study you're referring to actually says? Does the correlation it point to involve "respect," "greater social capital" or something else?

[Tommymaq]

It's all subjective from their end, too; if it gets the response they desire (whether or not that response translates to success or power or whatever) then they'll tend to do it more.

Its just a self-feeding convention, but it appears to tap into that part of our brain that is like a dog's - lower voices tend to get more obeyance, which is the same dynamic that cops use when they learn to bark orders in a loud, deep-register voice.

[Tommymaq]

Yes.

Certainly abbnormalOne is ramping it up to make it obvious and to mock those teenagers who do it all the time to an extreme.

But do those girls do that because there *isn't* an effective trend?

Or are there merely the most noticable aspect of the larger trend which exists because it pays?

Isn't 'effective' just as subjective? So what distinction are you asking about, exactly?

You're free to argue - arguing instead of fighting is what makes us different than animals.

[PlentyInteresante]

"The effective phenomenon isn't as annoying as that illustrated in the video we are commenting upon, by the way." So, basically, a phenomenon that is not the same as the subject of this video has been proven to correlate with a phenomenon that you first identified as "respect" and then as "increased social capital?" Look, I'm really not trying to have an argument and don't want an argument.

[PlentyInteresante]

Your original comment said "Fry tones are apparently working; women get more respect when they sound more like a man" and now you're saying the correlation (which, of course, doesn't imply causation) is with social capital. They're not the same thing, are they? I'm not disputing that a lot of girls who speak like that are probably cool and popular, or even that they're successful, if studies show that they are.

[Tommymaq]

It works on the people they care about. It doesn't matter who, particularly, because it is them doing it, not you.

The effective phenomenon isn't as annoying as that illustrated in the video we are commenting upon, by the way.