theweekmagazine: Scientists say an increasing number of women are exhibiting a growly, creaky, “annoying” speech pattern known as vocal fry. Pop stars like Britney Spears and Ke$ha sometimes deliberately use it to hit low notes or add intrigue to their singing. Kim Kardashian is also a notorious vocal frier. Once considered a speech disorder, vocal fry is the lowest of the three vocal registers, which also include modal and falsetto. “In other words, it is the sort of gritty, sexy voice that 85-year-old habitual smokers develop.” The rise of “growling speech” This really needs audio.

theweekmagazine:

Scientists say an increasing number of women are exhibiting a growly, creaky, “annoying” speech pattern known as vocal fry.

Pop stars like Britney Spears and Ke$ha sometimes deliberately use it to hit low notes or add intrigue to their singing. Kim Kardashian is also a notorious vocal frier. Once considered a speech disorder, vocal fry is the lowest of the three vocal registers, which also include modal and falsetto. “In other words, it is the sort of gritty, sexy voice that 85-year-old habitual smokers develop.”

The rise of “growling speech”

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Source: theweek.com

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    A-ha! This IS the “vocal fry”.
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    I find it funny that something once considered a speech disorder is now trendy in mainstream “music”………
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    HAHAHA this is what so many girls at NEU sound like. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UsE5mysfZsY
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    Oh my god… theres a name for this?!
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    Sounds a bit like creaky voice. Your vocal cords are held tightly together and vibrate slowly. An extreme example is the...