Vocal Fry example: [link]
Mal: He calls back, you keep them occupied. Wash: What do I do, shadow puppets?
'The Message'
Natter 74: Ready or Not
Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, duct tape, butt kicking, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.
DavidS - Sep 28, 2015 12:51:12 pm PDT #6153 of 30003
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
-t - Sep 28, 2015 12:52:03 pm PDT #6154 of 30003
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration
See, that sounds like something I should notice.
ETA Batman voice, that is, I can't listen to the link at work.
Steph L. - Sep 28, 2015 1:06:02 pm PDT #6155 of 30003
this mess was yours / now your mess is mine
I don't think Batman qualifies as vocal fry, although now I am laughing my butt off imagining Batman using vocal fry.
Connie Neil - Sep 28, 2015 1:29:28 pm PDT #6156 of 30003
brillig
Anything involving Batman and hordes of young women is amusing.
flea - Sep 28, 2015 1:51:08 pm PDT #6157 of 30003
information libertarian
You all are the right audience for this: I showed the kids Underoos, and Casper wants The Flash Underoos. Unfortunately they only come in Men's, and a Men's small is still waaaaay too big for her (she could get away with a Women's small.)
Did I confess here that I am tempted to buy my brother and his fiancee He-Man and She-Ra Underoos as a wedding present? It would be wrong, I think. But I really want to.
Steph L. - Sep 28, 2015 1:57:52 pm PDT #6158 of 30003
this mess was yours / now your mess is mine
But I really want to.
Dooooo eeeeeeet.
I showed the kids Underoos, and Casper wants The Flash Underoos.
I totally want Captain America underoos.
-t - Sep 28, 2015 1:59:30 pm PDT #6159 of 30003
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration
That would be a great wedding present, flea!
-t - Sep 28, 2015 2:05:01 pm PDT #6160 of 30003
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration
Listened to the link and I still don't know what she's complaining about.
msbelle - Sep 28, 2015 2:10:21 pm PDT #6161 of 30003
I remember the crazy days. 500 posts an hour. Nubmer! Natgbsb
ok that example of vocal fry also has it over like a valley girl or clench jaw speaking pattern which is certainly one example (an extreme and exaggerated one, I would argue), but that is not at all what the lady on with Terri Gross sounded like and also not the only way vocal fry is heard. [link]
I jumped to 12:25 and it is very clear to me. It's a vibration/growliness of vocalizing down in the throat. I think people do it sometimes when they are speaking in a non-casual manner, like publically or to a group of new people or an important situation, when you become overly aware. I have a couple of friends who do a kind of lisp thing that is similar when they are speaking TO something with authority, telling a story/making a point or when the attention has turned to them by a group.
I am sure I do something like that and you should all hit me with large objects when I do.
flea - Sep 28, 2015 2:18:26 pm PDT #6162 of 30003
information libertarian
Were He-Man and She-Ra a couple? Also a problem, my brother was WAY into He-Man (as a 4 year old) but his fiancee is 8 years younger than he is, so maybe she wouldn't get it and think I'm weird? Then again, she probably thinks I'm weird anyway, so.