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.
Wash: Well, I wash my hands of it. It's a hopeless case. I'll read a nice poem at the funeral. Something with imagery. Zoe: You could lock the door and keep the power-hungry maniac at bay. Wash: Oh, no, I'm starting to like this poetry idea now. Here lies my beloved Zoe, my autumn flower, somewhat less attractive now she's all corpsified and gross...
'Shindig'
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.
flea - Sep 28, 2015 2:18:26 pm PDT #6162 of 30003
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-t - Sep 28, 2015 2:24:34 pm PDT #6163 of 30003
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Oh, yeah, no, I think they were siblings. So maybe wrong. But Princess of Power, right?
I was listening to that story coming back from the dentist, msbelle. I don't know, I think that vocal fry stuff just doesn't ping me as anything other than different people sound different when they talk. There are certainly people whose voices annoy me, but not because of that quality, I guess.
flea - Sep 28, 2015 2:35:29 pm PDT #6164 of 30003
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I could do Skeletor and She-Ra. But somehow that feels kinky. You see my dilemmas, here.
aurelia - Sep 28, 2015 2:44:31 pm PDT #6165 of 30003
All sorrows can be borne if you put them into a story. Tell me a story.
Vocal Fry example: [link]
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 think these two samples demonstrate (for me at least) that it isn't the fry but the Paris Hilton affectation that irritates. I do know a couple of people (one man, one woman) whose vocal inflections never leave fry territory and that can be hard to listen to, but most people just dip in and out of it.
The Batman/Cookie Monster voice has more breath support behind it. I think of fry as being more creaky than growly.
I tried to leave work early today because I feel like crap and the woman in the business office refused to sell me a parking pass until 3:00. I thought about sitting in the office coughing until then.
Steph L. - Sep 28, 2015 2:46:46 pm PDT #6166 of 30003
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I think of fry as being more creaky than growly.
Yeah, I think of vocal fry as being the croak sound at the end (but sometimes middle) of words. It doesn't really irritate me.
it isn't the fry but the Paris Hilton affectation that irritates.
Yeah, that needs to DIAF.
-t - Sep 28, 2015 2:47:48 pm PDT #6167 of 30003
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Is the creaky voice thing people were talking about a while back the same thing as vocal fry?
Wikipedia suggests He-man and Teela were a couple. maybe. I have no memory of Teela.
Steph L. - Sep 28, 2015 2:48:41 pm PDT #6168 of 30003
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Is the creaky voice thing people were talking about a while back the same thing as vocal fry?
Probably.
Hil R. - Sep 28, 2015 2:48:54 pm PDT #6169 of 30003
Sometimes I think I might just move up to Vermont, open a bookstore or a vegan restaurant. Adam Schlesinger, z''l
I think I tend to use vocal fry a lot when I'm tired.
flea - Sep 28, 2015 2:49:09 pm PDT #6170 of 30003
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There are, obviously, no Teela Underoos.
He-Man and Skeletor would be SO WRONG. (My brother's fiancee is a nice sorority girl from Dallas.)
Atropa - Sep 28, 2015 2:55:23 pm PDT #6171 of 30003
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Oh maria, I'm so sorry.
OH! Jilli, do NOT scroll down past the video on that page.
Thank you for the warning! I wasn't going to click on the link because of possible spiders, anyway, but warnings are good!