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December 11, 2011 10:44 pm PST
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Deep-voiced "vocal fry" thought to be creeping into American women's speech
A small sample-set study of young American women to be published in Journal of Voice found a high incidence of "vocal fry," a form of low-register speech once classed as a speech disorder and thought to cause damage to the vocal chords. Vocal fry occurs when speakers drop into the lowest register and sort-of gargle [...]Original Link: http://feeds.boingboing.net/~r/boingboing/iBag/~3/0V3u7c533-U/deep-voiced-vocal-fry-thou.html
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