Our English language is a living language; a dead language is one that is no longer in everyday use, such as Latin. A living language changes; a dead language never changes. Now, in the 21st century, ...

In the beginning, there was Cher Horowitz. Then came Britney, Paris Hilton, the Kardashians, and Kesha. What started as the markers of an oft-aped "Valley girl" accent — from uptalking, to the ...

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This speech pattern sees users adopting a raspy, low voice that drags out certain syllables. It's usually associated with women, who are often mocked for it on social media. However, a new study has ...

Journalist Jessica Grose, linguistics professor Penny Eckert and speech pathologist Susan Sankin discuss upspeak, vocal fry and why women's voices... From Upspeak To Vocal Fry: Are We 'Policing' Young ...

That data also indicates men may have employed vocal fry more than women in the recent past. To fill in some of these research gaps, researchers in Australia recently conducted some much-needed, ...

A new study has found young Australian women are no more likely than young men to speak with a "creak" in their voices. But it's a linguistic trait often negatively associated with young women.

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In a moment of sheer boredom several weeks ago, I decided to watch a new TV show to kill some free time. But I didn’t choose to watch "Parks and Recreation," "The Office" or "House of Cards." No, I ...

HOUSTON, TX (KTRK) -- The new Bachelorette has it. Celebrities have it. Your wife --maybe your girlfriend ---or even you may have it. It's a sort of creak when you speak, and its afflicting young ...

Vocal fry, or glottal fry, is the lowest voice register—below falsetto, head, and chest voices—and is characterized by a low-frequency rattling or frying sound. Although it feels like vocal fry reared ...

It turns out vocal fry, what the Internet is reporting as a new linguistic trend "creeping" into women's speech isn't much of a trend at all. A writeup of the research describes the speech pattern as ...