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minus-squaredeHaga@feddit.uklinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up35·6 days agoDo Americans take vocal fry lessons?
minus-squareSwedneck@discuss.tchncs.delinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up30·6 days agowhy do you think they consume so much oil?
minus-squareatomicbocks@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up9·6 days agoThat’s what cigarettes are for.
minus-squarebedwyr@piefed.caBanned from communitylinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1arrow-down4·6 days agoIs it? I thought cigarettes are for killing the weak minded. I say that as someone that smoked and quit. Smoking tobacco kills. Marijuana on the other hand is a gift from the gods.
minus-squareatomicbocks@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·6 days agoCigarettes definitely impact how your voice sounds.
minus-squareevasive_chimpanzee@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up9arrow-down1·6 days agoYou ever hear a posh British man from the early-mid 1900’s talk? The US valley-girl vocal fry has nothing on CS Lewis. Finnish is probably the most deep-fried language, though.
minus-squareYTG123@sopuli.xyzlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·6 days ago You ever hear a posh British man from the early-mid 1900’s talk? So true. Definitely the most annoying thing about that accent (even more than the HAPPY vowel).
minus-squareDharma Curious (he/him)@slrpnk.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·6 days agoFor real? Well now I gotta go find some clips!
minus-squareevasive_chimpanzee@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6·6 days agoThis is a good video on it. Around 12:30 specifically goes over the old British man version. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q0yL2GezneU
minus-squarebedwyr@piefed.caBanned from communitylinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up7·6 days agoIt is mass media that has made people talk similar. It used to be every county, in the UK and US, would have a distinct accent. Since mass media, only the regions that want to keep their accents have them.
minus-squareAmyAye@nord.publinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3arrow-down1·6 days agoNo, American is the default accent for anyone not forced to learn “Bri’ish.”
Do Americans take vocal fry lessons?
why do you think they consume so much oil?
That’s what cigarettes are for.
Is it? I thought cigarettes are for killing the weak minded. I say that as someone that smoked and quit. Smoking tobacco kills. Marijuana on the other hand is a gift from the gods.
Cigarettes definitely impact how your voice sounds.
You ever hear a posh British man from the early-mid 1900’s talk? The US valley-girl vocal fry has nothing on CS Lewis.
Finnish is probably the most deep-fried language, though.
So true. Definitely the most annoying thing about that accent (even more than the HAPPY vowel).
For real? Well now I gotta go find some clips!
This is a good video on it. Around 12:30 specifically goes over the old British man version.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q0yL2GezneU
It is mass media that has made people talk similar. It used to be every county, in the UK and US, would have a distinct accent.
Since mass media, only the regions that want to keep their accents have them.
No, American is the default accent for anyone not forced to learn “Bri’ish.”