Often they’ll be a ‘so’ tacked on to the start. I find it close to impossible to think that these sounds are solely mimicry. It is irritating. For e.g. It sounds like they’re saying, “Think yeeough.” in a rude, snobby, sneer down the nose at you manner. I hear it all of the time especially as I live in a very affluent, lily white area. Young women of all nationalities reporting from the most secluded parts of the world use these odd tones, rhythms and inflections.The internet search yields accusations of objections to this speech as further proof of bias against women. All the latest wordy news, linguistic insights, offers and competitions every month. Sounds unnatural.The broadcasters at a local TV newsroom think that sentences end with three periods. Thanks for confirming that it’s a new thing.I started listening to podcasts regularly in the past year and find that I really zero in on speech patterns since I’m not distracted by how the speaker looks or moves.
It seems to me it takes more effort to speak a word without its “T” sound in the middle than to speak the word properly!I’m so glad I stumbled upon this story — which consolidates all the worst habits of TV news people — as well as the thread of reader responses. I’m a Southerner but I absolutely hate it.Double negatives scream, “I am uneducated!” I once changed my child’s preschool because his teacher said, “We ain’t got no time for that.” (Ain’t is another awful one.) None of these up-and-coming phrases ever appear in scripts that I read for actual voice-over jobs or auditions. Perhaps some mythical swashbuckling character from film or fiction …Zorro, the Lone Ranger, even Batman or Robin. The president's popularity nationally is at an all-time low. Some are even doing it on purpose.One of the reasons the patterns become so widespread, particularly with the current trend of vocal fry, is the feeling of belonging it gives young women. Likely popularized by Michelle Obama and Oprah.
This cymbal sound bite, aren’t event how a professional drummer would play, or maybe would not immediately make this sound unless the cymbals were damaged somehow. I think, that new forms of expression are good because language is alive and new inventions created new vocabulary as well. Uggh!The latest speech fad that I am noticing a lot, here in the UK, in presenters on the radio, interviews, everywhere in fact, with seemingly well educated people, is that they are suddenly starting to drop their Ts in the middle of words-poveree(poverty) clariee(clarity) etc they’re all doing it.I am particularly by the long, drawn out letter ‘r’ at the end of a word: culturrrrr….I’ve been trying to figure out the speech pattern of an acquaintance – it’s causing me irritation and anxiety. It’s under the “The Up-and-Coming Most Annoying Speech Patterns” section. You can read opened up by the person being interviewed by a magazine or newspaper and it makes me cringe.Amazing discussion. (Or should be). “So, I woke uuuuup. Bull***t. It’s just people being influenced by media influencers (Kardashians) and then copying each other to fit in. Copyright © 2016 sentencedict.com All Rights Reserved Contact: The word buffs amongst you may already know that the longest word in the Collins English Dictionary is dichlorodiphenyltrichloroethane. 2. A year ago I started a list of new words and phrases starting to appear in last 20 years. “Hayes, you say ‘right?,’ but how do I know whether I agree with you or not until you actually make the statement?”My vote for most annoying speech affectation goes to the word “to”. Having it as part of your daily living is different from going on TV or radio and having everyone hear it in a professional context.It’s rampant. All-time definition, never surpassed or greater: Production will reach an all-time high. 2. Questions. Another one that I have not seen anyone else mention is ” does that make sense” after every sentence.