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Croaking teenage voice, who was the model?
In the early 1990s, I remember that many teenage girls would have this croaking voice; I would like to know the model for that voice.
Katherine Hepburn is a likely choice, but why
would teenagers of that era choose her?
Besides Hepburn was lively and this was a
world-weary, "it is so hard to talk but I will
make the effort this time" sort of voice.
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Katherine Hepburn is a likely choice, but why
would teenagers of that era choose her?
Besides Hepburn was lively and this was a
world-weary, "it is so hard to talk but I will
make the effort this time" sort of voice.
Richard Maurer To reply, remove half
Sunnyvale, California of a homonym of a synonym for also.
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[/nq] We discussed the vocal phenomenon briefly in AUE some years ago. I called it "Contemporary Throat Creak". I think it was in place in the '80s, but I'm not sure about before then.
- [/nq] We discussed the vocal phenomenon briefly in AUE some years ago.
- I called it "Contemporary Throat Creak".
- I think it was in place in the '80s, but I'm not sure about before then.
- [/nq] It doesn't sound anything like Katharine Hepburn to me.
- Why assume that it had to have been modeled on a celebrity?
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[nq:1]In the early 1990s, I remember that many teenage girls would have this croaking voice; I would like to know the model for that voice.[/nq]
We discussed the vocal phenomenon briefly in AUE some years ago. I called it "Contemporary Throat Creak". I think it was in place in the '80s, but I'm not sure about before then.
[nq:1]Katherine Hepburn is a likely choice, but why would teenagers
We discussed the vocal phenomenon briefly in AUE some years ago. I called it "Contemporary Throat Creak". I think it was in place in the '80s, but I'm not sure about before then.
[nq:1]Katherine Hepburn is a likely choice, but why would teenagers
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[nq:2]In the early 1990s, I remember that many teenage girls would have this croaking voice; I would like to know the model for that voice.[/nq]
[nq:1]We discussed the vocal phenomenon briefly in AUE some years ago. I called it "Contemporary Throat Creak". I think it was in place in the '80s, but I'm not sure about before then.[/nq]
As Sara Moffat Lorimer suggested in the earlier thread, o
[nq:1]We discussed the vocal phenomenon briefly in AUE some years ago. I called it "Contemporary Throat Creak". I think it was in place in the '80s, but I'm not sure about before then.[/nq]
As Sara Moffat Lorimer suggested in the earlier thread, o
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[nq:2]We discussed the vocal phenomenon briefly in AUE some years ... in the '80s, but I'm not sure about before then.[/nq]
[nq:1]As Sara Moffat Lorimer suggested in the earlier thread, one likely model is Jeff Spicoli, Sean Penn's linguistically influential character in Fast Times at Ridgemont High (1982).[/nq]
Perhaps, though the use of a male speaker model for what has been primarily a
[nq:1]As Sara Moffat Lorimer suggested in the earlier thread, one likely model is Jeff Spicoli, Sean Penn's linguistically influential character in Fast Times at Ridgemont High (1982).[/nq]
Perhaps, though the use of a male speaker model for what has been primarily a
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[nq:2]As Sara Moffat Lorimer suggested in the earlier thread, one ... character in Fast Times at Ridgemont High (1982).[/nq]
[nq:1]Perhaps, though the use of a male speaker model for what has been primarily a female phenomenon seems odd. (Maybe Spicoli, to the extent that he used throat creak, was emulating teenagers of the day.)[/nq]
This must be what linguists call "creaky voice". ;-)
[nq:1]Perhaps, though the use of a male speaker model for what has been primarily a female phenomenon seems odd. (Maybe Spicoli, to the extent that he used throat creak, was emulating teenagers of the day.)[/nq]
This must be what linguists call "creaky voice". ;-)
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[nq:1]In the early 1990s, I remember that many teenage girls would have this croaking voice; I would like to know the model for that voice.[/nq]
Marge Simpson (Julie Kavner)?
Marge Simpson (Julie Kavner)?
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