Bathrobe sent me the YouTube clip Vocal Fry: what it is, who does it, and why people hate it! by Dr Geoff Lindsey, saying:
What is fascinating is the way he looks back and finds that creaky voice was once a prominent feature of posh male RP accents, with clips from various people including Sean Connery. So it was acceptable for posh male speakers of RP but is not acceptable for young female North Americans.
The clips are wonderful (there’s a whole segment of them showing that vocal fry, aka creaky voice, is ubiquitous in Finnish, to the point that speaking the language without it sounds unnatural), and I join Bathrobe in finding the video both interesting and enlightening. It’s 27 minutes long, but I promise you won’t be bored. And it definitely sticks the ending!
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