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minus-squaredeHaga@feddit.uklinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up27·2 months agoDo Americans take vocal fry lessons?
minus-squareSwedneck@discuss.tchncs.delinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up28·2 months agowhy do you think they consume so much oil?
minus-squareatomicbocks@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up7·2 months agoThat’s what cigarettes are for.
minus-squarebedwyr@piefed.caBanned from communitylinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1arrow-down3·2 months 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-up3·2 months agoCigarettes definitely impact how your voice sounds.
minus-squarebedwyr@piefed.caBanned from communitylinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6·2 months 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-squareevasive_chimpanzee@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6arrow-down1·2 months 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-up2·2 months 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-up0·2 months agoFor real? Well now I gotta go find some clips!
minus-squareevasive_chimpanzee@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·2 months 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-squareAmyAye@nord.publinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·2 months 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.
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.
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
No, American is the default accent for anyone not forced to learn “Bri’ish.”