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11:15AM
Jul-20-09
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ChuckW
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There's another good "creaky voice" example in a YouTube video posted by Google, touting their Chrome browser. The woman does it all the way through, and very much as described by the caller who brought up the topic: she starts out each sentence pretty normally, but as she nears the end, she gets creaky.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v…..lh8gSF_hhE
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8:25AM
Jul-29-09
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llihak
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My favorite expression for a bathroom break is "I need to visit the euphemism". Still makes me smile.
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1:37PM
Aug-17-09
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gunbarrelgirl
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My favorite toilet euphemism is “drop(ping) the kids off at the pool."
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1:25PM
Aug-19-09
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chucklehead
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On the squeaky voice thing, having lived in Mendocino and Humboldt Counties most of my life, I hear it commonly in folks who smoke copious amounts of marijuana–ex. Amy Goodman.
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5:48PM
Aug-28-09
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JackieRevilla
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Glenn said:
Post edited 12:17PM – May-19-09 by Glenn
A tangent to this issue has come up at work.
For a company whose name really IS possessive (e.g. Macy’s; Sotheby’s; Moody’s: not so much Victoria’s Secret) it can be very awkward to use an “of” construction to render the possessive. (e.g. “Did you order that from the website of Macy’s?”; “The commission of Sotheby’s varies with each auction purchase.”)
As a former employee of JCPenney, there is a reason those in some generations call it Penney's. In the 60's or 70's the signs on the store fronts were actually changed to Penney's.
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7:01PM
Aug-28-09
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martha
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Jackie, welcome!
>>As a former employee of JCPenney, there is a reason those in some generations call it Penney’s. In the 60’s or 70’s the signs on the store fronts were actually changed to Penney’s.<<
And I didn't know this. Thanks!
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7:02PM
Aug-28-09
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martha
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<<<I haven’t heard the “creaky voice” episode yet, but I clicked on the link to the original story and listened to examples. Evidently, I have “creaky voice.” I don’t do it on purpose, so the idea that it’s some kind of intentional affectation doesn’t ring true for me. As a native Californian, raised by native Californians, I don’t have any connection to Washington. So where did I get my “creak?”
I had to laugh at the mi-oove and ri-uude vowel-fronting Californiaism. I’m TOTALLY guilty as charged on that one.
What about “wanna” and “gonna” and “kinda” are those Lazy-California-Speak too? Or is that common everywhere?<<<
Kelly, welcome! I don't think it's limited to Washington State — I've heard it here in SoCal for sure. Clearly, you're going to have to call the show with a question so we can see (well, hear) for ourselves. ![]()
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7:04PM
Aug-28-09
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martha
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>>>There’s another good “creaky voice” example in a YouTube video posted by Google, touting their Chrome browser. The woman does it all the way through, and very much as described by the caller who brought up the topic: she starts out each sentence pretty normally, but as she nears the end, she gets creaky.<<<
Thanks for this, ChuckW. I'd be very curious to hear how she sounds in everyday conversation.
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10:56AM
Sep-02-09
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jopa123
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Grant and Martha,
I am trying to hear this creaky voice thing and I don't think I'm picking it up but I am wondering if it is the same thing as a phenomena that I have noticed. It seems to be very prevalent, but not certainly not limited only to, most public radio stations.
The radio announcers, present company excluded, seem to trail off greatly in volume. Not necessarily getting creaky, but very soft. I've even heard the guest, half way through an interview begin to take on this characteristic speech of the announcer or emcee of the show.
I cannot tell you how many times I've wanted to beat the radio when I heard something like this:
YES. THAT RECIPE HAS A Secret Ingredient. and that secret ingredien…
And they just tail off in volume. And it always seems that the words that are so tacit that a mouse couldn't hear them are the most important. Very frustrating.
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9:14AM
Sep-05-09
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martha
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Heh. I think I heard something like that the other day, jopa123, and was hoping it was just a one-off event. Now that you mention it, I'll keep an ear out!
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