An exploration of vocal fry: what it is, who does it, what it means–and why some people hate it!
0:00 Introduction: what is vocal fry?
2:17 Is vocal fry used at the end of sentences?
6:30 Teens and rich people who don’t give a ****?
8:40 Vocal fry and glottal stops
10:56 Vocal fry from males
11:20 Vocal fry in other English accents
12:25 Vocal fry in RP
15:40 Vocal fry in other languages
17:02 Is vocal fry a pathology?
17:43 Vocal fry in singing
18:03 Are women better at vocal fry?
20:22 Vocal fry vs. breathy voice
22:27 What does vocal fry symbolize?
24:40 Vocal fry and Uptalk
25:23 Annoying creaks
26:08 Creaking and horror"
Very interesting video! I came across this topic in passing on a podcast where the host was talking about negative listener feedback when female hosts were on the mic specifically because listeners thought the vocal fry was annoying. The host pointed out as well that he had been doing it too though no complaints had come in about his voice. Kind of forgot about it until this video.
Personally I like the vocal fry. But I somehow always assumed my Finish colleagues were just being bored when talking to each other instead of them making use of their complete vocal range lol.
I have a very severe vocal fry but people just laugh about it with me rather than insulting me over it. I wonder if that’d be different had I had a female voice.