Sounds like it could be as annoying as upward inflection. Stewie does not like this ...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tqNhEzrWQpY
Just listening to an interview on Radio 4 with a woman who stretches out the last syllable of literally every sentence. Is this a new phenomenon to go with the likes of 'vocal fry' etc. or just the first time I have heard this hideous thing?
Sounds like it could be as annoying as upward inflection. Stewie does not like this ...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tqNhEzrWQpY
Actually, it's something, (upward inflection), that the Oirish seem to do naturally.
This:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1rmo3fKeveo
I've noticed some young inexperienced newsreaders on the radio/TV reporters put the EMPHASIS in random places in SENTENCES. Suspect they are all TAUGHT by the SAME method. Its a bit like people starting every sentence with 'so'. Once you've heard it, you'll never unhear it.
... not to mention the failure to correctly pronounce words containing the letter 'T' ... as in No..ingham. This 'estuary' speak derives from east London, I think, and has spread particularly through the younger generation who seem to think it's cool, not realising how thick they sound. Hey ho ...
... yes Laxton; I'd forgotten that some on here might know the term and erred on simplification - my apologies. The glottal stop is a feature of arabic languages, I understand. No doubt someone will correct me if this is not the case and I look forward to being the wiser.