Reply With QuoteSounds like it could be as annoying as upward inflection. Stewie does not like this ...Originally Posted by SwalePie
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tqNhEzrWQpY
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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?
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Sounds like it could be as annoying as upward inflection. Stewie does not like this ...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tqNhEzrWQpY
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Actually, it's something, (upward inflection), that the Oirish seem to do naturally.
This:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1rmo3fKeveo
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Not Irish, is he though? Mind you, I've never been to the South, so he could be.
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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.
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Aaaaagh. That is so bl**dy annoying too!
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... 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 ...
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It's called a 'glottal stop' and is caused by watching too much Eastenders.
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... 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.
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So it is
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