Those with vocal fry, speaking really quickly, going up and down in tone....

[MadameMassiveSalad]

Whyyyyy?
It drives me insane!
You sound so stupid.
Stop please just stop !!!

There. I've said it. 🧘🏻‍♀️

I don't understand. Can you give an example?.

What is vocal fry?

What? I have never heard of vocal fry.

Think of the Kardashians.

I don’t understand

Vocal fry is annoying once you spot it. It's unkind to point it out as now we all got irritated by it!

I'm not sure what your other points are about. Regional accents can be very melodic- I assume you aren't referencing that?

Here ya go - vocal fry

Oh god yes - so annoying

I speak really quickly, sorry

Agree though that vocal fry and the questioning uplift on the end of every sentence (unless you're from aus, they get a pass) is infuriating.

Can't say this bothers me at all. Strange the things that people get worked up about.

Just googled vocal fry and actually it’s really interesting!

Fry is absolutely vile. It makes my toes curl. Just bloody speak properly.

And no its not an affliction.

Drives me mad.
I'm guessing it's deliberately cultivated?
If not, I'm guessing I'm a bit of an arsehole!

I've never noticed this before but I tend to read interviews etc rather than watch them or use subtitles.

I hate it too, and it's becoming more and more common

Zooey Deschenel (sp?) does it really badly

It's so annoying and is absolutely a choice

I worked with a Welsh woman who did it. It did used to annoy me tbh. She was lovely, though, just sounded a bit daft (imo)

I was watching Greys Anatomy recently - the season where Kai comes and works at Grey Sloane - and couldn’t actually listen to Amelia Shepherd as her fry was terrible.

I don’t remember it being so bad in previous seasons - this was about S19 - and she used to be my favourite character. I don’t know if her voice has got worse or my tolerance for it has vanished but it was cringe-worthy. Not so much up and down but as though she never took a whole breath while she was talking

It's idiotic!

This is a great example and very funny.
vm.tiktok.com/ZGetNjp7V/

Allow me to link to this video by linguist Dr Geoff Lindsey about vocal fry - it does help in getting over the annoyance (a bit). The fun fact that all Finns speak with vocal fry was a real eye opener for me

I started watching that video and managed about 30 seconds. Made my ears hurt. Horrible. YANBU OP!

I get vocal fry when I'm tired

Why do people do it? Don't understand!