Many young women end their sentences with a trailing lower register, technically called vocal fry. Why? The above video offers some research. Some say that forcefully lowering a vocal register mimics male power patterns. Let me save you some time. It's a fad; a verbal tic spread by peer pressure. In our Kardashian-driven culture, that insipid sound makes girls feel sexy and petite. That's great if you're on the phone but the light of day tells no lies. You are who you are. End of stoooooorrrrreeeeeee.
Month: August 2015
It’s anything but fancy
by Terry Meiners Kentucky’s unseemly annual political spectacle Fancy Farm leads to a morning after walk of shame. Is this church sponsored hate parade really the best venue for Kentucky leaders to advance ideas? Words matter. Stupid words not so much. People expect to hear and read shrewd, sometimes rude, political jabs from professional talk show hosts, media writers, bloggers, cartoonists, and comedians. That’s the gig, a gig of gags. Politicos are rarely mistaken for standup comedians. They’re gasbags. On one Saturday a year, their gas turns to flat gags and suddenly news reports about Fancy Farm validate America’s suspicion that Kentuckians are a living Dukes of Hazzard script. (And not one of the good ones where Daisy bends over to pick up her MCAT