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What the heck is Vocal Fry?
Posted by Greg Laden on January 7, 2013
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Until a few minutes ago, I didn’t even know what the heck Vocal Fry is. Apparently some people have gotten really annoyed about it, as it is a speech mannerism that has emerged among young folks, who are always annoying, and especially females, who are always annoying. Apparently. (I also did not know that until…
A run in my stocking is not a worn out salmon: Response to Mark Liberman
Posted by Greg Laden on June 1, 2010 I’m very please that my discussion of the “we can’t ever know what a word is” Internet meme has elicited a response from Mark Liberman at Language Log. (here) Mark was very systematic in his comments, so I will be very systematic in my responses.
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