That data also indicates men may have employed vocal fry more than women in the recent past. To fill in some of these research gaps, researchers in Australia recently conducted some much-needed, ...

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Vocal fry, or glottal fry, is the lowest voice register—below falsetto, head, and chest voices—and is characterized by a low-frequency rattling or frying sound. Although it feels like vocal fry reared ...

Women who speak with vocal fry, a vocal technique used by Julia Fox and Britney Spears, are seen as less intelligent and attractive, a recent study found. Getty Images; Brittney Spears Britney Spears, ...

An exploration of vocal fry: what it is, who does it, what it means–and why some people hate it! Donald Trump authorizes U.S. military to take control of land on southern border Actors Who Refused ...

Science Diction is a bite-sized podcast about words—and the science stories behind them. Subscribe wherever you get your podcasts, and sign up for our newsletter. For decades, vocal fry lived a ...

It turns out vocal fry, what the Internet is reporting as a new linguistic trend "creeping" into women's speech isn't much of a trend at all. A writeup of the research describes the speech pattern as ...