Uptalk or Vocal Fry, Just Say It

First uptalk, this is, an irritating to some, way of speaking where every sentence ends up like a question, even statements that aren't questions at all. Uptalk is mostly used by girls and women. Men do use uptalk occasionally when addressing women (this is the part that grinds on me because my brother always spoke to me with uptalk) when they are being condescending or correcting women. Uptalk may be an indicator of uncertainty and maybe a little self-deprecation. Women just need to ditch this language pattern and men even more so, though the uptalk way of talking has been around for a long time.

Vocal fry is a language affectation used by women and it makes our voices gravelly. Men have lower voice registers so they tend not to use vocal fry. The voice everyone points to as the prime example of vocal fry is Kim Kardashian’s. Maybe that is why it has become trendy among young college aged women. Vocal fry is often most noticeable at the ends of phrases or sentences. Speaking with vocal fry just seems like too much work to me.