Vocal fry

By Cycy

  Vocal fry (or glottalization, pulse phonation, creaky voice) is fascinating. Described by Catford (1977) as “rapid series of taps like a stick being run along a railing”, this surprising phonation type was considered pathological for decades, before becoming very common in young american (english speaking) women, thus attracting the attention of speech researchers. It…

‘That’s not me!’ – Hearing one’s own voice

By Cycy

The dread of the phone call’s sudden echo, or listening to oneself while playing a recording. There are not a lot of people who actually enjoy listening to themselves. More precisely, they don’t like what their hear. It’s too high-pitched, it’s too empty, too nasal. Then followed by a rejection of what it means to…