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 ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. That data also indicates men may have employed vocal fry more than women in the recent past. To fill in some of these research ...

I do suspect it's more the pitch than the gender that makes vocal fry more noticable. I'd imagine people wouldn't notice as much vocal fry from deep talking ladies like Lucille Ball or Bea Arthur as ...

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Macquarie University researchers have found social perceptions, not speech patterns, may explain why vocal fry is more often noticed—and criticized—in women. Subscribe to our newsletter for the latest ...

Ariana Grande is not here for the hate surrounding her vocal fry. After a clip from Grande’s recent appearance on the “Podcrushed” podcast went viral, the 30-year-old singer said in a TikTok comment ...

A research study conducted by the University of Georgia and Georgia Tech revealed that Southern accents are undergoing a transformation. Dr. Jon Forrest, who spoke with WSBTV about the findings, ...

PHILADELPHIA, May 14, 2026 — Valleyspeak, uptalk, vocal fry: These are all examples of speech patterns generally assigned to young women and often stereotyped to imply a lack of confidence or ...

The Bachelor’s Daisy Kent clapped back at a troll who commented on how she speaks. “Usually I don’t respond to negative or mean comments,” Daisy, 25, who is currently competing for Bachelor Joey ...