An exploration of vocal fry: what it is, who does it, what it means–and why some people hate it!
0:00 Introduction: what is vocal fry?
2:17 Is vocal fry used at the end of sentences?
6:30 Teens and rich people who don’t give a ****?
8:40 Vocal fry and glottal stops
10:56 Vocal fry from males
11:20 Vocal fry in other English accents
12:25 Vocal fry in RP
15:40 Vocal fry in other languages
17:02 Is vocal fry a pathology?
17:43 Vocal fry in singing
18:03 Are women better at vocal fry?
20:22 Vocal fry vs. breathy voice
22:27 What does vocal fry symbolize?
24:40 Vocal fry and Uptalk
25:23 Annoying creaks
26:08 Creaking and horror"
I have a very severe vocal fry but people just laugh about it with me rather than insulting me over it. I wonder if that’d be different had I had a female voice.