tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-764237570467034909.post2530696325054647784..comments2024-03-28T09:03:51.952-04:00Comments on Vicki Lane Mysteries: Vocal FryVicki Lanehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08114677510459055768noreply@blogger.comBlogger16125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-764237570467034909.post-46115925045787806062012-03-31T17:52:17.447-04:002012-03-31T17:52:17.447-04:00Yes! I still say 'neat' and 'cool'...Yes! I still say 'neat' and 'cool' but never 'groovy' - that was just too pretentious. But for laughs sometimes we'll say that something is 'far out'. Hate the up talk when it's every sentence. Drives me crazy. I have to get my 30 year-old son to interpret some of his words - I have to ask whether they're positive or negative, because apparently the reverse holds true now. But I've noticed he uses 'cool' and 'neat' too!Carolynhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10021913578112308091noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-764237570467034909.post-68570947456268852002012-03-30T17:30:21.604-04:002012-03-30T17:30:21.604-04:00I heard the upswing in southern speech long before...I heard the upswing in southern speech long before the Valley Girls phenomenon emerged. During the 70's when I lived in south central PA I was fascinated by the downswing at the end of questions among the natives there. Now if someone would explain where the use of "no problem" in place of "your welcome" came from, I may be able to let go of that pet peeve!Kathleennoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-764237570467034909.post-18721366054705530902012-03-30T16:56:06.208-04:002012-03-30T16:56:06.208-04:00The phrase that popped my buttons was usually from...The phrase that popped my buttons was usually from my son. "You're point being?"NCmountainwomanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00615765649828716560noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-764237570467034909.post-62060438791308140622012-03-30T04:33:26.073-04:002012-03-30T04:33:26.073-04:00As a young teenager some girls in class started us...As a young teenager some girls in class started using the "guttural fluttering of the vocal cords" and I thought it was so cool and began to imitate them. My mom set an immediate stop to that nonsense. I am still ashamed I thought those girls were cool. ;-)Merisihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16781937797213521146noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-764237570467034909.post-86213119414946074312012-03-29T21:31:13.863-04:002012-03-29T21:31:13.863-04:00I cannot stand the up speak. I didn't have a ...I cannot stand the up speak. I didn't have a name for it, just knew it drove me nutty to hear people end every sentence as if asking me a question.Coloring Outside the Lineshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15289093479063221765noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-764237570467034909.post-68710092366851594182012-03-29T21:26:42.367-04:002012-03-29T21:26:42.367-04:00I worked with a guy who said, 'like' ever...I worked with a guy who said, 'like' every other word. It was exhausting. Now the new gal inserts 'you know what I mean' after every sentence. I just want to scream sometimes and say NO! I don't know what you mean...if you would just tell me....Sometimes I'm pretty sure I'm not aging gracefully...<br />TammyTammyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02131066591477169851noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-764237570467034909.post-60834738976195124422012-03-29T15:08:44.467-04:002012-03-29T15:08:44.467-04:00One thing that made Joss Whedon's television s...One thing that made Joss Whedon's television series <i>Buffy the Vampire Slayer</i> and (to a lesser extent) its spin-off <i>Angel</i> so good was the slang the writers generated and incorporated into the scripts. I still find myself in the habit of adding -age to words, as in: "Look at that hump over there -- there's a whole car buried in that drift. That was some <b>major snowage</b> we had last night!" -- and, believe me, I'd left my teenage years long behind me before those shows ever hit the air.JJMhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13404985455733545060noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-764237570467034909.post-86964340196239642882012-03-29T10:23:00.359-04:002012-03-29T10:23:00.359-04:00Lindsay is studying Speech Pathology and her lingu...Lindsay is studying Speech Pathology and her linguistics class is studying dialects - next up Appalachian dialects - I told her she should talk to you! Her generation thinks everything is "sick" which means good, go figure LOLLizhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10341587457918439256noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-764237570467034909.post-21031543074365462022012-03-29T09:28:48.389-04:002012-03-29T09:28:48.389-04:00I'm good with the occasional vocal fry, even w...I'm good with the occasional vocal fry, even with the eye-roll that frequently accompanies its use. I do, after all, spend several hours a week with freshmen college students where I am keep score on the best eye roller in the classes--so far I have a leader, hands down. She will get bag of MMs at end of semester if she can hold on to the front spot. I am also, like, you know, mostly okay with the 'like' usage. But throw in a couple of up-speak sentences and that conversation will go on with me. Not sure why, but since I first noticed it way back in the early 80s, up-speak has simply driven me nuts. I'd rather explicate the nuances of a cat fight under the porch window than hear it even once! Interesting post, Vicki, as always.Novice Naturalisthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10219749494674733196noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-764237570467034909.post-1757725391814172502012-03-29T08:08:43.312-04:002012-03-29T08:08:43.312-04:00I have fixed the link -- I think!I have fixed the link -- I think!Vicki Lanehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08114677510459055768noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-764237570467034909.post-50332585576555435152012-03-29T07:58:29.556-04:002012-03-29T07:58:29.556-04:00I noted that uplift just lately on TV. Something I...I noted that uplift just lately on TV. Something I'd only associated with Southern accents previously. <br />Dialect patterns are just getting more complex. Eh?Kathhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15620539513724126913noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-764237570467034909.post-2582916971877144362012-03-29T04:07:56.756-04:002012-03-29T04:07:56.756-04:00The link is not working for me??The link is not working for me??Thérèsehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14354559064351144704noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-764237570467034909.post-11758940305877813602012-03-29T04:04:14.155-04:002012-03-29T04:04:14.155-04:00"...I'm still stuck in the speech pattern..."...I'm still stuck in the speech patterns of my youth..."<br />Me too! lol!!! especially when I speak English!Thérèsehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14354559064351144704noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-764237570467034909.post-32760814721146861002012-03-29T02:35:01.503-04:002012-03-29T02:35:01.503-04:00I still use cool, sound, neat, and crazy. Every ge...I still use cool, sound, neat, and crazy. Every generation makes its mark, etc, but <i>up talk</i> I find irritating. The students at the University where I worked, used it all the time. On more than one occasion, I confess, my response was, "Are you asking me, or telling me?" I'm guessing that, behind their puzzled expressions, they were thinking, 'Old fart'.Martinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13494219959077922220noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-764237570467034909.post-73934579570491913412012-03-29T00:25:01.143-04:002012-03-29T00:25:01.143-04:00I still say cool and awesome...stuff like that. I ...I still say cool and awesome...stuff like that. I remember back when I was a kid, early 80s, we read an article about Valley talk. This was before it was real popular, I think I was in the 6th grade maybe. We started using some of the sayings we read about: "Gag me with a spoon", "Totally tubular", "Gnarly", stuff like that. We were so annoying. :)Susan M. Bellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02925109035133133812noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-764237570467034909.post-30602998646745681662012-03-29T00:17:56.852-04:002012-03-29T00:17:56.852-04:00I still use cool and awesome all the time. Someho...I still use cool and awesome all the time. Somehow, it just works!Ms. Ahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06263882972749791087noreply@blogger.com