Posted by Lale on 20/12/2011, 12:12:04, in reply to "Re: Your less favourite word"
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I had never heard of vocal fry. In the link Steven provided, I was not able to distinguish it, there seem to be something but I am not exactly sure, in any case in the brief report at the link I couldn't hear anything obvious. But the uptick, I heard it and I know it and it is very annoying.
"Like" is very ugly, anyone who wishes to appear pleasant should not use it and I thought young people had grown tired of it. (Or maybe my daughter and her friends have grown up.) It is used regularly in sitcoms and other comedy programs, so I thought young people might have become aware of being made fun of and stopped using it.
None of the potluck parties I have been invited to had any casseroles or anything else that is worth eating. Usually people volunteer for chips, buns, salad and cookies for dessert. I really have come to hate potlucks. If we go to a restaurant, I pay $25-$30. If I am invited to a potluck, I spend at least $70 and in some cases up to $150. I don't like to cook, so I buy my contribution.
Potluck concept does not exist in Turkey. If you invite people, its your treat. If you get invited, then all you need to do is to dress up and show up with flowers or wine or cake. It doesn't seem like an invitation to me when I have to worry about the food.
When I was 26 years old, we were invited to a potluck for the very first time. We were shocked. The invitation said "bring a dish for 12 people, bring your own drinks and bring your own lawn chairs." It was a culture shock. So, I was like, whatever!
Lale
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: I don't have a strong dislike against any particular
: word in English, but in Spanish I have many. It would,
: of course, be hard to explain it to you. By the way, I
: have noticed the vocal fry, as well as the uptick at
: the end of sentences. Both very annoying.
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: --Previous Message--
: Why "potluck"? Are you tired of casseroles?
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: I have nothing against the word itself, but I wouldn't
: mind not hearing "like" for a while,
: especially from people under 40 who use it to mean
: "said" as in: "And I'm like, 'Dude!'
: and he's like 'Huh?' and I'm like..."
:
: This is only slightly related to your topic, but there
: was an interesting piece on the news lately about a
: phenomenon called "vocal fry" which is
: common among young women, particularly college
: undergraduates. Here is a short article that explains
: it. Listen to the podcast audio track for an example.
:
: http://www.scientificamerican.com/podcast/episode.cfm?id=a-quirk-of-speech-may-become-a-new-11-12-17
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: Yesterday we hosted a Christmas dinner at my house for
: my relatives, including two sisters who are my nieces,
: one a graduate student, the other an undergraduate.
: They are both drama majors from an identical academic
: environment. The undergraduate exhibited a tendency to
: vocal fry, exactly as described in the article; the
: graduate student did not. Fascinating.
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: If you were to be granted the absence of one word, a
: word that you would have the privilege of not hearing
: within year 2012 (or for the rest of your life, for
: that matter), which word would you choose?
:
: Mine would be: potluck
:
: What would yours be?
:
: I wish the ReadLiterati a Merry Christmas and a
: Peaceful Holiday Season.
:
: Lale
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