FARGO - There's a rather annoying vocal trend that's been creeping - or creaking rather - into conversations. It's known as "vocal fry," "creaky voice," "Kardashian style," and in a more official ...

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 ...

Language Log’s post debunking the theory that vocal fry is a “new” trend. Linguist blogger Josef Fruehwald’s post on vocal fry. Slate’s June Thomas on editing Christopher Hitchens. Slate’s Christopher ...

Dear Amy: I DETEST the grating, creaking and dragged-out tonal quality of “vocal fry,” as epitomized by the Kardashians’ voices. Not only is this croaking like fingernails on the chalkboard, but it ...

Our English language is a living language; a dead language is one that is no longer in everyday use, such as Latin. A living language changes; a dead language never changes. Now, in the 21st century, ...

DEAR AMY: I DETEST the grating, creaking and dragged-out tonal quality of “vocal fry,” as epitomized by the Kardashians’ voices. Not only is this croaking like fingernails on the chalkboard, but it ...

Dear Amy: I DETEST the grating, creaking and dragged-out tonal quality of “vocal fry,” as epitomized by the Kardashians’ voices. Not only is this croaking like fingernails on the chalkboard, but it ...