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    Exploring the hidden biases behind our snap judgments about vocal patterns like uptalk and vocal fry, and what the science reveals about speech, power, and generational divides.

    The Voice Wars: Why We Judge Speech

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    We're not just judging voices—we're judging entire generations and genders based on linguistic changes that are actually quite sophisticated. Young people are the linguistic innovators, and they're not destroying English—they're creating it.

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    I was talking about the disrespectful, rude, passive aggressive up talking that the young people are doing or this in group part of the left, leaning progressive hierarchical structure that all liberals and young people especially women are doing that with Up talking vocal fry wearing spandex in public, twisting the mouth when they talk lisping putting ducks on their jeep window for men young men wearing beards as they drive their truck trucks and it seems to be ever present in the south here

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