creaky voice
noun
: vocal fry
An examination of creaky voice occurring in natural conversations among relatively young educated American and Japanese speakers revealed that female speakers of American English residing in California employed creaky voice much more frequently than comparable American male and Japanese female speakers.—
Ikuko Patricia Yuasa, American Speech, Fall 2010
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“Creaky voice.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/creaky%20voice. Accessed 22 Nov. 2024.
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