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Hello.

Hi, John.

Hi, Merlin.

How's it going?

Good.

You've got a, you had a little vocal fry at the top there.

Uh, vocal fry.

Vocal fry.

Because lady voiceover artists.

Lady voiceover artists.

Jackly.

You know, I was, I was never aware of vocal fry except as a subtle feeling of uncomfortableness until one time I was standing out in front of a bar in Brooklyn.

And this young woman was talking to me.

And I was like, I'd known her for a while and I was like what is the what is the matter with her I'm thinking to myself you know she's talking to me and I'm like

what is she something's changed living in Brooklyn is no good for this person and then another

friend walked up as she as she moved on in conversation to someone else.

Another friend walked up and said in my ear, God, the vocal fry.

Huh.

Do you think it was an affectation, like a little strap on?

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