Why Do I Talk This Way?

Zen Parenting Radio

Todd and Cathy Adams

Education, Philosophy, Parenting, Self-improvement, Kids & Family, Society & Culture

4.8 • 636 Ratings

🗓️ 14 July 2015

⏱️ 51 minutes

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Summary

Cathy and Todd discuss speech patterns, specifically discussing the new documentary Do I Sound Gay? by filmmaker David Thorpe. They also discuss the phenomenon of “upspeak” and how those who use it may not be taken seriously, and why the Kardashian voice or “vocal fry” is not only challenging on the ears, but also the vocal cords.

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0:00.0	All right, here we go. My name's Todd.
0:06.2	This is Kathy.
0:07.1	You don't like it when I say do, do, do, do.
0:08.7	No.
0:10.1	I don't dislike it, but I think you should mix it up a little.
0:13.5	But it's such a good tune.
0:14.7	Do do, do, do, do.
0:15.7	All right, Zen Parenting Radio, welcome.
0:17.9	This is episode number 248.
0:23.2	What's Zen Parenting Radio? We discuss transformational wisdom, everyday challenges in pop culture to encourage laughter, self-awareness,
0:27.3	and empathy, sweetie. That's it. And our motto is the best predictor of a child's well-being as a parent's
0:32.6	self-understanding. You got to know you to know anybody else. That's right. And we're going to talk about what our voice sounds like.
0:39.5	Yes.
0:39.8	How does my voice sound, sweetie?
0:41.1	Pretty good.
0:42.0	Pretty good.
0:42.8	Pretty good.
0:44.0	And that's going to be the entirety of the show.
0:46.7	Yeah, pretty much.
0:47.2	But specifically, give me the bullet points.
0:50.5	We're going to talk about... So we're going to talk about there's a documentary coming out by a documentary filmmaker named David Thorpe, and his documentary is called Do I Sound
0:59.1	Gay? And there's been trailers out for a while, and I've been very interested in this movie. I found
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