Yeah, that’s what I meant too. Men and women almost universally have different vocal patterns though, even when they ostensibly have the same accent.
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cattywampas@lemmy.world 2 days agoI think OP means a notable difference in accent between men and women of a given region.
ada@piefed.blahaj.zone 2 days ago
Munkisquisher@lemmy.nz 2 days ago
The vocal creak affect is pretty much unique to English speaking females.
tigeruppercut@lemmy.zip 1 day ago
People made up getting upset at vocal fry so they could complain about women
GreenBeard@lemmy.ca 2 days ago
I mean, again, most if not all of them. Almost every language there’s slight variations in pronunciation, intonation, vocabulary and pacing between men and women that would otherwise qualify as a “different accent.” It’s more pronounced in some regions and dialects, but most of them have “male” and “female” variations.
tigeruppercut@lemmy.zip 1 day ago
Can you give an example? People have different idiolects but slight changes in intonation aren’t usually enough to make an accent of one type distinct from others in that type. Like not everyone with the General American accent sounds exactly the same but you can still say this group is GenAm, this other one is Appalachian, etc.