Care to elaborate? I watched the clip and didn't find it off-putting except for the shallow personality traits that I associate with her vocal mannerisms, which was kind of the point of the article.
Maybe I'm more crotchety than you and find "shallow personality traits" and certain "vocal mannerisms" more annoying. These were not the point of the article, which was about one particular vocalization, which I could not detect. What was "very annoying" to me? The vocal tic of saying "like" every three words, the constant tossing of the head and hair, the speaking in a tumble of disconnected, cliched fragments rather than in sentences, the general vapidity, the garish makeup, etc.
I suppose this behaviour is designed, perhaps sub-consciously, to influence the opinions held by others of the speaker. To encourage them to 'like' the speaker.
We can all control how we talk, but some seem more conscious of it than others. As someone who (thinks he) can notice a switch in vocal register like any other obvious pattern change, the behaviour also screams out to me each time I see or hear it. But I don't dislike it; the speaker merely has a job to do and a social environment to fit into.
I hear something similar in some (particularly American) men. It's an over-emphasis of the depth of their voice. I think I've noticed a fair few others over the years but there are likely a million other traits in people of all ages that I've never noticed. All designed to influence the listener in some way. After all, people don't typically speak to grandparents the same way they speak to friends. Why not?
It's probably a primal, perhaps evolutionary behavioural trait, but my point is that it's not specific to vapid celebs. We probably all do it to some degree.
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> I found her very annoying for several reasons
Care to elaborate? I watched the clip and didn't find it off-putting except for the shallow personality traits that I associate with her vocal mannerisms, which was kind of the point of the article.
Maybe I'm more crotchety than you and find "shallow personality traits" and certain "vocal mannerisms" more annoying. These were not the point of the article, which was about one particular vocalization, which I could not detect. What was "very annoying" to me? The vocal tic of saying "like" every three words, the constant tossing of the head and hair, the speaking in a tumble of disconnected, cliched fragments rather than in sentences, the general vapidity, the garish makeup, etc.
I suppose this behaviour is designed, perhaps sub-consciously, to influence the opinions held by others of the speaker. To encourage them to 'like' the speaker.
We can all control how we talk, but some seem more conscious of it than others. As someone who (thinks he) can notice a switch in vocal register like any other obvious pattern change, the behaviour also screams out to me each time I see or hear it. But I don't dislike it; the speaker merely has a job to do and a social environment to fit into.
I hear something similar in some (particularly American) men. It's an over-emphasis of the depth of their voice. I think I've noticed a fair few others over the years but there are likely a million other traits in people of all ages that I've never noticed. All designed to influence the listener in some way. After all, people don't typically speak to grandparents the same way they speak to friends. Why not?
It's probably a primal, perhaps evolutionary behavioural trait, but my point is that it's not specific to vapid celebs. We probably all do it to some degree.
Interesting observations. It seems obvious to me that most celebrities under the interview lights are chiefly concerned with being liked. You might find this paper relevant: http://www.communicationcache.com/uploads/1/0/8/8/10887248/a...