Date: Sat, 24 Jan 1998 11:02:37 -0600

From: "Timothy C. Frazer" mftcf[AT SYMBOL GOES HERE]UXA.ECN.BGU.EDU

Subject: Re: Almost about dialect



That marked vocal quality is certainly a characteristic of female

undergraduates here in Illinois. To me it sounds like the vocal cavity is

kept continually tensed, so that it remains close and flat in shape,

yielding a voice like the old Chipmunks recordings. It seems to be too

that the rate of speech is faster than usual.



Question: will they keep doing this throughout their lives?



Other question: how long has this gone on? I've only noticed it in the

last few years. And when does it start? Before college?