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The annoying "I'm so smart" NPR accent
Posted on 5/5/20 at 7:41 pm
Posted on 5/5/20 at 7:41 pm
I see/hear these female talking heads on the media, especially NPR. They think they are the smartest kids in the room, and their voices drone and the ends of their sentences
wind down into a complacent "erhh" from the backs of their throats.
I'd like to slap each one in turn.
wind down into a complacent "erhh" from the backs of their throats.
I'd like to slap each one in turn.
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Posted on 5/5/20 at 7:43 pm to lammo
They think anyone living in flyover country is a simpleton. And if you live in the south you are barely even a half wit. They know what is best for you. Don’t question them
Posted on 5/5/20 at 7:45 pm to lammo
Schweaty Balls...
Posted on 5/5/20 at 7:45 pm to genuineLSUtiger
quote:this is your own insecurity talking
They think anyone living in flyover country is a simpleton. And if you live in the south you are barely even a half wit. They know what is best for you. Don’t question them
Posted on 5/5/20 at 7:45 pm to lammo
Don’t you dare talk about ms Landry that way while she’s making sandwiches.
Posted on 5/5/20 at 7:47 pm to GreatLakesTiger24
It’s not that they think they are simpletons, but they just think they aren’t as smart or as worldly as the NPR hosts. I don’t think it’s disdain, I think it’s the soft bigotry of low expectations.
Posted on 5/5/20 at 7:48 pm to lammo
It’s not their fault you are a hayseed bumpkin idiot????
Posted on 5/5/20 at 7:48 pm to lammo
Ha, agreed to an extent. Also, seems like they have some sort of NPR name generator for their talking heads. No way those are the real names. Freheiler Loxley-Weiler
Posted on 5/5/20 at 7:52 pm to lammo
the vocal fry? If that's what you're referring to it drives me insane too!!!!!!
Posted on 5/5/20 at 7:54 pm to lammo
Reporters used to adhere to the high standards of the AP Stylebook.
That has been replaced by the "speak-slowly-to-the-proles", condescending-newspeak of NPR: They're quite proud of it
That has been replaced by the "speak-slowly-to-the-proles", condescending-newspeak of NPR: They're quite proud of it
Posted on 5/5/20 at 7:57 pm to skeeter531
Yep, that's it. Haven't heard that term before.
Posted on 5/5/20 at 7:58 pm to lammo
Anybody that believes current day NPR is the real simpleton. They dont think for themselves. Just regurgitate what they hear
Posted on 5/5/20 at 7:58 pm to lammo
good lord you people with bitch about literally ANYTHING
Posted on 5/5/20 at 8:02 pm to lammo
It’s got a nasally whistle to it. It’s definitely inflected.
Posted on 5/5/20 at 8:02 pm to lammo
This thread was a breath of
Fresh Air
Fresh Air
Posted on 5/5/20 at 8:05 pm to lammo
Not an NPR listener, but some podcasts I try to listen to have the “verbal fry condescending voice” that you’re speaking about. If you are going to be condescending, at least talk to me in the “midwestern broadcasting” voice, dammit.
Posted on 5/5/20 at 8:12 pm to Tiger at Law
quote:
Freheiler Loxley-Weiler
T. Garrett Nussmeier
This post was edited on 5/5/20 at 8:19 pm
Posted on 5/5/20 at 8:22 pm to USMEagles
All Things Considered, not the worst possible name for This American Life
This post was edited on 5/5/20 at 10:17 pm
Posted on 5/5/20 at 8:26 pm to lammo
I'm not sure which is worse, the smugness of NPR or the smugness of people who have to announce to the world that they listen to NPR.
Posted on 5/5/20 at 8:28 pm to Horsemeat
Kinda like vegans
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