女性流行公鸭嗓 在职场更有利

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女性中正在流行一种低哑的长音——“气泡音”，这种发音效仿了许多美国明星的发音，包括真人秀明星卡戴珊家族。一位文化批评家抱怨说，效仿“气泡音”让很多年轻女性听起来就像是“嘎嘎叫的公鸭”。

Also known as creaky voice, it involves elongating⁴ certain syllables⁵ so that they vibrate at the back of the throat, creating a tapping sound like a stick running along a railing. With vocal fry, the phrase 'no way' becomes 'no waaaaaaay' and 'whatever' turns into 'whateverrrrrr'.

这种发音方式也叫作“嘎音”，发音时需将特定音节拉长，在喉咙后部发生震颤，形成一种拍打的声音，就像是拿着一根木棍滑过栏杆那样。用上“气泡音”，短语“no way”(没门儿)就成了“no waaaaaaay”，而“whatever”(管它呢)会变成“whateverrrrrr”。

An experiment by university researchers found 86 per cent students tested vocal fry in normal speech when asked to repeat a list of made-up words. Louisiana State University researchers said that women think that lower voices make them seem more masculine and so better able to take on men in the workplace.

在一项试验中，大学研究人员要求让学生们重复一组捏造的词语，最后发现86%的学生在日常讲话中都有“气泡音”。路易斯安那州立大学研究人员说，女性认为降低嗓音说话可以显得更为男性化，然后就能在工作场所更好地承担男性的工作。

A spokesman of Elsevier, the Journal of Voice, said: "The results suggest that even when words have no meaning, young female speakers will seek to mark the end of an utterance⁶ or add emphasis with vocal fry."

一位来自爱思维尔出版集团旗下《语音杂志》的发言人说：“研究结果表明，即使单词没有任何意义，年轻女性也会在音节最后或重音上加入气泡音。”

However, while the vocal quirk⁷ hasn't done Kim Kardashian's career any harm, many believe it carries negative connotations. One study found that women with the speech pattern sound less competent and less employable.

然而，虽然这种发音癖好并没有对金·卡戴珊的职业生涯带来任何不良影响，很多人却相信气泡音里蕴含一种消极意味。一份研究表明，用这种方式发音的女性会听起来缺乏才干，更不易受聘。

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