Annoying teenage noises

6 responses to “Annoying teenage noises”

1. ashtarbalynestry | May 22, 2013 at 11:36 pm | Reply

   My hobby: this. I spend a lot my time phonetically describing my friends’ particular verbal tics. (16, male, Mexico)

2. Pam Hewitt | May 22, 2013 at 11:39 pm | Reply

   I expect this to go viral. Great stuff!

   • sesquiotic | May 22, 2013 at 11:43 pm | Reply

     They’re already discussing it on metafilter: http://www.metafilter.com/128313/Breathyvoiced-long-low-back-unrounded-vowel-with-advanced-tongue-root

3. ashtarbalynestry | May 23, 2013 at 1:12 am | Reply

   Voiced labiovelar approximant, open-mid central vowel with mid tone, unreleased geminate voiceless alveolar plosive, glottal plosive, reduced open-mid front vowel with low tone, voiced labiodental fricative, long syllabic voiced alveolouvular approximant with low tone!

4. peachyteachy | May 25, 2013 at 4:36 pm | Reply

   Hilarious video. Sadly, I must report that these afflictions have spread to the younger set, as they are rampant in my fifth grade classroom. When I call them on the fact that such noises do, indeed, convey a message, they play dumb. I use that expression loosely.

5. Penn | May 28, 2013 at 2:00 pm | Reply

   To be thorough, you need to include the accompanying body-language elements.