Originally published at: Hey guys! Here's a look at "YouTube Voice" | Boing Boing
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Haig Eyes!
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First, I just want to say: Hey guys!
YouTubers tended to overstress both vowels and consonants, such as someone saying “exactly” like “eh-ckzACKTly.” She guesses that the style stems in part from informal news broadcast programs or “infotainment” like The Daily Show.
It’s the untalented person’s version of how the professional on-air talent enunciates.
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There are a few youtubers whose excessive hand movements make me wonder if there’s something actually wrong with them. Not in a derogatory way, like I’m genuinely worried if they’re okay.
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Now “hay guise” has lost all meaning to me.
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This strikes me as a vast overstatement because it’s not made from a scientific sampling, just a few random YouTubers. From the linked article:
" She watched some videos that I sent her, and was very patient with my continued pleas of, “No, but I feel like something is going on here.” And so here, thanks to Baron, are the linguistic components of YouTube voice:"
“Some videos” is not a sufficient sample size to attribute characteristics to “YouTubers” as a group, especially since the author may have selected them with a bias for videos that fit their pre-conception.
Also, I wouldn’t call the analysis “meta” - it’s just quick observations and suppositions, not a statistical analysis of multiple scientific studies.
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Hay guys:
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Tartlets
In 20-30 years it will become the dominant single word greeting, “hayguyz”, replacing “hi” or “hello”.
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" She guesses that the style stems in part from informal news broadcast programs or “infotainment” like *The Daily Show."
But which came first? Are the people on the daily show emulating what is/has become common to “connect” with their audience?
Is this an instance of what was known once as the “mid-Atlantic” accent that was seen/heard in movies and from radio announcers… An affectation? There seem to be a LOT of affectations around these days.
And of course just to toss in some of my peeves:
student, pronounced stu-DENT.
didn’t, pronounced did-DENT; usually in the phrase Oh no! you did-DENT!
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Along with the response to “thank you” being universally replaced with “no problem” instead of “you’re welcome.”
Not one of the channels I follow, but I’ve seen the occasional video of his.
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YouTuber Tom Scott explains Phatic Expressions and why No Problem can be a problem, for old people.
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