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This register is sometimes used in heavy metal vocals to create a harsh growl. For 10 points each:
[10m] Name this lowest vocal register, in which the vocal folds vibrate irregularly. Along with uptalk and frequent usage of the word “like,” this register is a defining feature of the valley girl dialect.
ANSWER: vocal fry register [or creakiness; or creaky voice; or pulse register/phonation; or croakiness; or laryngealization; or glottal fry; or glottal rattle; or glottal scrape; or Strohbass; accept fry scream]
[10e] Gretchen McCulloch, a linguist from this country, characterized vocal fry as a “language innovation” by teenage girls. This country names a “raising” of diphthongs that can make the word “about” sound like “aboot.”
ANSWER: Canada [accept Canadian Raising]
[10h] This language's tonal system uses a “creak” tone with vocal fry as well as low, high, and checked tones. This language is grouped with Loloish in a namesake branch of the Sino-Tibetan family.
ANSWER: Burmese [or mranmabhasa (myum-a-BA-tha); or Myanmar language; accept Lolo-Burmese; accept Burmic languages; accept Mian-Yi]
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