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Linguistic Descriptions of 7 Annoying Sounds That Teens Make

  • E.D.W. LynchE.D.W. Lynch
  • May 27, 2013

James Harbeck uses linguistics terminology to describe seven annoying sounds that teenagers make in this article on The Week. And if you still can’t identify “voiced alveolar stop and breathy-voiced low-back unrounded vowel” (aka “duh”), he demonstrates each sound in this video.

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