The Language Log analyzes the voice of New York Times executive editor Jill Abramson, a voice that Ken Auletta described as the "equivalent of a nasal car honk":
The ratio between the fundamental and the infrasonic modulation is variable -- it seems to be more like 8-to-1 towards the end of this sample -- but the general pattern remains the same. Her long/low/loud phrase endings also often shift into "vocal fry", which is a kind of chaotic oscillation ...
New York magazine asserts Abramson "Will Never Live Down Her Voice, Dog or Tattoo."
One of the commenters on that post argues that if Auletta were "profiling a man in this position, he wouldn't have dared remark on any of these 'traits' (unless he's a f*g ie., Truman Capote), aware that doing so would put a bull's eye target on his back for bitchiness."
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Jill Abramson is a nut. She sang bedtime lullabies to her stupid dog when it was a puppy!
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