Teen girls are mimicking certain vocal tones they've been exposed to in pop music and television. It's a vocal affectation they use to fit in, and according to speech pathologists, they don't know they're doing it.
What would you do to fit in?
Everyone wants to fit in. But the desire to blend in with the crowd hits a peak in those awkward middle school and high-school years. Do you remember begging your mom or dad for that pair of bell-bottoms, parachute pants or Z Cavaricci jeans, depending on the era you grew up in? The urge to blend in never really goes away. Even as adults, the current styles and symbols of status that carry significance among our chosen tribes are things that we seek. It's a way of proclaiming to the other employees in our department or mommies in our book club that despite our differences, we are one of them.
Everybody wants to fit in.
In fact, recent research suggests that the desire to cover up that which makes us unique and embrace that which allows us to fit in may now be manifesting itself in ways beyond having the right clothes and upgrading to the latest iPhone. Scientists at Long Island University have found a very curious thing happening to the way we speak --...
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