Call it a quirk, a trend, or an epidemic? Vocal fry is everywhere.

管它叫做怪癖，趋势或是流行病？泡泡音到处都是。

The word " Bourgeois" does make me speak with the vocal fry: Bourgeois.

" Bourgeois" 这个词确实让我用刺耳的声音说话：Bourgeois。

Believe it or not, there's a scientific term for the way a Kardashian speaks, and it's “vocal fry.”

无论你信不信，有一个科学术语可以形容卡戴珊的这种说话风格——“泡泡音”。

For example, adding breath for maturity, (Imitating vocal fry) or adding vocal fry for apathy.

例如，为成熟添加呼吸，（模仿发声鱼苗）或为冷漠添加发声鱼苗。

But vocal fry is unique, because researchers have found that women who talk this way are seen by their peers as educated, urban-oriented, and upwardly mobile.

但是“泡泡音”不同，因为研究者发现同龄人视这种说话的女士为有教养、城市化和希望改善社会地位的人。

Often, we're told that being a good speaker means - and I'm doing air quotes here - " speaking proper English" or not speaking with vocal fry.

通常，我们被告知，成为一名优秀的演讲者意味着——我在这里引用的是——“说正确的英语”或者不用声音说话。