Are you looking after your larynx?

Your voice is your ability to speak, and for a lot of people, it’s how we earn a living. So it’s important to look after your vocal health. And with World Voice Day coming up, it’s a great time to show your larynx some love.

We’ll find out how on this episode of Talk the Talk.


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Promo

Promo with Rewi Lyall, 2018-04-10: World Voice Day

Daniel and Rewi chat about vocal health ahead of the show.


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by the Mystery Animator


Cutting Room Floor

Cutting Room Floor 320: World Voice Day (with Thila Raja)

Coffee consumption: how much is too much? Does it help if it’s organically roasted?

Ben’s favourite vocal warmup is the Immense Hamburger. It’s probably easier on your voice than the Screaming Game.

Accent reduction: a necessary part of language learning, or a deeply problematic sign of language ideology?

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Show notes

We will somehow work in a reference to both of those things.

— Talk the Talk (@talkrtr) 7 April 2018

Meme explained: why do I keep seeing the same two angry men on social media?
https://www.theguardian.com/media/2018/apr/06/meme-explained-why-do-i-keep-seeing-the-same-two-angry-men-on-social-media

Computer system transcribes words users “speak silently”
http://news.mit.edu/2018/computer-system-transcribes-words-users-speak-silently-0404

The Challenges and Threats of Automated Lip Reading
https://www.technologyreview.com/s/530641/the-challenges-and-threats-of-automated-lip-reading/

World Voice Day
http://world-voice-day.org

Vocal folds
https://youtu.be/v9Wdf-RwLcs

Ted Baxter
https://youtu.be/Gl3o7Tc9xiI

Oh no … in California coffee will soon come with a cancer warning …https://t.co/0Km39JqXPf

— Language on the Move (@Lg_on_the_Move) 2 April 2018

Acrylamide in Coffee: Should You be Concerned?
https://www.healthline.com/nutrition/acrylamide-in-coffee

Studies of acrylamide level in coffee and coffee substitutes: influence of raw material and manufacturing conditions.
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24325083

“uwu” has transcended emoticon status. it’s a noun a verb and an adjective now

— gokuwu (@QUEERTAEGl) 22 March 2018

Urban Dictionary: uwu
https://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=uwu

Know Your Meme: uwu
http://knowyourmeme.com/memes/uwu

uwu sketch
http://knowyourmeme.com/photos/1088615-uwu

while the meme factory is operational #NLProc pic.twitter.com/2s08WAfZFN

— Simonson (@thedansimonson) 6 April 2018

From the meme factory:


Image credit: https://thespeechpractice.com/childrenspeechtherapy/voice/


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