Women who speak with vocal fry, a vocal technique used by Julia Fox and Britney Spears, are seen as less intelligent and attractive, a recent study found. Getty Images; Brittney Spears Britney Spears, ...

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Vocal fry, or glottal fry, is the lowest voice register—below falsetto, head, and chest voices—and is characterized by a low-frequency rattling or frying sound. Although it feels like vocal fry reared ...