Talking like Bogart

Teen and tween girls. . . teen and tween boys. . . and a lot of women older than teenagers, try to make their voices all ratchety and sandpaperish. Why? Well, the only reason I can come up with is this: About seven years ago (Because that's when I first noticed this strange behaviour)there was, in school, this super popular girl. She was the smartest, prettiest, sweetest little buttercup with a figure that made boys cry and other girls contemplate suicide. There was one other thing that set her apart from all the ducklings in the school. . . she could make her voice raspy! (Sort of like the sound of an old car motor trying in vain to get up a steep hill). The other girls couldn't change their inadequate figures, or faces, or boobs or bums, but they did have a bit of control over the way they spoke. So, with a lot of practice and hard work, they could and did make their voices sound like a skid-row boozer. In so doing, they thought they were a little bit more like The Chosen One. Boys also found this attractive and they too tried to emulate the old car on the hill. However, a lot of the boys, and some of the girls too, only suceeded in sounding like they were having a difficult time doing their poo poo. Still, the raspy voice syndrome spread from school to school, city to city, province to province, all over North America, and even across the pond. The older women who think they are being real cool and teenagerish by talking raspy are the same type of women who tried to wear the mini skirt in the 60s and just looked rediculous. Right now teenagers think it's the cool way to speak but hopefully, if they haven't already ruined their larynx (voice box), and when their brains mature enough to realize how stupid and silly they sound, the sandpaper voice will go the way of the hoola- hoop.
Dimmy
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