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Episode: 0102 – Kissing When Speaking: The ‘Lip Smack’ Sound
Description: 0102 – Kissing When Speaking: The ‘Lip Smack’ SoundSubconcious vocalisationFinally (although you may be able to think of some more), distracting and unnecessary non-verbal sounds may be the subconscious ‘kiss-sound’ as someone vocalises an in-breathe a split-second before talking. As this often happens in a news-reading situation just before a new story, and because the sound can also sound like a ‘tut’, it could be mistaken for a comment on the item that’s just finished, so impartial broadcasters should be particularly aware of this habit.  (In my training sessio...