Donald Duck talk

Buccal speech is an alaryngeal form of vocalization which uses the inner cheek to produce sound rather than the larynx.^[1]^[2]^[3]^[4] The speech is also known as Donald Duck talk, after the Disney character Donald Duck.^[5]^[6]

Despite the association, Donald Duck's current voice actor Tony Anselmo reveals that buccal speech isn't how the character's voice is created: "Most people believe Donald's voice is created by squeezing air through the cheek. I can’t reveal how it’s actually done, but it is definitely not by squeezing air through your cheek. The Hanna Barbara character Yakky Doodle is done that way. Donald Duck is not".^[7]

^ Weinberg, Bernd; Westerhouse, Jan (1971). "A Study of Buccal Speech". Journal of Speech and Hearing Research. 14 (3). American Speech Language Hearing Association: 652–658. doi:10.1044/jshr.1403.652. ISSN 0022-4685. PMID 5163900. also published as the abstract: Weinberg, B.; Westerhouse, J. (1972). "A Study of Buccal Speech". The Journal of the Acoustical Society of America. 51 (1A). Acoustical Society of America (ASA): 91. Bibcode:1972ASAJ...51Q..91W. doi:10.1121/1.1981697. ISSN 0001-4966.
^ Van Gilse, P. H. G. (1948). "Another Method of Speech without Larynx". Acta Oto-Laryngologica. 36 (sup78). Informa UK Limited: 109–110. doi:10.3109/00016484809122642. ISSN 0001-6489.
^ Diedrich, W. M.; Youngstrom, K. A. (1966). Alaryngeal Speech. Springfield, Ill: Thomas. OCLC 347249.
^ Weinberg, B. (1972). "Acoustical Properties of Alaryngeal Speech". The Journal of the Acoustical Society of America. 52 (1A). Acoustical Society of America (ASA): 158. Bibcode:1972ASAJ...52..158W. doi:10.1121/1.1981983. ISSN 0001-4966.
^ Bleile, Ken (2004). Manual of articulation and phonological disorders : infancy through adulthood. Clifton Park, NY: Thomson/Delmar Learning. p. 67. ISBN 978-0-7693-0256-0. OCLC 53369270.
^ Smith, B. L. (1994). "Speech production, Atypical aspects," pp. 4221–4231 in The encyclopedia of language and linguistics. Ed. R. E. Asher. Oxford: Pergamon Press. ISBN 978-0-08-035943-4.
^ "Uncovering Donald Duck's Official Voice, Tony Anselmo". LatestLY. Jan 29, 2022. Retrieved Nov 6, 2023.

[buccal-1] Weinberg, Bernd; Westerhouse, Jan (1971). "A Study of Buccal Speech". Journal of Speech and Hearing Research. 14 (3). American Speech Language Hearing Association: 652–658. doi:10.1044/jshr.1403.652. ISSN 0022-4685. PMID 5163900. also published as the abstract: Weinberg, B.; Westerhouse, J. (1972). "A Study of Buccal Speech". The Journal of the Acoustical Society of America. 51 (1A). Acoustical Society of America (ASA): 91. Bibcode:1972ASAJ...51Q..91W. doi:10.1121/1.1981697. ISSN 0001-4966.

[Gilse-2] Van Gilse, P. H. G. (1948). "Another Method of Speech without Larynx". Acta Oto-Laryngologica. 36 (sup78). Informa UK Limited: 109–110. doi:10.3109/00016484809122642. ISSN 0001-6489.

[3] Diedrich, W. M.; Youngstrom, K. A. (1966). Alaryngeal Speech. Springfield, Ill: Thomas. OCLC 347249.

[4] Weinberg, B. (1972). "Acoustical Properties of Alaryngeal Speech". The Journal of the Acoustical Society of America. 52 (1A). Acoustical Society of America (ASA): 158. Bibcode:1972ASAJ...52..158W. doi:10.1121/1.1981983. ISSN 0001-4966.

[5] Bleile, Ken (2004). Manual of articulation and phonological disorders : infancy through adulthood. Clifton Park, NY: Thomson/Delmar Learning. p. 67. ISBN 978-0-7693-0256-0. OCLC 53369270.

[6] Smith, B. L. (1994). "Speech production, Atypical aspects," pp. 4221–4231 in The encyclopedia of language and linguistics. Ed. R. E. Asher. Oxford: Pergamon Press. ISBN 978-0-08-035943-4.

[7] "Uncovering Donald Duck's Official Voice, Tony Anselmo". LatestLY. Jan 29, 2022. Retrieved Nov 6, 2023.

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