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 yoh duhl

  • n  a songlike cry in which the voice fluctuates rapidly between the normal voice and falsetto
  • v  sing by changing register; sing by yodeling
    The Austrians were yodeling in the mountains

  • It's just hard not to think of it that way, and not only because so many of Currin's paintings are of women with breasts so large you want to yodel from one to the next.
  • Today, $51 will get you a bed, views of three public squares and a vista that would make the Von Trapp family yodel in ecstasy.
  • Jordin has a little bit of a yodel-y, country thing in her voice, and after she finishes wringing this song out, there's not a drop of pathos left in it.
News & Articles

  • Video: Jimmy Fallon and Brad Pitt Have Yodel Conversation on NYC Rooftops
    The 'Late Night With Jimmy Fallon' host and the 'World War Z' actor are yodelling from two separated rooftops in New York in a clip from the NBC talk show.
    June 19, 2013 - AceShowbiz
  • Jimmy Fallon, Brad Pitt share a 'double yodel' from New York rooftops
    Marking up scripts in your spacious office can take a toll on a man, and what's the best way to relieve the stress? For Jimmy Fallon, apparently it's finding a wide-open spot to kick back and ... yodel. Even better, on Tuesday night's "Late Night," Fallon got Brad Pitt to join in.In the video, Fallon needs a break, so as the song says, he goes up on the roof (presumably of 30 Rockefeller Plaza ...
    June 19, 2013 - NBC NEWS
  • Brad Pitt and Jimmy Fallon Yodel on NYC Rooftops—Watch Now
    Brad Pitt is a man of many talents—but yodeling?! We had no idea Angelina Jolie's man could do that. On Tuesday's Late Night With Jimmy Fallon, the World War Z star and the...
    June 19, 2013 - E! Online
Quotes

  • Harry Sinden in Toronto Sun
    (When he heard of Juneau's threat to play pro in Switzerland, Sinden said: "Then he'll have to learn to yodel."
  • Jon Wilson in Augusta Chronicle (blog)
    He loved for me to sing him Hank Williams things like Cold, Cold Heart, and I learned to yodel from Jimmie Rodgers' blues records,Wilson told me one time.
  • Taylor Ware in AngryCountry.com
    It's a great honor to yodel at Carnegie Hall, and I'm also very excited to spread my love of yodeling on my trip to Australia,Ware said.

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