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I'm listening to an archive of Maria's (MTS) WPRB radio show. I have to admit that besides enjoying the music, it's cool to hear what Maria sounds like.

What does your voice sound like? If you have any audio of your voice, link it here. Otherwise describe the way your voice sounds to yourself. Do you have an accent? Vocal mannerisms?

― Maria :D (Maria D.), Wednesday, 17 August 2005 14:53 (twenty years ago)

does anyone like the sound of their own voice (literally, i mean). mine sounds horribly flat when i hear it on tape. i mean, i'm from east angular, but still, in my head it's not that bad, and certainly more sing-songy.

― N_RQ, Wednesday, 17 August 2005 14:56 (twenty years ago)

Ah fuck it, what do you sound like?

― jaymc (jaymc), Wednesday, 17 August 2005 14:58 (twenty years ago)

Funny, mine sounds tinny and whiny and just a little bit gaaay. But in my head it has a lot more resonance. I need a sub-woofer. IN MY PANTS.

― Markelby (Mark C), Wednesday, 17 August 2005 14:59 (twenty years ago)

I sound "kinda gay"!

― I'm Hi, Jared Fogle (ex machina), Wednesday, 17 August 2005 15:02 (twenty years ago)

This is not news to me.

― jaymc (jaymc), Wednesday, 17 August 2005 15:04 (twenty years ago)

Oops, I didn't search the archives. So what's the correct form - to continue with this thread or to revive the old one now that you've brought it to my attention?

Maybe a more interesting question would be how your voice sounds in your head vs. in recordings.

Anyway, I sound nervous when I DJ on the radio. Here's a link to a show I did a couple of years ago. My voice can be found about a minute and a half into it.

http://dutchtoenglish.com/feb6-psych1.mp3

― Maria :D (Maria D.), Wednesday, 17 August 2005 15:05 (twenty years ago)

Deep, slow, slurred. Still.

― Sick Mouthy (Nick Southall), Wednesday, 17 August 2005 15:06 (twenty years ago)

Like the giant dork you'd expect.

― Huk-L (Huk-L), Wednesday, 17 August 2005 15:07 (twenty years ago)

like god's own flatulence

― strng hlkngtn, Wednesday, 17 August 2005 15:08 (twenty years ago)

People tell me I mumble. IN MY PANTS.

― Maria :D (Maria D.), Wednesday, 17 August 2005 15:11 (twenty years ago)

I have a speech impediment... can't say r's....

and my voice isn't deep...

― Tape Store (Tape Store), Wednesday, 17 August 2005 15:12 (twenty years ago)

I sound like Hans Moleman

― Sociah T Azzahole (blueski), Wednesday, 17 August 2005 15:12 (twenty years ago)

Link to Maria's show:
http://herjazz.org/maria/2005/08/16/617

― Maria :D (Maria D.), Wednesday, 17 August 2005 15:13 (twenty years ago)

I recently was trying out this Skype that all the cool kids are doing, and the guy I was talking to hadn't plugged headphones into his laptop, leaving the microphone full access to the speakers, IE unannounced access to the sound of my own voice for me! It was pretty horrible.

― Andrew Farrell (afarrell), Wednesday, 17 August 2005 15:15 (twenty years ago)

I don't even like the sound of my own voice resonating through my head. Recorded, it's slightly better because I can double-track it and play with the tone and EQ it until it sounds halfway decent.

I think my accent always shocks me, though.

― Win A Lie-Down, Mrs. Davies (kate), Wednesday, 17 August 2005 15:19 (twenty years ago)

some people in college used to say I sound like Bob Geldof. I think I can see how they say it, maybe. still......ugh

― Ronan (Ronan), Wednesday, 17 August 2005 15:24 (twenty years ago)

bad boston accent...well actually its a worcester accent.

― Lupton Pitman (Chris V), Wednesday, 17 August 2005 15:27 (twenty years ago)

Wooostah!

― Maria :D (Maria D.), Wednesday, 17 August 2005 15:37 (twenty years ago)

my voice is terrible; kinda manly, nasally, and bland, generic american accent

my friend jim says I sound patrician, though

― Homosexual II (Homosexual II), Wednesday, 17 August 2005 15:38 (twenty years ago)

also there is a sound clip posted on the above thread jaymc linked to

― Homosexual II (Homosexual II), Wednesday, 17 August 2005 15:38 (twenty years ago)

Me:

http://home.flash.net/~jeanneb/blackbolt.jpg

― David R. (popshots75`), Wednesday, 17 August 2005 15:41 (twenty years ago)

my voice is terrible; kinda manly, nasally, and bland, generic american accent

It sounded nice and husky when you left me that message!

This should garner some amusement. Especially considering that I'm from the Deep South. Click on "c'est moi."

― Ian Riese-Moraine: a casualty of social estrangement. (Eastern Mantra), Wednesday, 17 August 2005 15:46 (twenty years ago)

You = brit.

― Andrew Farrell (afarrell), Wednesday, 17 August 2005 15:51 (twenty years ago)

I have always liked your voice Mandee.

My voice in my head sounds much more varied in tone and inflection-- when actually speaking I think I just sound kind of blah and monotonous. I much prefer the one I hear to myself. I have a slight southern US accent and my voice is pretty deep, and I'm told I'm a pretty good mimic.

― sgs (sgs), Wednesday, 17 August 2005 15:54 (twenty years ago)

Mandee, you have a rad voice. Sgs, you are SUCH a good mimic! I really like it when you sound like your mother, though, which just has to be disturbing on some level or other :)

― Markelby (Mark C), Wednesday, 17 August 2005 15:59 (twenty years ago)

I'm not sure how I sound. On tape I sound kinda weird.

― jel -- (jel), Wednesday, 17 August 2005 16:01 (twenty years ago)

Ian, which Deep South? Are you an American imitating a British accent?

― Maria :D (Maria D.), Wednesday, 17 August 2005 16:03 (twenty years ago)

I alternate between liking the sound of my own voice and having a kind of horrified fascination with it depending on how clear/confident I'm sounding. And how much my original Birmingham accent is managing to creep in. I am far more bland and monotone than I expect myself to be as well, but when I try to sound a bit more expressive and enthusiastic I end up sounding like a fucking kids' TV presenter.

(Coincidentally, one of my less awe-inspiring vocal performances done got put up on the Internet today, but only in a 40mb download with a bunch of postpunk music n'stuff.)

― Michael Philip Philip Philip Avoidant (Ferg), Wednesday, 17 August 2005 16:03 (twenty years ago)

This is what Rufus sounded like at a couple of months old:

http://dutchtoenglish.com/babysounds.mp3

― Maria :D (Maria D.), Wednesday, 17 August 2005 16:07 (twenty years ago)

You = brit.

See what happens when you're absorbed by Anglophilic grooviness at an early age? I really wish I could get rid of it -- I'm sure people think that it's contrived and I'm pretentious because of it. Anyhow, I've also recorded some music and so there's a number of songs with my voice on it. Bimble's been listening to some the other day, so if it's getting his approval it must not be bad after all.

― Ian Riese-Moraine: a casualty of social estrangement. (Eastern Mantra), Wednesday, 17 August 2005 16:08 (twenty years ago)

Yes, Maria, except it's not an imitation -- it's stuck. I was trying to sound as American as possible in that recording and it apparently didn't work!

― Ian Riese-Moraine: a casualty of social estrangement. (Eastern Mantra), Wednesday, 17 August 2005 16:10 (twenty years ago)

weirdo

― RJG (RJG), Wednesday, 17 August 2005 16:12 (twenty years ago)

ian, i just can't phantom this

― Homosexual II (Homosexual II), Wednesday, 17 August 2005 16:12 (twenty years ago)

posh

― Adam In Real Life (nordicskilla), Wednesday, 17 August 2005 16:13 (twenty years ago)

he sounds like jerry the nipper circa 1990

― Homosexual II (Homosexual II), Wednesday, 17 August 2005 16:16 (twenty years ago)

I have distortion and feedback in my voice.

― n/a (Nick A.), Wednesday, 17 August 2005 16:19 (twenty years ago)

no you don't

― Adam In Real Life (nordicskilla), Wednesday, 17 August 2005 16:20 (twenty years ago)

WEEEEEeeeeeEEEEEEEooooooOOOOOOOOOeeeeeeeEEEEEEEOoooooooEEEEEE

― n/a (Nick A.), Wednesday, 17 August 2005 16:22 (twenty years ago)

I didn't when you met me because I put a noise gate on that shit.

― n/a (Nick A.), Wednesday, 17 August 2005 16:22 (twenty years ago)

I didn't think you could handle it.

― n/a (Nick A.), Wednesday, 17 August 2005 16:23 (twenty years ago)

you underestimate me

― Adam In Real Life (nordicskilla), Wednesday, 17 August 2005 16:25 (twenty years ago)

I have distortion and feedback in my voice.

I thought it was just reverbed.

― Ian Riese-Moraine: a casualty of social estrangement. (Eastern Mantra), Wednesday, 17 August 2005 16:27 (twenty years ago)

No.

― n/a (Nick A.), Wednesday, 17 August 2005 16:28 (twenty years ago)

What are you talking about?

― n/a (Nick A.), Wednesday, 17 August 2005 16:29 (twenty years ago)

my voice is just low and dumb. it almost reaches barry white level when I'm nervous or excited.

― gunther heartymeal (keckles), Wednesday, 17 August 2005 16:30 (twenty years ago)

ian recore more, i want to hear you read some w.b. yeats

― Homosexual II (Homosexual II), Wednesday, 17 August 2005 16:31 (twenty years ago)

or some yahoo serious

― RJG (RJG), Wednesday, 17 August 2005 16:33 (twenty years ago)

My voice sounds like this.

― Paunchy Stratego (kenan), Wednesday, 17 August 2005 16:36 (twenty years ago)

Albert Einstein: That's it! That's the theory of relativity! Light travels to us from the hands of the clock, to tell us the time. But, if we were to travel away from the clock at the speed of light...

Marie Curie: The hands of the clock would appear to have stopped!

Albert Einstein: Time would stand still! This moment *would* last forever.

― Homosexual II (Homosexual II), Wednesday, 17 August 2005 16:37 (twenty years ago)

Skipping 17 messages at this point... Click here if you want to load them all.

i sound very confused in my first segment.

― maria tessa sciarrino (theoreticalgirl), Wednesday, 17 August 2005 20:01 (twenty years ago)

yes, i know its 178MB. its a three hour radio program. ill slice off a bit when i get home from work thats just my voice.

― maria tessa sciarrino (theoreticalgirl), Wednesday, 17 August 2005 20:02 (twenty years ago)

xpost to myself - thats because i was. the instant replay machine kept on telling me "cut not found" and i was all FUUUUUUCK off-air.

― maria tessa sciarrino (theoreticalgirl), Wednesday, 17 August 2005 20:03 (twenty years ago)

http://s12.yousendit.com/d.aspx?id=3SJ97SCL1PYJT3VISANKGGQMPP

― Ronan (Ronan), Wednesday, 17 August 2005 20:11 (twenty years ago)

whiny.

― latebloomer's rectal mocha latte (latebloomer), Wednesday, 17 August 2005 20:12 (twenty years ago)

http://wfmu.org/playlists/shows/8855

― pappawheelie II, Wednesday, 17 August 2005 20:12 (twenty years ago)

my voice, that is. x-post

― latebloomer's rectal mocha latte (latebloomer), Wednesday, 17 August 2005 20:13 (twenty years ago)

Oh the passion

― Ned Raggett (Ned), Wednesday, 17 August 2005 20:14 (twenty years ago)

Oh the passion

HTTP 404 - File not found
Internet Explorer

― pappawheelie II, Wednesday, 17 August 2005 20:15 (twenty years ago)

Southerners think that I sound too much like a Yankee, and Yankees think that I sound way too much like a Southerner.

When I ordered food in Australia, the waitresses always guessed that I was Canadian. Go figure.

My conversational voice can be found on one of those previous threads, but here I am in full-on RADIO JOCK JOCK MODE.

Laugh if you must, but it pays for my burritos.

― Pleasant Plains /// (Pleasant Plains ///), Wednesday, 17 August 2005 20:25 (twenty years ago)

why the hell not

― latebloomer's rectal mocha latte (latebloomer), Wednesday, 17 August 2005 20:31 (twenty years ago)

So Ronan really was Irish, all along.

― Adam In Real Life (nordicskilla), Wednesday, 17 August 2005 20:33 (twenty years ago)

Marvellous stuff from Pleasant Plains. Born for radio.

― Adam In Real Life (nordicskilla), Wednesday, 17 August 2005 20:34 (twenty years ago)

http://www.quicksilvershapeshifter.com/272.mp3

That's a phonepost I made on my livejournal a while ago.

― Melissa W (Melissa W), Wednesday, 17 August 2005 20:37 (twenty years ago)

Marvellous stuff from Pleasant Plains. Born for radio.

YOU'VE BEEN SLAMMED.

― jaymc (jaymc), Wednesday, 17 August 2005 20:40 (twenty years ago)

does anyone know of any gud books about the 'american' accent?

yes, there is a book that talks about american vocal patterns. its called "do you speak american?" by robert macneil and willian crann.

http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0385511981/

― maria tessa sciarrino (theoreticalgirl), Wednesday, 17 August 2005 20:41 (twenty years ago)

The only one I know about my accent is 'Krek Waiters Peak Bristle', by something Robinson.

― Martin Skidmore (Martin Skidmore), Wednesday, 17 August 2005 20:42 (twenty years ago)

I would like to hear Pleasant Plains inform us if there are any noteworthy monster truck events coming up that we should now about.

― Adam In Real Life (nordicskilla), Wednesday, 17 August 2005 20:42 (twenty years ago)

on the other thread there's a wav file of me speaking. probably time for an update -- that one's a few years old. i've been told that i have (a) a sara gilbert/bebe neuwirth/daria morgendorfer sorta "dry" deepish sarcastic-sounding voice, and (b) npr talk-show host on caffeine (but that one's just based on the wav of me reading aloud -- i did it that way for effect).

― s/c (Jody Beth Rosen), Wednesday, 17 August 2005 20:43 (twenty years ago)

That first set is exactly how I imagine you sounding, JBR.

― Martin Skidmore (Martin Skidmore), Wednesday, 17 August 2005 20:45 (twenty years ago)

i don't have a microphone

i want to have radio background music like pleasant plains, whenever i talk

― caitlin oh no (caitxa1), Wednesday, 17 August 2005 20:47 (twenty years ago)

the pleasant plains thingie is great!!! although i wasnt sure what he was talking about.. baseball or something?

― Homosexual II (Homosexual II), Wednesday, 17 August 2005 20:49 (twenty years ago)

Oh, I thought that was the business news.

― Adam In Real Life (nordicskilla), Wednesday, 17 August 2005 20:50 (twenty years ago)

it's kind of weird, like you don't usually think of radio djs as being real people! with lives!

― caitlin oh no (caitxa1), Wednesday, 17 August 2005 20:50 (twenty years ago)

Did you know your local, Chicago, traffic reporter makes handmade jewelry and other fun things?

― jaymc (jaymc), Wednesday, 17 August 2005 20:54 (twenty years ago)

i always thought radio DJs were like old cranky guys who chain smoked

― Homosexual II (Homosexual II), Wednesday, 17 August 2005 20:54 (twenty years ago)

did i miss pleasant plains' link? i would like to hear about monster truck rallies, please.

― maria tessa sciarrino (theoreticalgirl), Wednesday, 17 August 2005 20:54 (twenty years ago)

not guys with like, WIVES and stuff

― Homosexual II (Homosexual II), Wednesday, 17 August 2005 20:55 (twenty years ago)

Well done Pleasant Plains for bucking the trend and having what appears to us to be SOME SEMBLANCE OF A PROPER LIFE.

― Adam In Real Life (nordicskilla), Wednesday, 17 August 2005 20:57 (twenty years ago)

Too true.

― Leon C. (Ex Leon), Wednesday, 17 August 2005 21:00 (twenty years ago)

jbr aug 05

― s/c (Jody Beth Rosen), Wednesday, 17 August 2005 21:04 (twenty years ago)

What madness is this?

― Adam In Real Life (nordicskilla), Wednesday, 17 August 2005 21:05 (twenty years ago)

Oh, for fuck's sake.

I was cleaning dog shit off of the carpet at 2:30 in the morning last night. TALKING ABOUT SPORTS LIKE THIS! doesn't make any less pathetic than the rest of you internet losers. It's not like I'm CREATING LIFE like radio goddess, Ms. Teeny.

That said, I really do appreciate the comments. Working with reverb and processing for a living is a lot of fun, and it's not as messy as pizza dough or yard mulch.

― Pleasant Plains /// (Pleasant Plains ///), Wednesday, 17 August 2005 21:07 (twenty years ago)

What madness is this?

it's an ad from the june '75 issue of modern screen magazine (with dunaway and redford on the cover).

― s/c (Jody Beth Rosen), Wednesday, 17 August 2005 21:08 (twenty years ago)

What madness is this?

-- Adam In Real Life (adamr...), August 17th, 2005.

http://www.ska.ru/images/2tone/BCHOSBpose.jpg

― latebloomer's rectal mocha latte (latebloomer), Wednesday, 17 August 2005 21:09 (twenty years ago)

okay, that's the third madness reference i've seen in the past 24 hours. what's going on here?

― s/c (Jody Beth Rosen), Wednesday, 17 August 2005 21:11 (twenty years ago)

I was about to say, JBR. I've never seen that stuff at Wal*Greens's, that's for sure.

― Pleasant Plains /// (Pleasant Plains ///), Wednesday, 17 August 2005 21:12 (twenty years ago)

For Mandee. W.B. Yeats' "The Wheel"

By the way, jaymc, it was originally affected intentionally as when I was twelve I was so embarrassed about being born in provincial ol' Panama City (Redneck Riviera) that I tried to make myself seem as anti-Southern and cosmopolitan as possible, even though I never acted like a typical Southern kid in the first place. I developed the inflection from imitating the accent literally every time I spoke and it eventually stuck. It was very stupid.

― Ian Riese-Moraine: a casualty of social estrangement. (Eastern Mantra), Wednesday, 17 August 2005 21:27 (twenty years ago)

Wait, wrong link. Here, Mandee.

― Ian Riese-Moraine: a casualty of social estrangement. (Eastern Mantra), Wednesday, 17 August 2005 21:38 (twenty years ago)

Speechless

― Penelope_111 (Penelope_111), Wednesday, 17 August 2005 21:59 (twenty years ago)

you sound too happy to be authentically british, ian

― Homosexual II (Homosexual II), Wednesday, 17 August 2005 22:56 (twenty years ago)

I sounded happy? I thought I sounded pretty nervous and fidgety and breathless there!

― Ian Riese-Moraine: a casualty of social estrangement. (Eastern Mantra), Wednesday, 17 August 2005 22:59 (twenty years ago)

pukka pukka

― s/c (Jody Beth Rosen), Wednesday, 17 August 2005 23:22 (twenty years ago)

unless i'm way off on how i sound to other people (and here i'm mostly going based on hearing myself on voicemail messages etc.) i think my voice sounds pretty much exactly like Melissa's.

― Kim (Kim), Thursday, 18 August 2005 02:41 (twenty years ago)

I speak alot quicker than on the clip I posted.

― Ronan (Ronan), Thursday, 18 August 2005 09:50 (twenty years ago)

Apparently my voice when heard on the radio sounds "deep," "resonant," "sexy" and "Scottish."

― Marcello Carlin (nostudium), Thursday, 18 August 2005 09:56 (twenty years ago)

the only way i can show you guys is by posting a song here, which seems a bit um... cheeky, i guess. suffice it to say, i sound ridiculous - the accent, the lack of bass & resonance. it's a wonder i talk at all.

― g-kit (g-kit), Thursday, 18 August 2005 10:18 (twenty years ago)

My voice sounds like... the dull drone of an engine on a neverending car journey through a dismal English suburb (with occassional stops for tea and toast).

― NickB (NickB), Thursday, 18 August 2005 10:27 (twenty years ago)

Good Will Hunting taken to the extreme....me.

― Lupton Pitman (Chris V), Thursday, 18 August 2005 10:45 (twenty years ago)

"Wusstah speak"

Worcester

Sure people from Worcester talk funny.
People from Mississippi talk funny.
So do Minnesotans, Oregonians and New Yorkers.
Especially New Yorkers.

The bigger question is why does Worcester have a
lake, a village, college and an avenue named Quinsigamond,
but they're scattered around the city like leaves in the fall?

No, it doesn't make sense unless you know that
the community was called Quinsigamond long before
it was called Worcester It's an Indian word that means:
"boy, do these folks talk strange." If you're a newcomer
and you find the local language throws you for a loop,
we've assembled a handy guide.

Before we get to that, let's start with how not
to pronounce Worcester.

Don't make it three syllables. Just forget that
first E is even there. And never, never, never put
an H in the middle of Worcester. People will
make fun of you. So, how do you correctly
pronounce Worcester to make people think you've
been shopping at Spag's on Saturdays and going to
Water Street on Sunday mornings your whole life?

You've dropped the first E and boiled it down to two
syllables.
Now eliminate both R's.
While you're at it, better get that C out of there.
Make the remaining sort of an AH and turn the O into a U.
Wuss-tah.
It doesn't rhyme with sister or rooster. The first syllable
rhymes with puss.

Go ahead and say it. Wuss-tah.

Now you're almost ready to walk into a spa in the village
and order a regular coffee and maybe a couple of tonics
and a grinder or club. One more thing. Always include
your state as part of your hometown, as in:
"I'm from Wusstahmass."

Confused? The following guide to the peculiarities of
the Central Mass. Dialect should help:

Boston Turnpike - Route 9 east of Worcester
Boys Trade - Worcester Vocational High (known
simply as Voke)
Bubblah - Water fountain
Candlepin Bowlin' - Invented in Worcester in
1880 by Justin P. White, and a far superior game
to Ten Pin, a form of bowling known locally simply
as "big balls."
Cellah - Basement
Club sandwich - Italian sub
Dine-ah - Good food cheap, but it's only a diner
if it was made by Worcester Lunch Car Co.
Dinnah - Lunch
East Side - Any neighborhood east of Main Street
Elastic - Rubber band
The Expressway - I-290
Frappe - Ice cream, milk and flavored syrup.(A
milkshake leaves out the ice cream.)
Galleria - Worcester Common Outlets
Grindah - Sub sandwich
The Hill - Belmont, Vernon or Grafton
Jimmies - Chocolate sprinkles
The Lake - Quinsigamond
Package Store - Place to buy beer and liquor
Packy - Shorthand for package store
Parlor - Living room
Piazza - Porch
Pricker, Pricker Bush - A burr or other vegetation
that grows on a bush and sticks to your clothing.
Some use the same word for any bush with thorns.
The Pike - The Mass. Pike
The Project - Great Brook Valley
Regular coffee - Fully caffeinated with cream and sugar.
Spa - A corner store with soda fountain
Square - All rotaries are squares, but not all squares are
rotaries
Tech - WPI (Worcester Polytechnic Institute)
Three-deckah - Not a sandwich, but a house with three floors,
big apartments, hundreds of stairs and nowhere close to enough
parking.

Soder - Soda
Tonic - Soda (of any flavor or brand)
The Village - Quinsigamond
West Side - Neighborhoods west of Park Avenue
Wormtown - Slang for Worcester

How to say it:

Auburn - AW-bin
Aunt - AHnt
Berlin - BURL-in
Clinton - Klint'n
Ha'past - 30 minutes after the hour, as in: "we're
gonna eat lunch at ha'past 12"
Lake Chargoggagoggmanchaugagoggchaubunagungamaugg
Wep-stah Lake
Leicester - Less-tah
Leominster - Lemon-stah
Millbury - Mill-bree
New York - NooYawk (Rhymes with talk)
Northboro - Nohth-bro (also, West-bro, South-bro and Marl-bro)
Petersham - Peters-am
Pizza - Pete-zer
Shrewsbury - SHOES-bree
Southbridge - Sowt-bridge
Tatnuck - Tatnick
Webster - Wep-stah
Westminster - West-minstah
With - Witch, as in: "Who ya got witch ya", or
"I'll be witch ya in a minute"
(Alternate pronunciation: Wit. "I'll be right wit ya.")

― Lupton Pitman (Chris V), Thursday, 18 August 2005 12:51 (twenty years ago)

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