# Big voices

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/big-voices/158348>\
**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [March 1, 2003, 6:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/big-voices/158348 "2003-03-01T06:02:20Z")\
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**Author:** ![Extrovertive](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/f4b2a3/32.png) [@Extrovertive](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Extrovertive)\
**Post date:** [March 1, 2003, 6:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/big-voices/158348/1 "2003-03-01T06:02:20Z")

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Does your weight affect your vocal chords or voice. I’ve noticed that alot of fat ppl have great voices like opera singers. If a fat person lost weight, would their voice change?

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**Author:** ![Triskadecamus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/b19c9b/32.png) [@Triskadecamus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Triskadecamus)\
**Post date:** [March 1, 2003, 6:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/big-voices/158348/2 "2003-03-01T06:08:25Z")

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I have usually been fat.

For a while, I was not fat.

I have a “big” voice. I did when I was fit, and when I was fat.

I had much better wind when I was fit. I can’t yell as long now, although I can certainly yell as loud.

Tris