# Do you feel some irrational hostility towards people who sound drunk when sober? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [December 30, 2009, 7:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-feel-some-irrational-hostility-towards-people-who-sound-drunk-when-sober/523075 "2009-12-30T19:15:45Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 7\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Mops](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mops/32/16494_2.png) [@Mops](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mops)\ **Post date:** [December 30, 2009, 7:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-feel-some-irrational-hostility-towards-people-who-sound-drunk-when-sober/523075/1 "2009-12-30T19:15:45Z")
I do, to my shame - in my case it’s mostly a case of accents. As a North German transplanted to Baden-Württemberg, hearing an elderly sober Swabian speak often says ‘drunk’ to me (also some senior Saxons sound that way to me, but I don’t got to hear them that much). ---
**Author:** ![panache45](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/panache45/32/64_2.png) [@panache45](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/panache45)\ **Post date:** [December 30, 2009, 7:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-feel-some-irrational-hostility-towards-people-who-sound-drunk-when-sober/523075/2 "2009-12-30T19:26:56Z")
Yes, especially when the owner of a company insists on doing his own commercials, and doesn’t know how to speak. And the worst: when the owner of a jewelry company pronounces it “jewlurry.” ---
**Author:** ![tdn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/94ad74/32.png) [@tdn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tdn)\ **Post date:** [December 30, 2009, 7:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-feel-some-irrational-hostility-towards-people-who-sound-drunk-when-sober/523075/3 "2009-12-30T19:57:59Z")
Not really, although I hate hearing Tom Menino speak. But for some reason, Spanish really grates on my nerves. I wish it didn’t, because I hear it all the time. ---
**Author:** ![cuauhtemoc](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/ecb155/32.png) [@cuauhtemoc](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cuauhtemoc)\ **Post date:** [December 30, 2009, 9:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-feel-some-irrational-hostility-towards-people-who-sound-drunk-when-sober/523075/4 "2009-12-30T21:18:17Z")
I am incredibly hostile to unnecessary loudness. This applies to unnecessarily loud people especially. I don’t care if they sound drunk or not. ---
**Author:** ![WOOKINPANUB](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wookinpanub/32/132_2.png) [@WOOKINPANUB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WOOKINPANUB)\ **Post date:** [December 30, 2009, 9:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-feel-some-irrational-hostility-towards-people-who-sound-drunk-when-sober/523075/5 "2009-12-30T21:34:25Z")
You mean like Tom Brockaw? I’d rather hear someone who sounds drunk than someone who sounds like they’re from Philly 😛 (No offense, Phillydopers. I dislike pretty much any American accent that strays too far from “newscasterese” ). ---
**Author:** ![SeaDragonTattoo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/df705f/32.png) [@SeaDragonTattoo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SeaDragonTattoo)\ **Post date:** [December 30, 2009, 10:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-feel-some-irrational-hostility-towards-people-who-sound-drunk-when-sober/523075/6 "2009-12-30T22:47:04Z")
> [@cuauhtemoc](#): > > I am incredibly hostile to unnecessary loudness. This applies to unnecessarily loud people especially. I don’t care if they sound drunk or not. Ha. This is off topic, but I can’t watch Wheel of Fortune because they shout the letters out. The contestants must be coached to do so because they all do it all the time. I don’t know who they’re shouting at, they’re all mic’d, it’s not like the dude lighting up the letters can’t hear them otherwise. It gets on my last nerve. I used to really like that game show, too. Now I can’t bear it. ---
**Author:** ![billfish678](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/7bcc69/32.png) [@billfish678](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/billfish678)\ **Post date:** [December 30, 2009, 11:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-feel-some-irrational-hostility-towards-people-who-sound-drunk-when-sober/523075/7 "2009-12-30T23:18:06Z")
> [@panache45](#): > > And the worst: when the owner of a jewelry company pronounces it “jewlurry.” nothing worse than an antisemantic