# Fundie Baby Voice **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [March 11, 2024, 12:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fundie-baby-voice/998700 "2024-03-11T12:17:36Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![Atamasama](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/atamasama/32/12961_2.png) [@Atamasama](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Atamasama)\ **Post date:** [March 12, 2024, 7:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fundie-baby-voice/998700/41 "2024-03-12T19:10:17Z")
> [@thorny\_locust](#): > > For a few women it is their natural speaking voice; at least the high pitch, though probably not the extra breathiness (at least, unless they’re actually short of breath). And in the case of Kristen Chenowith, it’s not an affectation. First of all, she’s tiny so it’s believable, and second of all that woman is not passive and mousy, rather the opposite. She’s very assertive (not in an asshole way or anything, just the opposite of passive I guess). See this clip: [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/YBUS0UJ-AwU/maxresdefault.jpg "Kristin Chenoweth Unknowingly Dated Prince | The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YBUS0UJ-AwU) She has that kind of voice but absolutely none of the _attitude_ that you see from the likes of Katie Britt or Kelly Johnson. To me, that’s the biggest sign that it’s a natural voice and not an act (or something taught/brainwashed into a person). ---
**Author:** ![thorny\_locust](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thorny_locust/32/431_2.png) [@thorny\_locust](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/thorny_locust)\ **Post date:** [March 12, 2024, 7:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fundie-baby-voice/998700/42 "2024-03-12T19:31:31Z")
> [@Atamasama](#): > > second of all that woman is not passive and mousy, rather the opposite. She’s very assertive (not in an asshole way or anything, just the opposite of passive I guess). See this clip: Yeah. Vigorous gestures, taking up the surrounding space; voice is high pitched but firm and confident. Plus which, the fake Baby Voice doesn’t go at all with making (even faked) armpit noises with accompanying gesture! ---
**Author:** ![Pazu](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pazu/32/15522_2.png) [@Pazu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pazu)\ **Post date:** [March 12, 2024, 11:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fundie-baby-voice/998700/43 "2024-03-12T23:39:35Z")
> [@Atamasama](#): > > And in the case of Kristen Chenowith, it’s not an affectation. First of all, she’s tiny so it’s believable, and second of all that woman is not passive and mousy, rather the opposite. She’s very assertive (not in an asshole way or anything, just the opposite of passive I guess). The irony is that Kristin Chenoweth is in fact a devout Christian, although [possibly not the sort that the stereotypical fundie approves of.](https://www.salon.com/2023/01/29/i-dont-toot-glitter-kristin-chenoweth-on-embracing-her-failure-anger-and-questions-for-god/) ---
**Author:** ![CalMeacham](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/calmeacham/32/35_2.png) [@CalMeacham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CalMeacham)\ **Post date:** [March 13, 2024, 3:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fundie-baby-voice/998700/44 "2024-03-13T15:02:08Z")
This appeared yesterday in the Huffington Post > **['Fundie Baby Voice' Is The Chilling Vocal Trend You Need To Know About](https://www.huffpost.com/entry/fundie-baby-voice_l_65eb6b2fe4b05ec1ccd9e9b9)** > > Experts break down this vocal phenomenon — most recently displayed by Sen. Katie Britt — and what it means in politics and pop culture today. ---
**Author:** ![kaylasdad99](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kaylasdad99/32/3398_2.png) [@kaylasdad99](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kaylasdad99)\ **Post date:** [March 13, 2024, 3:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fundie-baby-voice/998700/45 "2024-03-13T15:28:15Z")
Speaking of Kristen Chenoweth and Fundy Baby Voice, [this is just for fun.](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pBVqxsmAiWc) (link to four-minute musical number from _Schmigadoon_) ---
**Author:** ![CalMeacham](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/calmeacham/32/35_2.png) [@CalMeacham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CalMeacham)\ **Post date:** [March 14, 2024, 12:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fundie-baby-voice/998700/46 "2024-03-14T12:43:46Z")
Katie Britt strikes back! > **[Katie Britt Says The Media Didn't Do 'Their Homework' After Brutal Fact-Check](https://www.huffpost.com/entry/katie-britt-speech-biden-fact-check-defends_n_65f1d1fae4b01707c6d2b95a)** > > The Alabama senator is standing by her use of a misleading sex trafficking story in her response to President Joe Biden's State of the Union address. But I love this editorial cartoon, which shows her insane smile as wider than her actual face: > **[Cartoon: Katie Britt](https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2024/3/13/2228893/-Cartoon-Katie-Britt)** > > Consider supporting my work here: www.patreon.com/editorialcartoons or https://ko-fi.com/nickanderson . More options: ---
**Author:** ![CalMeacham](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/calmeacham/32/35_2.png) [@CalMeacham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CalMeacham)\ **Post date:** [March 15, 2024, 5:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fundie-baby-voice/998700/47 "2024-03-15T17:05:56Z")
More commentary on Britt’s performance: > [@](#): > > # [Katie Britt wasn’t talking to you](https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2024/3/15/2229581/-Katie-Britt-wasn-t-talking-to-you) > > … > > The Republicans took that accomplished woman, put her in a kitchen, coached her in histrionics, infantilized her, and offered her as the face of Republican women. She submitted. > > If Katie Britt perplexed you, you weren’t her real audience. That was supposed to be American women, the ones Trump and Tuberville believe will share their excitement over the model housewife with her modest diamond cross, her $10,000 Sub-Zero fridge, and her southern lady anguish over the state of the union. > > Katie Britt played to the director for whom all the MAGA women pols now constantly perform. Marjorie Taylor Greene, Lauren Boebert, Nancy Mace, Elise Stefanik, and Katie Britt, all seek Donald Trump’s gaze and his approval. > **[Katie Britt wasn't talking to you](https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2024/3/15/2229581/-Katie-Britt-wasn-t-talking-to-you?utm_campaign=trending)** > > Senator Katie Britt, Alabama Republican, gave her soap operatic rendition of the State of the Union rebuttal to laughter, cringing, and mockery. She lit up social media: “She’s whispering so her maid won’t find out she’s in the kitchen.” “She forgot... ---
**Author:** ![thorny\_locust](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thorny_locust/32/431_2.png) [@thorny\_locust](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/thorny_locust)\ **Post date:** [March 15, 2024, 6:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fundie-baby-voice/998700/48 "2024-03-15T18:10:49Z")
> [@CalMeacham](#): > > If Katie Britt perplexed you, you weren’t her real audience. That was supposed to be American women (the above was quoted by, not said by, CalMeacham) I am an American woman, damn it. No matter how much Trump, Tuberville, and Britt would prefer that I not be. Letting them decide who’s an American is fucking dangerous. ---
**Author:** ![CalMeacham](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/calmeacham/32/35_2.png) [@CalMeacham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CalMeacham)\ **Post date:** [March 15, 2024, 6:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fundie-baby-voice/998700/49 "2024-03-15T18:35:15Z")
> [@thorny\_locust](#): > > (the above was quoted by, not said by, CalMeacham) Thank you for that clarification. Although I’m pretty sure I’m not the intended audience, I’m not quite sure who is. Not American Women in general, I think. Probably MAGA women. ---
**Author:** ![thorny\_locust](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thorny_locust/32/431_2.png) [@thorny\_locust](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/thorny_locust)\ **Post date:** [March 15, 2024, 6:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fundie-baby-voice/998700/50 "2024-03-15T18:36:35Z")
> [@CalMeacham](#): > > Thank you for that clarification. I haven’t figured out a way to get the quote function to do it. ---
**Author:** ![Folacin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/folacin/32/3195_2.png) [@Folacin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Folacin)\ **Post date:** [March 15, 2024, 7:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fundie-baby-voice/998700/51 "2024-03-15T19:09:59Z")
> [@thorny\_locust](#): > > I haven’t figured out a way to get the quote function to do it. If you just use ‘quote=“arlo\_guthrie”’ inside the square brackets (replacing whoever was there and potentially dropping the post: and topic: tags (if appropropriate) > [@arlo\_guthrie](#): > > you can get anything you want If I’m understanding what you want to do. ---
**Author:** ![thorny\_locust](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thorny_locust/32/431_2.png) [@thorny\_locust](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/thorny_locust)\ **Post date:** [March 15, 2024, 7:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fundie-baby-voice/998700/52 "2024-03-15T19:27:34Z")
> [@Daily Kos](#): > > ou weren’t her real audience. That was supposed to be American women testing, words for discourse – hey, that worked! Thanks. Still showed as a reply to the poster who originally posted it, too. Now if I can just remember how to do that; or at least which thread I found it out in – ---
**Author:** ![DavidNRockies](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/davidnrockies/32/6279_2.png) [@DavidNRockies](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DavidNRockies)\ **Post date:** [March 15, 2024, 8:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fundie-baby-voice/998700/53 "2024-03-15T20:29:53Z")
> [@Gleditsia triacanthos](#): > > Now if I can just remember how to do that; or at least which thread I found it out in – You _could_ PM it to yourself, and then bookmark the PM in order to be reminded later 😉 ---
**Author:** ![thorny\_locust](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thorny_locust/32/431_2.png) [@thorny\_locust](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/thorny_locust)\ **Post date:** [March 15, 2024, 8:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fundie-baby-voice/998700/54 "2024-03-15T20:40:05Z")
Or I could do what I just actually did: which is to make a page with a note of it in the Straight Dope folder on the computer on which I generally browse the boards. ---
**Author:** ![Jihi](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jihi/32/17768_2.png) [@Jihi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jihi)\ **Post date:** [March 15, 2024, 8:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fundie-baby-voice/998700/55 "2024-03-15T20:47:21Z")
> [@CalMeacham](#): > > Although I’m pretty sure I’m not the intended audience, I’m not quite sure who is. Not American Women in general, I think. > > Probably MAGA women. I laughed. You could have removed the “in general” part of your post and still have been just as accurate. ---
**Author:** ![BigT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bigt/32/12044_2.png) [@BigT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BigT)\ **Post date:** [March 15, 2024, 9:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fundie-baby-voice/998700/56 "2024-03-15T21:22:08Z")
I don’t actually think Britt’s audience was American women, MAGA or otherwise. I think her target was MAGA and otherwise misogynist men. Sure, having a woman speak at all is probably about appealing to women, but I think her delivery was more about reassuring men that these women would still be submissive. Britt is the first female senator from Alabama. I would imagine that she has played this game before. I suspect that she saw doing the SOTU response primarily as a way to move up in the Republican party, and was playing to that. She might have even been playing to be Trump’s VP, since she’s apparently on the short list. I think she neglected to consider how others would see it, and that this would also be important to her ambitions. She went far enough to become a laughing stock. A more experienced politician would try to thread the needle. ---
**Author:** ![bobot](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bobot/32/21622_2.png) [@bobot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bobot)\ **Post date:** [March 15, 2024, 9:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fundie-baby-voice/998700/57 "2024-03-15T21:30:16Z")
Is arlo\_guthrie hard code, as in it’s always required? ---
**Author:** ![Jihi](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jihi/32/17768_2.png) [@Jihi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jihi)\ **Post date:** [March 15, 2024, 10:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fundie-baby-voice/998700/58 "2024-03-15T22:00:12Z")
> [@BigT](#): > > She went far enough to become a laughing stock. A more experienced politician would try to thread the needle. Serious question. What would “threading the needle” even look like here? ---
**Author:** ![Two\_Many\_Cats2](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/779978/32.png) [@Two\_Many\_Cats2](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Two_Many_Cats2)\ **Post date:** [March 15, 2024, 10:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fundie-baby-voice/998700/59 "2024-03-15T22:05:36Z")
Maybe she was channeling Jackie Kennedy. And I say that as a Democrat. ---
**Author:** ![Mundane\_Super\_Hero](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mundane_super_hero/32/6304_2.png) [@Mundane\_Super\_Hero](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mundane_Super_Hero)\ **Post date:** [March 15, 2024, 10:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fundie-baby-voice/998700/60 "2024-03-15T22:16:19Z")
I thought someone said their were links to her normal voice… or rather when she isn’t trying to use the “Reverend Mother Phlemmy GuessYourShit” voice…? Somehow I just can’t see her using this voice when she’s picking up the dry cleaning. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fundie-baby-voice/998700.md?page=2) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fundie-baby-voice/998700.md?page=4)