# Please help me decipher this weird comment about my voice...

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**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\
**Created:** [May 9, 2003, 2:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/please-help-me-decipher-this-weird-comment-about-my-voice/174029 "2003-05-09T02:18:38Z")\
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**Author:** ![I\_can\_t\_believe\_that\_s\_butter](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/8edcca/32.png) [@I\_can\_t\_believe\_that\_s\_butter](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/I_can_t_believe_that_s_butter)\
**Post date:** [May 9, 2003, 2:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/please-help-me-decipher-this-weird-comment-about-my-voice/174029/1 "2003-05-09T02:18:38Z")

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I was talking amongst friends the other day, and someone who I had just met commented that my voice “would sound good with Asians practicing Kung-Fu behind it”.

This comment baffles me, as well as a few other people who I asked about this. I was wondering if anyone had the slightest idea of what was meant by this. If a reference is needed, my voice is on file at[Voice of the Teeming Millions.](http://www.geocities.com/voiceofthetm/hear.htm) Thanks!

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**Author:** ![Q.E.D](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/51bf81/32.png) [@Q.E.D](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Q.E.D)\
**Post date:** [May 9, 2003, 2:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/please-help-me-decipher-this-weird-comment-about-my-voice/174029/2 "2003-05-09T02:36:36Z")

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Did it ever occur to you that this person just might be a complete whackjob? 😉

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**Author:** ![Lobsang](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lobsang/32/4067_2.png) [@Lobsang](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lobsang)\
**Post date:** [May 9, 2003, 2:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/please-help-me-decipher-this-weird-comment-about-my-voice/174029/3 "2003-05-09T02:39:01Z")

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They are implying that you sound like the english voice used to dub the chinese in kung-fu movies.

(maybe)

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**Author:** ![I\_can\_t\_believe\_that\_s\_butter](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/8edcca/32.png) [@I\_can\_t\_believe\_that\_s\_butter](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/I_can_t_believe_that_s_butter)\
**Post date:** [May 9, 2003, 2:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/please-help-me-decipher-this-weird-comment-about-my-voice/174029/4 "2003-05-09T02:40:39Z")

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I’m starting to think that, yes… 😃 …but, I was wondering if perhaps I sound like some announcer on…I dunno, kung-fu shows? In any case, this comment was so out of left-field that it stuck with me.

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**Author:** ![I\_can\_t\_believe\_that\_s\_butter](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/8edcca/32.png) [@I\_can\_t\_believe\_that\_s\_butter](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/I_can_t_believe_that_s_butter)\
**Post date:** [May 9, 2003, 2:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/please-help-me-decipher-this-weird-comment-about-my-voice/174029/5 "2003-05-09T02:43:35Z")

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Hmm…didn’t see **Lobsang** ’s post yet; that was directed at **Q.E.D.** However, **Lobsang** just might be on to something.