# Vocal samples thread: how do \*you\* say it? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [November 22, 2007, 4:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/vocal-samples-thread-how-do-you-say-it/427403 "2007-11-22T04:43:58Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 17\ **Page:** 7
**Author:** ![Sunspace](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sunspace/32/1250_2.png) [@Sunspace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sunspace)\ **Post date:** [December 5, 2007, 2:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/vocal-samples-thread-how-do-you-say-it/427403/121 "2007-12-05T02:51:10Z")
[QUOTE=fishbicycle] Didn’t I make a submission, too? [/QUOTE] Crud. Yes. I uploaded it but forgot the link. Sorry. I think after I put up **fisha** ’s, I thought that my quote of fish was full. ---
**Author:** ![Sunspace](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sunspace/32/1250_2.png) [@Sunspace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sunspace)\ **Post date:** [December 5, 2007, 3:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/vocal-samples-thread-how-do-you-say-it/427403/122 "2007-12-05T03:09:06Z")
Oops! I forgot **fishbicycle** ’s rendition of the classic “Mary rarely rose”. Plus all of **Inner Stickler** ’s contributions. So, here’s The Compendium again. 🙂 Now included: samples from **cmyk** , **antechinus** , **jsgoddess** , **nashiitashii** , **Pushkin** , **fisha** , and **Hypnagogic Jerk**. Plus **fishbicycle** and **Inner Stickler**! **fisha** ’s samples arrived in the form of a [video](http://www.sunspace.org/audio/fisha_samples.wmv) (Windows WMV format), from which I extracted the audio. The compendium: “Poor”, “pore”, and “pour”. [Pronounced by **Sunspace**](http://www.sunspace.org/audio/sunspace_ppp.mp3) [Pronounced by **Telperien**](http://www.sunspace.org/audio/telperien_ppp.mp3) [Pronounced by **Cazzle**](http://www.sunspace.org/audio/cazzle_ppp.mp3) [Pronounced by **NinetyWt**](http://www.sunspace.org/audio/ninetywt_poor.mp3) [Pronounced by **Spoons**](http://www.sunspace.org/audio/spoons_poor_pore_pour.mp3) [Pronounced by **dynamitedave**](http://www.sunspace.org/audio/dynamitedave_poor.mp3) [Pronounced by **TheLoadedDog**](http://www.sunspace.org/audio/the_loaded_dog_poor.mp3) [Pronounced by **sandra\_nz**](http://www.sunspace.org/audio/sandra_nz_pour.mp3) [Pronounced by **antechinus**](http://www.sunspace.org/audio/antechinus_ppp.mp3) [Pronounced by **cmyk**](http://www.sunspace.org/audio/cmyk_poor.mp3) [Pronounced by **Hypnagogic Jerk**](http://www.sunspace.org/audio/hj_ppp.mp3) [Pronounced by **jsgoddess**](http://www.sunspace.org/audio/jsgoddess_poor.mp3) [Pronounced by **Inner Stickler**](http://www.sunspace.org/audio/is_poor.mp3) “Marry”, “merry”, and “Mary”. [Pronounced by **Sunspace**](http://www.sunspace.org/audio/sunspace_mmm.mp3) [Pronounced by **Telperien**](http://www.sunspace.org/audio/telperien_mmm.mp3) [Pronounced by **Cazzle**](http://www.sunspace.org/audio/cazzle_mmm.mp3) [Pronounced by **NinetyWt**](http://www.sunspace.org/audio/ninetywt_merry.mp3) [Pronounced by **Spoons**](http://www.sunspace.org/audio/spoons_marry_merry_mary.mp3) [Pronounced by **dynamitedave**](http://www.sunspace.org/audio/dynamitedave_marry.mp3) [Pronounced by **TheLoadedDog**](http://www.sunspace.org/audio/the_loaded_dog_marry.mp3) [Pronounced by **sandra\_nz**](http://www.sunspace.org/audio/sandra_nz_marry.mp3) [Pronounced by **antechinus**](http://www.sunspace.org/audio/antechinus_mmm.mp3) [Pronounced by **cmyk**](http://www.sunspace.org/audio/cmyk_marry.mp3) [Pronounced by **Hypnagogic Jerk**](http://www.sunspace.org/audio/hj_mmm.mp3) [Pronounced by **jsgoddess**](http://www.sunspace.org/audio/jsgoddess_marry.mp3) [Pronounced by **Inner Stickler**](http://www.sunspace.org/audio/is_merry.mp3) “Mary was merry as she married Terry, but then Scary Larry got carried away and chased Barry’s hairy dairy cattle through the ceremony.” [Pronounced by **Sunspace**](http://www.sunspace.org/audio/sunspace_dairy.mp3) [Pronounced by **Telperien**](http://www.sunspace.org/audio/telperien_dairy.mp3) [Pronounced by **Cazzle**](http://www.sunspace.org/audio/cazzle_dairy.mp3) [Pronounced by **Spoons** colloquially](http://www.sunspace.org/audio/spoons_c_mary_was_merry.mp3) [Pronounced by **Spoons** more formally, as for a newscast](http://www.sunspace.org/audio/spoons_n_mary_was_merry.mp3) [Pronounced by **NinetyWt**](http://www.sunspace.org/audio/ninetywt_dairy.mp3) [Pronounced by **dynamitedave**](http://www.sunspace.org/audio/dynamitedave_dairy.mp3) [Pronounced by **TheLoadedDog**](http://www.sunspace.org/audio/the_loaded_dog_dairy.mp3) [Pronounced by **sandra\_nz**](http://www.sunspace.org/audio/sandra_nz_mary_was_merry.mp3) [Pronounced by **antechinus**](http://www.sunspace.org/audio/antechinus_dairy.mp3) [Pronounced by **cmyk**](http://www.sunspace.org/audio/cmyk_dairy.mp3) [Pronounced by **Hypnagogic Jerk**](http://www.sunspace.org/audio/hj_dairy.mp3) [Pronounced by **jsgoddess**](http://www.sunspace.org/audio/jsgoddess_marywasmerry.mp3) [Pronounced by **Inner Stickler**](http://www.sunspace.org/audio/is_dairy.mp3) “Don”, “Dawn”, “Aaron”, and “Erin”. [Pronounced by **Sunspace**](http://www.sunspace.org/audio/sunspace_ddae.mp3) [Pronounced by **Telperien**](http://www.sunspace.org/audio/telperien_don.mp3) [Pronounced by **Cazzle**](http://www.sunspace.org/audio/cazzle_ddae.mp3) [Pronounced by **NinetyWt**](http://www.sunspace.org/audio/ninetywt_don.mp3) [Pronounced by **dynamitedave**](http://www.sunspace.org/audio/dynamitedave_don.mp3) [Pronounced by **TheLoadedDog**](http://www.sunspace.org/audio/the_loaded_dog_don.mp3) [Pronounced by **sandra\_nz**](http://www.sunspace.org/audio/sandra_nz_don.mp3) [Pronounced by **cmyk**](http://www.sunspace.org/audio/cmyk_don.mp3) [Pronounced by **Hypnagogic Jerk**](http://www.sunspace.org/audio/hj_ddae.mp3) [Pronounced by **jsgoddess**](http://www.sunspace.org/audio/jsgoddess_don.mp3) [Pronounced by **Inner Stickler**](http://www.sunspace.org/audio/is_don.mp3) “Boot”, “boat”, “about”, and “house”. [Pronounced by **Spoons**](http://www.sunspace.org/audio/spoons_boot_boat_about_house.mp3) [Pronounced by **TheLoadedDog**](http://www.sunspace.org/audio/the_loaded_dog_boot_boat_about_house.mp3) [Pronounced by **cmyk**](http://www.sunspace.org/audio/cmyk_about.mp3) [Pronounced by **Hypnagogic Jerk**](http://www.sunspace.org/audio/hj_bbah.mp3) “The dog went out and about.” [Pronounced by **NinetyWt**](http://www.sunspace.org/audio/ninetywt_dog.mp3) [Pronounced by **fisha**](http://www.sunspace.org/audio/fisha_the_dog_went.mp3) “Mary rarely rose at dawn, but did so on the day she was to marry Don in order to pore over details such as whether the weather would be fine or poor for taking pictures, who was to pour the wedding wines and pitchers of beer, and to be sure that her poor, overly merry cousin Aaron, visiting from Erin, would catch the last boat (a converted ketch) from the mainland and so would not arrive until about the time the honeymoon bags were put in the boot.”. [Pronounced by **Sunspace**](http://www.sunspace.org/audio/sunspace_paragraph.mp3) [Pronounced by **Fatwater\_Fewl**](http://www.sunspace.org/audio/fatwater_fewl_paragraph.mp3) [Pronounced by **Bambi Hassenpfeffer**](http://www.sunspace.org/audio/bambih_paragraph.mp3) ( **Bambi** , I must apologise. There’s some kind of weird glitch that cuts off your sample just after ‘ketch’ every time I normalise it and then export it as an MP3.) [Here’s the original](http://www.sunspace.org/audio/Sound_clip_08.wav). [Pronounced by **Spoons** colloquially](http://www.sunspace.org/audio/spoons_c_mary_rarely_rose.mp3) [Pronounced by **Spoons** more formally, as for an audiobook](http://www.sunspace.org/audio/spoons_ab_mary_rarely_rose.mp3) [Pronounced by **GorillaMan**](http://www.owainsutton.co.uk/audio/sentence.mp3) [Pronounced by **dynamitedave**](http://www.sunspace.org/audio/dynamitedave_paragraph.mp3) [Pronounced by **TheLoadedDog**](http://www.sunspace.org/audio/the_loaded_dog_paragraph.mp3) [Pronounced by **sandra\_nz**](http://www.sunspace.org/audio/sandra_nz_mary_rarely_rose.mp3) [Pronounced by **antechinus**](http://www.sunspace.org/audio/antechinus_paragraph.mp3) [Pronounced by **Hypnagogic Jerk**](http://www.sunspace.org/audio/hj_paragraph.mp3) [Pronounced by **Hypnagogic Jerk**](http://www.sunspace.org/audio/hj_paragraph_c.mp3) in a more formal way. [Pronounced by **jsgoddess**](http://www.sunspace.org/audio/jsgoddess_maryrarely.mp3) [Pronounced by **nashiitashii**](http://www.sunspace.org/audio/nashiitashii_maryrarely.mp3) [Pronounced by **Pushkin**](http://www.sunspace.org/audio/pushkin_paragraph.mp3) [Pronounced by **fisha**](http://www.sunspace.org/audio/fisha_paragraph.mp3) [Pronounced by **fishbicycle**](http://www.sunspace.org/audio/fishbicycle_mary_rarely_rose.mp3) [Pronounced by **Inner Stickler**](http://www.sunspace.org/audio/is_paragraph.mp3) “Poor old Paul pored over the book as Portia poured him some porter.” [Pronounced by **Spoons** colloquially](http://www.sunspace.org/audio/spoons_c_poor_old_paul.mp3) [Pronounced by **Spoons** more formally, as for a newscast](http://www.sunspace.org/audio/spoons_n_poor_old_paul.mp3) [Pronounced by **Hypnagogic Jerk**](http://www.sunspace.org/audio/hj_poor_old_paul.mp3) “It was dawn when Don, Dawn, Aaron, and Erin took off, but Erin made an error in navigation.” [Pronounced by **Spoons** colloquially](http://www.sunspace.org/audio/spoons_c_it_was_dawn.mp3) [Pronounced by **Spoons** more formally, as for a newscast](http://www.sunspace.org/audio/spoons_n_it_was_dawn.mp3) [Pronounced by **Hypnagogic Jerk**](http://www.sunspace.org/audio/hj_it_was_dawn.mp3) “I put on my boots and left the house to talk with a man about a boat.” [Pronounced by **Spoons** colloquially](http://www.sunspace.org/audio/spoons_c_i_put_on_my_boots.mp3) [Pronounced by **Spoons** more formally, as for a newscast](http://www.sunspace.org/audio/spoons_n_i_put_on_my_boots.mp3) [Pronounced by **Hypnagogic Jerk**](http://www.sunspace.org/audio/hj_i_put_on_my_boots.mp3) [Pronounced by **fisha**](http://www.sunspace.org/audio/fisha_about_a_boat.mp3) ---
**Author:** ![bump](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/7c8e57/32.png) [@bump](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bump)\ **Post date:** [December 5, 2007, 4:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/vocal-samples-thread-how-do-you-say-it/427403/123 "2007-12-05T04:40:09Z")
[QUOTE=Acid Lamp] +bump+ This thread deserves it. [/QUOTE] What, you want a Texan to chime in or something? ---
**Author:** ![Sunspace](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sunspace/32/1250_2.png) [@Sunspace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sunspace)\ **Post date:** [December 5, 2007, 4:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/vocal-samples-thread-how-do-you-say-it/427403/124 "2007-12-05T04:46:06Z")
[QUOTE=bump] What, you want a Texan to chime in or something? [/QUOTE] Sure! 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Priam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/77aa72/32.png) [@Priam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Priam)\ **Post date:** [December 5, 2007, 6:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/vocal-samples-thread-how-do-you-say-it/427403/125 "2007-12-05T06:15:29Z")
[QUOTE=fishbicycle] Didn’t I make a submission, too? [/QUOTE] Oh. My. God. You sound like Walter Cronkite. BRILLIANT! ETA: I’ll see if I can’t find a microphone and add my voice to the mix. ---
**Author:** ![antechinus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/fbc32d/32.png) [@antechinus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/antechinus)\ **Post date:** [December 5, 2007, 8:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/vocal-samples-thread-how-do-you-say-it/427403/126 "2007-12-05T08:59:39Z")
[QUOTE=fishbicycle] Didn’t I make a submission, too? [/QUOTE] Thats great!! I thought you were text-to-voice software at first - but realised that AT&T don’t do a Canadian voice. ---
**Author:** ![Revenant\_Threshold](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/f1d935/32.png) [@Revenant\_Threshold](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Revenant_Threshold)\ **Post date:** [December 5, 2007, 10:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/vocal-samples-thread-how-do-you-say-it/427403/127 "2007-12-05T10:07:56Z")
This could make a good game… stick some audio files up and a list of names, and see if people can match the voices to the poster. Or something. Anyway, i’ve sent a thing to **Sunspace** , in the hope their inbox isn’t getting _too_ busy. ---
**Author:** ![bump](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/7c8e57/32.png) [@bump](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bump)\ **Post date:** [December 5, 2007, 5:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/vocal-samples-thread-how-do-you-say-it/427403/128 "2007-12-05T17:33:41Z")
[QUOTE=Sunspace] Sure! 🙂 [/QUOTE] If you can hold on a day or so, I’ll get out the microphone at the house (not at home right now) and record you some stuff. I apparently sound like the Texas Country Reporter guy, if you know who that is. ---
**Author:** ![Sunspace](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sunspace/32/1250_2.png) [@Sunspace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sunspace)\ **Post date:** [December 6, 2007, 12:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/vocal-samples-thread-how-do-you-say-it/427403/129 "2007-12-06T00:57:05Z")
[QUOTE=Revenant Threshold] Anyway, i’ve sent a thing to **Sunspace** , in the hope their inbox isn’t getting _too_ busy. [/QUOTE] And [here it is!](http://www.sunspace.org/audio/revenant_threshold_mary_rarely_rose.mp3) ---
**Author:** ![Sunspace](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sunspace/32/1250_2.png) [@Sunspace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sunspace)\ **Post date:** [December 6, 2007, 1:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/vocal-samples-thread-how-do-you-say-it/427403/130 "2007-12-06T01:08:46Z")
And what with all these MP3s I’m hosting and all, I’m going to have to be careful. Outbound transfer out of my web server is up to the incredible figure of 0.002 of my traffic quota. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Ephemera](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/8baadc/32.png) [@Ephemera](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ephemera)\ **Post date:** [December 6, 2007, 2:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/vocal-samples-thread-how-do-you-say-it/427403/131 "2007-12-06T02:12:17Z")
**Hypnagogic Jerk** sounds a lot like **Sunspace**. ---
**Author:** ![Hypnagogic\_Jerk](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hypnagogic_jerk/32/4252_2.png) [@Hypnagogic\_Jerk](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hypnagogic_Jerk)\ **Post date:** [December 6, 2007, 4:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/vocal-samples-thread-how-do-you-say-it/427403/132 "2007-12-06T04:44:38Z")
[QUOTE=Aesiron] **Hypnagogic Jerk** sounds a lot like **Sunspace**. [/QUOTE] Really? I can assure you that I am not him (I know that’s not what you’re saying). I’ve always thought that my voice sounds nerdy, I don’t know if that’s what you’re hearing. Also note that here I was reading a text and I could use several takes in order to say it correctly. If you heard me speaking English (especially if I’m nervous), I’d probably have a different accent. ---
**Author:** ![sturmhauke](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e47c2d/32.png) [@sturmhauke](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sturmhauke)\ **Post date:** [December 6, 2007, 10:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/vocal-samples-thread-how-do-you-say-it/427403/133 "2007-12-06T10:13:21Z")
Hey look everybody, it’s the birth of my crappy website! I just slapped it together and posted my voice files. Here it is! [Click at your own risk. I will not be responsible for any uncontrolled outbursts of ecstasy, agony and/or utter indifference that may or may not result from listening to these files. Use as directed.](http://home.comcast.net/~sturmhauke/site/) ---
**Author:** ![Telperien](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/65b543/32.png) [@Telperien](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Telperien)\ **Post date:** [December 6, 2007, 6:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/vocal-samples-thread-how-do-you-say-it/427403/134 "2007-12-06T18:46:35Z")
[QUOTE=Sunspace] And [here it is!](http://www.sunspace.org/audio/revenant_threshold_mary_rarely_rose.mp3) [/QUOTE] I would like to put in a request for **jsgoddess** and **Revenant Threshold** to come and read me stories. Or just the tv listings, whichever. ---
**Author:** ![nashiitashii](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/7c8e57/32.png) [@nashiitashii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nashiitashii)\ **Post date:** [December 6, 2007, 8:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/vocal-samples-thread-how-do-you-say-it/427403/135 "2007-12-06T20:58:39Z")
[QUOTE=sturmhauke] Hey look everybody, it’s the birth of my crappy website! I just slapped it together and posted my voice files. Here it is! [Click at your own risk. I will not be responsible for any uncontrolled outbursts of ecstasy, agony and/or utter indifference that may or may not result from listening to these files. Use as directed.](http://home.comcast.net/~sturmhauke/site/) [/QUOTE] “Here in the United States, ‘boot’ is something you put on your foot.” 😛😃 ---
**Author:** ![sturmhauke](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e47c2d/32.png) [@sturmhauke](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sturmhauke)\ **Post date:** [December 7, 2007, 1:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/vocal-samples-thread-how-do-you-say-it/427403/136 "2007-12-07T01:24:54Z")
[QUOTE=nashiitashii] “Here in the United States, ‘boot’ is something you put on your foot.” 😛😃 [/QUOTE] I couldn’t resist a little smartassery. ---
**Author:** ![wonky](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wonky/32/393_2.png) [@wonky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wonky)\ **Post date:** [December 7, 2007, 1:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/vocal-samples-thread-how-do-you-say-it/427403/137 "2007-12-07T01:57:49Z")
[QUOTE=Telperien] I would like to put in a request for **jsgoddess** and **Revenant Threshold** to come and read me stories. Or just the tv listings, whichever. [/QUOTE] I don’t think I can come there, but I can make a recording. 😃 [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/vocal-samples-thread-how-do-you-say-it/427403.md?page=6)