# What does your voice sound like? **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [March 22, 2000, 5:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-does-your-voice-sound-like/15277 "2000-03-22T17:53:00Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Bucky](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/5f8ce5/32.png) [@Bucky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bucky)\ **Post date:** [March 22, 2000, 9:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-does-your-voice-sound-like/15277/21 "2000-03-22T21:04:00Z")
My real voice is a lot like Darth Vader’s. This tends to frighten the animals a bit, so a pitch it up about an octave. There is a vague accent to it sometimes (when I’m lazy and not pronouncing my “r” sound correctly). My resonance tends to go from very forward projecting (Richard Burton) to very chest placed (late night DJ). When I want to fool around, I can do about fifty different accents/dialects and have about a three and a half octave range, so my voice can pretty well sound however I want it to. If I looked as good as I can sound, I would be set. Unfortunately, I truly do have a face for radio (I think). Bucky ---
**Author:** ![Silo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ac91a4/32.png) [@Silo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Silo)\ **Post date:** [March 22, 2000, 9:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-does-your-voice-sound-like/15277/22 "2000-03-22T21:10:00Z")
My voice is just like Pierce Brosnan’s. You know the current James Bond guy. * * * If at first you don’t succeed you’re about average. ---
**Author:** ![jazzmine](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/5daacb/32.png) [@jazzmine](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jazzmine)\ **Post date:** [March 22, 2000, 9:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-does-your-voice-sound-like/15277/23 "2000-03-22T21:16:00Z")
Most of you are describing your voices in terms of other things you can hear. Sort of defies the meaning of the OP, dontcha think? trisha ---
**Author:** ![Crystalguy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/dbc845/32.png) [@Crystalguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Crystalguy)\ **Post date:** [March 22, 2000, 9:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-does-your-voice-sound-like/15277/24 "2000-03-22T21:21:00Z")
Pure Texas, with a twice broken nose. * * * Crystalguy ---
**Author:** ![Chef\_Troy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/85f322/32.png) [@Chef\_Troy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chef_Troy)\ **Post date:** [March 22, 2000, 9:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-does-your-voice-sound-like/15277/25 "2000-03-22T21:22:00Z")
Good point, Jazzmine. Okay, my voice is like a strong cup of hot chocolate with no marshmallows…rich, deep, and warming, and it makes the listener feel good right down to his or her toes. * * * Live a Lush Life Da Chef ---
**Author:** ![phouka](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/c5a1d2/32.png) [@phouka](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/phouka)\ **Post date:** [March 22, 2000, 9:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-does-your-voice-sound-like/15277/26 "2000-03-22T21:25:00Z")
My customers often say that I sound like a recording when I answer the phone (“Thank you for calling Earthlink-Mindspring, my name is Phouka, may I have your domain name.”) which leads me to believe that I have a relatively pleasant, evenly paced voice. I get loud when I’m excited about something, and my Texas accent comes and goes. It’s mostly there when I’m very tired or when I want to disarm whoever I’m talking to. I have to conciously pitch my voice lower, because on hearing myself on tape, I thought my voice was much too high pitched. ---
**Author:** ![SqrlCub](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ea5d25/32.png) [@SqrlCub](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SqrlCub)\ **Post date:** [March 22, 2000, 9:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-does-your-voice-sound-like/15277/27 "2000-03-22T21:59:00Z")
Thank you Jazzmine for pointing that out. I thought I had a pretty good description. I would say that following the same line my voice is the colour of absynthe (crystal clear in the bottle but emerald green in the glass, from an absynthe website) > **[Absinthe Liquor - Buy Real Absinthe Wormwood Drink Online](https://www.originalabsinthe.com/)** > > Absinthe Liquor Store - best selection of real thujone absinthe drink, absinthe fountains, glasses, gift sets and slotted absinthe spoons since 1996. with 20/20 to 20/25 vision. BTW, I miss you. You haven’t been around too much lately. PS. I would say Cheffy’s voice is rgb 45:45: 241, 67 hsb 240degrees, 81.3%, 241 can be found at [http://home.att.net/~rocq/SIHwheel.html](http://home.att.net/~rocq/SIHwheel.html) website. HUGS! Sqrl * * * [SqrlCub’s Arizona Adventure](http://boards.straightdope.com/ubb/Forum4/HTML/005351.html) ---
**Author:** ![jazzmine](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/5daacb/32.png) [@jazzmine](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jazzmine)\ **Post date:** [March 22, 2000, 10:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-does-your-voice-sound-like/15277/28 "2000-03-22T22:35:00Z")
Ahh, Cub, I’ve been around and I watch you all the time. You’re still one of my favorites! _kiss_ My voice is like the feeling you get when you sit on a moss-laden bank of a crystal clear stream in a clearing in a forest. trisha ---
**Author:** ![mega\_the\_roo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/3da27b/32.png) [@mega\_the\_roo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mega_the_roo)\ **Post date:** [March 22, 2000, 11:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-does-your-voice-sound-like/15277/29 "2000-03-22T23:44:00Z")
ooh ooh! i want to make a .wav!! but what oh what, should i say? * * * if wishes were fishes, we could walk on the ocean. ---
**Author:** ![Sue\_Duhnym](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/91b2a8/32.png) [@Sue\_Duhnym](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sue_Duhnym)\ **Post date:** [March 22, 2000, 11:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-does-your-voice-sound-like/15277/30 "2000-03-22T23:53:00Z")
I sound how I feel. I’m not very good at hiding my emotion because my voice gives it away. Therefore: My husband would say that most of the time I sound like a bitch, except in bed…then I sound like a goddess. * * * A woman needs four animals in her life: A mink in the closet, a Jaguar in the garage, a tiger in the bedroom, and an ass to pay for it all. —Zsa Zsa Gabor ---
**Author:** ![Hey\_Hey\_Paula](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/85e7bf/32.png) [@Hey\_Hey\_Paula](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hey_Hey_Paula)\ **Post date:** [March 22, 2000, 11:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-does-your-voice-sound-like/15277/31 "2000-03-22T23:55:00Z")
I sound an awful lot like Glinda the Good Witch. Only bitchier. * * * “The analyst went barking up the wrong tree, of course. I never should have mentioned unicorns to a Freudian.” – Dottie (“Jumpers” by Tom Stoppard) ---
**Author:** ![GuanoLad](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guanolad/32/42_2.png) [@GuanoLad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GuanoLad)\ **Post date:** [March 22, 2000, 11:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-does-your-voice-sound-like/15277/32 "2000-03-22T23:58:00Z")
My voice has the unusual ability to be totally unheard even when I put some volume behind it. It happens sometimes just when I say something important and unrepeatable. Somehow the frequency perfectly blends into the surrounding noises (like traffic) and cannot be heard at all. Apart from that, I have a New Zealand accent, and it’s medium-deep. A few board members have heard it - Coldfire, the lamented ChrisCTP, and MoosieGirl, amongst them. Oh, and I do silly voices and a wide range of accents. Go on, ask me, I can do anything. Go on. Really, I can. Go on. * * * [The Legend Of PigeonMan](http://www.hotkey.net.au/~guanolad/pigeonman/) - **Shadow of the Pigeon** - Weirdo of the Night ---
**Author:** ![Harmonious\_Discord](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/74df32/32.png) [@Harmonious\_Discord](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Harmonious_Discord)\ **Post date:** [March 23, 2000, 12:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-does-your-voice-sound-like/15277/33 "2000-03-23T00:05:00Z")
Here’s a sample wave if the link works. This of coarse does jack for handy. [http://members.theglobe.com/Sonic62/waves/god.wav](http://members.theglobe.com/Sonic62/waves/god.wav) * * * Tweedledum and Tweedledee Agreed to have a battle; For Tweedledum said Tweedledee Had spoiled his nice new rattle. Just then flew down a monstrous crow, As black as a tar-barrel; Which frightened both the heroes so, They quite forgot their quarrel. Lewis Carrol ---
**Author:** ![mega\_the\_roo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/3da27b/32.png) [@mega\_the\_roo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mega_the_roo)\ **Post date:** [March 23, 2000, 12:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-does-your-voice-sound-like/15277/34 "2000-03-23T00:30:00Z")
me: [http://www.angelfire.com/sk/cattywompus/voicella.wav](http://www.angelfire.com/sk/cattywompus/voicella.wav) and phobia, what on earth are you saying in that .wav? * * * if wishes were fishes, we could walk on the ocean. ---
**Author:** ![techchick68](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ea5d25/32.png) [@techchick68](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/techchick68)\ **Post date:** [March 23, 2000, 12:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-does-your-voice-sound-like/15277/35 "2000-03-23T00:56:00Z")
Hey Roo, add a picture to that, give the guys a hard one 🙂 LOL Eve – I think he meant it ---
**Author:** ![jazzmine](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/5daacb/32.png) [@jazzmine](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jazzmine)\ **Post date:** [March 23, 2000, 12:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-does-your-voice-sound-like/15277/36 "2000-03-23T00:58:00Z")
Okay, let’s take it from the top people. Handy can’t hear. Remember? That’s the point of this thread. Unless you have some kinda wonder .wav, you’re sort of missing the point of the OP. trisha ---
**Author:** ![mega\_the\_roo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/3da27b/32.png) [@mega\_the\_roo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mega_the_roo)\ **Post date:** [March 23, 2000, 1:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-does-your-voice-sound-like/15277/37 "2000-03-23T01:07:00Z")
if handy really really wants to know, i’m sure that somebody will take the time to describe it for me. if i knew how, i most certainly would have. * * * if wishes were fishes, we could walk on the ocean. ---
**Author:** ![Harmonious\_Discord](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/74df32/32.png) [@Harmonious\_Discord](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Harmonious_Discord)\ **Post date:** [March 23, 2000, 1:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-does-your-voice-sound-like/15277/38 "2000-03-23T01:14:00Z")
“This is God, I want You!..To go to the corner store and pick up a six pack and a couple of scratch offs.” For handy: Anybody I talk to on the phone that doesn’t know me, calls me mame. I don’t correct them and they find out when I give them my name they had the wrong gender for the last three minutes. ---
**Author:** ![mangeorge](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/d78d45/32.png) [@mangeorge](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mangeorge)\ **Post date:** [March 23, 2000, 1:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-does-your-voice-sound-like/15277/39 "2000-03-23T01:21:00Z")
As you probably know, handy, you can feel the vibrations of a persons voice by placing your hands on the speakers throat and chest. What you feel is pretty much what it sounds like. Besides, it’s probably the best excuse in the world to get friendly with your favorite cutie-pie. 😉 Peace, mangeorge * * * I only know two things; I know what I need to know And I know what I want to know Mangeorge, 2000 ---
**Author:** ![Homer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/df788c/32.png) [@Homer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Homer)\ **Post date:** [March 23, 2000, 1:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-does-your-voice-sound-like/15277/40 "2000-03-23T01:36:00Z")
Does my voice sound booming to you? I’ve always wanted to be in radio. I want to be one of those morning zoo guys. I want to be one of those guys who, at any point in the conversation, can push a button and get a “badda buh-doing!” Sorry. Local radio station plays that quote all the time. I’ve been told many times I should be on the radio. –Tim * * * We are the children of the Eighties. We are not the first “lost generation” nor today’s lost generation; in fact, we think we know just where we stand - or are discovering it as we speak. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-does-your-voice-sound-like/15277.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-does-your-voice-sound-like/15277.md?page=3)