# When You Read the Dope, What Do You Hear? **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [December 13, 2006, 12:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-you-read-the-dope-what-do-you-hear/383899 "2006-12-13T00:32:43Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Least\_Original\_User\_Name\_Ever](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/e480ec/32.png) [@Least\_Original\_User\_Name\_Ever](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Least_Original_User_Name_Ever)\ **Post date:** [December 13, 2006, 12:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-you-read-the-dope-what-do-you-hear/383899/1 "2006-12-13T00:32:43Z")
I sometimes hear different peoples’ voices when I read some peoples’ posts in the Dope. It makes reading a post in the Christopher Walken voice make a big difference. You hearing it too, or is it just me? ---
**Author:** ![What\_Exit](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/what_exit/32/10652_2.png) [@What\_Exit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/What_Exit)\ **Post date:** [December 13, 2006, 1:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-you-read-the-dope-what-do-you-hear/383899/2 "2006-12-13T01:31:52Z")
I do hear voices when reading some posts. Yours is a little like Fry from Futurama \*\*QtM \*\* is a deep baritone filled with Wisdom. \*\*GonzoMax \*\* has a little Grandpa Simpson to it. 😉 **Silenus** is a good natured but gruff voice. Friendly and yet a little acerbic. \*\*Anyrose \*\* has a Strong Long Island accent, but I think that is because of her listed location. A mix of Brenda Morgenstern and the Nanny. \*\*Bosda \*\* has a voice of bemusement and a little Wallace Shawn. **Inigo Montoya** sounds like Mandy Patinkin of course. \*\*ralph124c \*\* sounds like Ralph Wiggums. I apologize for that, but it got stuck in my head. **Malacandra** sounds like Michael Palin in my head. **Kythereia** sounds like a young Susan Sarandon \*\* lissener\*\* sounds like Eddie Deezen I did not include posters I have actually met or talked to. Jim ---
**Author:** ![Man\_With\_a\_Cat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/cab0a1/32.png) [@Man\_With\_a\_Cat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Man_With_a_Cat)\ **Post date:** [December 13, 2006, 1:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-you-read-the-dope-what-do-you-hear/383899/3 "2006-12-13T01:38:52Z")
[QUOTE=What Exit?] I did not include posters I have actually met or talked to. Jim [/QUOTE] Whew! I don’t hear voices, though that’s an interesting thought. I think I’m going to start… I have listened to a voice post that a Doper made on her LiveJournal, and was very surprised to hear she sounded younger than I imagined. ---
**Author:** ![Least\_Original\_User\_Name\_Ever](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/e480ec/32.png) [@Least\_Original\_User\_Name\_Ever](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Least_Original_User_Name_Ever)\ **Post date:** [December 13, 2006, 1:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-you-read-the-dope-what-do-you-hear/383899/4 "2006-12-13T01:44:39Z")
Well, Jim, I’m conflicted when I read your posts. I want to hear Larry David (and sometimes do) but mostly hear some random nasal Brooklyn accent. **gonzomax** DEFINITELY has his Grampa Simpson moments. I take EVERY opportunity to poke him when he has an old man catnap on the couch or in the chair when watching tv. He likes it. **Senor Autobus Muchacho** , I read your post with Christopher Walken. That makes your empty space in the first sentence feel much more…alive! ---
**Author:** ![Least\_Original\_User\_Name\_Ever](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/e480ec/32.png) [@Least\_Original\_User\_Name\_Ever](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Least_Original_User_Name_Ever)\ **Post date:** [December 13, 2006, 1:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-you-read-the-dope-what-do-you-hear/383899/5 "2006-12-13T01:45:55Z")
Oh yeah…can someone pass the Slurm? ---
**Author:** ![What\_Exit](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/what_exit/32/10652_2.png) [@What\_Exit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/What_Exit)\ **Post date:** [December 13, 2006, 1:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-you-read-the-dope-what-do-you-hear/383899/6 "2006-12-13T01:50:42Z")
[QUOTE=Least Original User Name Ever] Well, Jim, I’m conflicted when I read your posts. I want to hear Larry David (and sometimes do) but mostly hear some random nasal Brooklyn accent. [/QUOTE] Well I have a nasal Jersey suburban accent with some residual Bronx accent mixed in. So pretty close. Jim ---
**Author:** ![Least\_Original\_User\_Name\_Ever](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/e480ec/32.png) [@Least\_Original\_User\_Name\_Ever](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Least_Original_User_Name_Ever)\ **Post date:** [December 13, 2006, 1:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-you-read-the-dope-what-do-you-hear/383899/7 "2006-12-13T01:55:58Z")
So…to the rest of the universe…you’re unintelligible. Got it. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![What\_Exit](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/what_exit/32/10652_2.png) [@What\_Exit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/What_Exit)\ **Post date:** [December 13, 2006, 1:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-you-read-the-dope-what-do-you-hear/383899/8 "2006-12-13T01:59:54Z")
[QUOTE=Least Original User Name Ever] So…to the rest of the universe..you’re unintelligible. Got it. 😃 [/QUOTE] Have you been talking to my wife? 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Least\_Original\_User\_Name\_Ever](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/e480ec/32.png) [@Least\_Original\_User\_Name\_Ever](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Least_Original_User_Name_Ever)\ **Post date:** [December 13, 2006, 2:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-you-read-the-dope-what-do-you-hear/383899/9 "2006-12-13T02:06:37Z")
Nah, I just know it’s (being unintelligible) is self-defense. It’s like Brad Pitt in Snatch, when he had that weird English accent that nobody understood. Yes, tell your wife that I just compared you to Brad Pitt. ---
**Author:** ![Anastasaeon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/73ab20/32.png) [@Anastasaeon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Anastasaeon)\ **Post date:** [December 13, 2006, 2:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-you-read-the-dope-what-do-you-hear/383899/10 "2006-12-13T02:12:35Z")
[QUOTE=What Exit?] I do hear voices when reading some posts. Yours is a little like Fry from Futurama [/QUOTE] _Bingo_! That’s _it_! ---
**Author:** ![eleanorigby](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/ee7513/32.png) [@eleanorigby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/eleanorigby)\ **Post date:** [December 13, 2006, 2:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-you-read-the-dope-what-do-you-hear/383899/11 "2006-12-13T02:25:35Z")
Unless otherwise noted, I hear all UK posters as the RP accents of the BBC news. The Aussies all sound like Crocodile Dundee or Steve Corwin. I hear most male Dopers in a generic, Peter Jennings type voice, UNLESS their syntax, vocabulary (or even main focus) is such that PJ just won’t fit. If it’s a Pit thread and they’re being especially poisonous, I hear shrill tones (not in the least pleasant). If they are witty in their rage-I hear a Lewis Black type screed. The female Dopers–hard to say. Some sound like Paula Poundstone, some like Gilda Radner–in all her manifestations! I will try to track who gets which voice now…gee, thanks-another thing for me to obsess about! 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![pullin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/c57346/32.png) [@pullin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pullin)\ **Post date:** [December 13, 2006, 2:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-you-read-the-dope-what-do-you-hear/383899/12 "2006-12-13T02:27:21Z")
I assign both voice and appearance to other posters. Everyone gets a personality based on TV and movies. A few samples of what I see and hear when I’m on the board(s)\*: Shirley Ujest == Dana Delaney QtM == Robert Stack tashabot == the robot Transformer chick from the movie (can’t remember her name, Susan Blu?) Chefguy == James Earl Jones (I have no idea why; It’s just happens) Martini Enfield == Jeff Cooper (I hope he takes this as a compliment) FairyChatMom == Liv Tyler Faithfool == Mama Cass (please, please take this as a compliment… it is) Johnny LA == Johnny Bravo (one of the few cartoons) lieu == Robin Williams Kalhoun == Bonnie Hunt TuckerFan == Orson Wells Dinsdale == Eric Idle \*hopefully everyone will view these avatars favorably. I don’t mean to offend. ---
**Author:** ![Least\_Original\_User\_Name\_Ever](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/e480ec/32.png) [@Least\_Original\_User\_Name\_Ever](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Least_Original_User_Name_Ever)\ **Post date:** [December 13, 2006, 3:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-you-read-the-dope-what-do-you-hear/383899/13 "2006-12-13T03:55:34Z")
[QUOTE=Anastasaeon] _Bingo_! That’s _it_! [/QUOTE] Oh really, Kerry Strug? Just kidding. It’s a little lower than Kerry’s. ---
**Author:** ![Tripler](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tripler/32/21807_2.png) [@Tripler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tripler)\ **Post date:** [December 13, 2006, 4:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-you-read-the-dope-what-do-you-hear/383899/14 "2006-12-13T04:42:43Z")
There was a [website that Francesca](http://www.geocities.com/voiceofthetm/hear.htm) put together awhile back. I’ve learned to ‘listen’ to a few voices from the site, but it hasn’t been updated in awhile. I’d personally send a few bucks her way if she needed to update the site. Tripler Other than that, y’all sound like Yul Brenner in my head–just not as bald. ---
**Author:** ![fisha](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/da6949/32.png) [@fisha](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/fisha)\ **Post date:** [December 13, 2006, 4:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-you-read-the-dope-what-do-you-hear/383899/15 "2006-12-13T04:46:13Z")
[QUOTE=Least Original User Name Ever] Nah, I just know it’s (being unintelligible) is self-defense. It’s like Brad Pitt in Snatch, when he had that weird English accent that nobody understood. Yes, tell your wife that I just compared you to Brad Pitt. [/QUOTE] Best accent ever. Gypsy Irish, I think, can’t remember the specific term. Favorite movie, but I have really low standards. And yes, I hear voices, too. ---
**Author:** ![Lobelia\_Overhill](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/54ee81/32.png) [@Lobelia\_Overhill](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lobelia_Overhill)\ **Post date:** [December 13, 2006, 1:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-you-read-the-dope-what-do-you-hear/383899/16 "2006-12-13T13:15:10Z")
Lunch Lady Doris… ---
**Author:** ![Kythereia](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/e8c25b/32.png) [@Kythereia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kythereia)\ **Post date:** [December 13, 2006, 7:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-you-read-the-dope-what-do-you-hear/383899/17 "2006-12-13T19:11:26Z")
[QUOTE=What Exit?] **Kythereia** sounds like a young Susan Sarandon [/QUOTE] :o Should I be flattered? :o I admit, I only hear the voices of the people I’ve talked to IRL– **Sunspace** , **Lissa** , **Eats\_Crayons** , all the Trannadopers. That website from Francesca looks like a good place to start… ---
**Author:** ![Least\_Original\_User\_Name\_Ever](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/e480ec/32.png) [@Least\_Original\_User\_Name\_Ever](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Least_Original_User_Name_Ever)\ **Post date:** [December 13, 2006, 7:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-you-read-the-dope-what-do-you-hear/383899/18 "2006-12-13T19:23:08Z")
If it helps, you sound normal in my mind…except a slight Canadian accent…and a proclivity to say “aboot”. Then again, that’s most Canadians on this board. Love me. ---
**Author:** ![What\_Exit](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/what_exit/32/10652_2.png) [@What\_Exit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/What_Exit)\ **Post date:** [December 13, 2006, 7:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-you-read-the-dope-what-do-you-hear/383899/19 "2006-12-13T19:31:51Z")
[QUOTE=Kythereia] :o Should I be flattered? :o [/QUOTE] I think so. For some reason I think of Janet from Rocky Horror as your imagined voiced. I am not sure why. It just clicked that way to me at some point. **Anastasaeon** , I am glad you agree on Fry for **LOUNE**. I did not think about it when I first posted, but when I read your posts; I usually give you the mental voice of one of my young co-workers. She has a young bubbly voice. [QUOTE=Lobelia Overhill] Lunch Lady Doris… [/QUOTE] Are you saying that is what you sound like, I am disappointed, I had imagined your voice to be British Country Squirish, how I would expect a well off Hobbit to sound. Jim ---
**Author:** ![Least\_Original\_User\_Name\_Ever](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/e480ec/32.png) [@Least\_Original\_User\_Name\_Ever](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Least_Original_User_Name_Ever)\ **Post date:** [December 13, 2006, 7:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-you-read-the-dope-what-do-you-hear/383899/20 "2006-12-13T19:36:50Z")
I’m with you on **Anastaseon**. I sense some sort of effervescence from her. **silenus** has a low, almost gravelly voice. His voice isn’t what you’d think it would be. **FairyChatMom** could do phone sex. She just has that kind of voice to her. (What??) **Shagnasty** has a degree of a Boston accent, although I can’t pinpoint WHAT degree it is. He’s also got perfect grammar and diction, despite this blight of an accent. I’m still trying to recalibrate my inner monologue for a bunch. Being alerted that the person you thought was one gender, then having them be the opposite messes up with much stuff. Also, **alice\_in\_wonderland** has a young Demi Moore voice. Kinda deep-ish, but still cute. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-you-read-the-dope-what-do-you-hear/383899.md?page=2)