# 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:** 2
**Author:** ![Caridwen](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/c89c15/32.png) [@Caridwen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Caridwen)\ **Post date:** [December 13, 2006, 7:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-you-read-the-dope-what-do-you-hear/383899/21 "2006-12-13T19:43:42Z")
[QUOTE=Tripler] 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. [/QUOTE] That was great!! I think I have a little crush on **astro** and **jimm**. ---
**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, 8:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-you-read-the-dope-what-do-you-hear/383899/22 "2006-12-13T20:01:49Z")
[QUOTE=What Exit?] 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] Probably close; add a sprinkling of dorkiness, and a Maritime accent (a mash of French/Irish) being covered up by a “ghetto” Seattle accent (I learned to speak “American” from my husband, biatch)… you’re probably spot on. I tend to sound cheerful, if incomprehensible. You always sound like a calm, rational, fatherly voice in my head - the very voice of reason, always requesting patience, logic, and empathy. A little bit like my Dad. That’s not an insult. 😉 I have enormous respect for my father, who was my first inspiration; and is a clever, intelligent, and very calm fellow. He’s also a cool dude. So to remind of him, you must be a pretty cool dude, yourself. 🆒 **Kythereia** - I always hear a light, pleasant voice, that sounds as though it’s going to bubble into laughter. **dahfisheroo** - Sounds like someone from back home, or maybe a Newf. It’s the “fisheroo” part; probably because I come from a fishing community. **Shirley Ujest** - sounds like a lady I used to work with whose name was Shirley - and she was a _riot_. **Mr. Bus Guy** - sounds like my FIL - a little gruff, not really gravelly - but Bus Guy, in my mind, has about 60% less “grump” in his voice than my FIL. I love my FIL, and he’s a lovable grump, but he _is_ a grump. Bug Suy is not. In my head. Mika Meeks - er… **Anaamika** - sounds similar to _me_, but with a different accent. Cheerful, with a touch of dryness. Aaaand… I just listened to those audio clips, and holy cow - **astro** sounds _sexy_. Not at all what I thought he would sound like. I… don’t know _what_ I thought he would sound like, but not like _that_. Neat. 😃 ---
**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, 8:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-you-read-the-dope-what-do-you-hear/383899/23 "2006-12-13T20:01:59Z")
[QUOTE=What Exit?] 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. [/QUOTE] Dude, I’m a poor Irishwoman! And I’m more Elf, but they didn’t have the Elf name generator up when I was looking for a 'net handle… Although I used to call myself Xena2000 Lunch Lady Doris is who I hear “narrating” the board. My accent is unique. ie awful, I phone people, and ask to speak to so and so and the person who answered the phone tells so and so “there’s a man on the phone for you” ---
**Author:** ![Eleanor\_of\_Aquitaine](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/a88e4f/32.png) [@Eleanor\_of\_Aquitaine](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eleanor_of_Aquitaine)\ **Post date:** [December 13, 2006, 8:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-you-read-the-dope-what-do-you-hear/383899/24 "2006-12-13T20:09:00Z")
I think I have a deficiency here - I don’t hear any voices at all when I read the Dope. The thing that distinguishes one Doper from another isn’t a sound, or an imagined face. It’s more of an assigned personality for many Dopers, one that is constantly adjusted as I read more from them. I don’t hear anything when I read books, either, although I understand that some people assign voices and appearances to characters they read about. I’m more likely to remember on which area of the page I read a certain paragraph. ---
**Author:** ![Draelin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ce73a5/32.png) [@Draelin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Draelin)\ **Post date:** [December 13, 2006, 8:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-you-read-the-dope-what-do-you-hear/383899/25 "2006-12-13T20:12:55Z")
[QUOTE=Anastasaeon] I tend to sound cheerful, if incomprehensible. [/QUOTE] I hear your posts in something very similar to my friend Ginger’s voice, and that description is spot-on. 🙂 **Kyth** always sounds vaguely Lisa-Kudrow-esque. And there’s really no need to explain how I hear any of **velvetjones’** posts. I’ll agree that **Leasty** (lookit that, a new nickname!) sounds like Fry. I had never thought of it that way, but when I went back and reread with Fry’s voice, it was too perfect not to use. I know what **What Exit** sounds like, so I’ll skip him. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![The\_Weird\_One](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/7bcc69/32.png) [@The\_Weird\_One](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Weird_One)\ **Post date:** [December 13, 2006, 8:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-you-read-the-dope-what-do-you-hear/383899/26 "2006-12-13T20:21:13Z")
I hear people talking about sex. Oh, wait, that’s the podcast. Nevermind. ---
**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, 8:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-you-read-the-dope-what-do-you-hear/383899/27 "2006-12-13T20:25:40Z")
Well, then stop casting your pod out there! Then people will stop approaching you for sex! ---
**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, 8:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-you-read-the-dope-what-do-you-hear/383899/28 "2006-12-13T20:26:57Z")
[QUOTE=Draelin] I hear your posts in something very similar to my friend Ginger’s voice, and that description is spot-on. 🙂 **Kyth** always sounds vaguely Lisa-Kudrow-esque. And there’s really no need to explain how I hear any of **velvetjones’** posts. I’ll agree that **Leasty** (lookit that, a new nickname!) sounds like Fry. I had never thought of it that way, but when I went back and reread with Fry’s voice, it was too perfect not to use. I know what **What Exit** sounds like, so I’ll skip him. 🙂 [/QUOTE] As per the “typical” Jersey girl, you’ve also got a slight bot of the Nanny in your voice. Sorry, toots. ---
**Author:** ![Antinor01](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ecae2f/32.png) [@Antinor01](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Antinor01)\ **Post date:** [December 13, 2006, 8:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-you-read-the-dope-what-do-you-hear/383899/29 "2006-12-13T20:27:48Z")
[QUOTE=Eleanor of Aquitaine] I think I have a deficiency here - I don’t hear any voices at all when I read the Dope. The thing that distinguishes one Doper from another isn’t a sound, or an imagined face. It’s more of an assigned personality for many Dopers, one that is constantly adjusted as I read more from them. I don’t hear anything when I read books, either, although I understand that some people assign voices and appearances to characters they read about. I’m more likely to remember on which area of the page I read a certain paragraph. [/QUOTE] I’m mostly like that myself, except I do usually have a mental image also. Since I’ve only seen pictures of a couple dopers and have never met any IRL it’s all my own imagination. ---
**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, 10:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-you-read-the-dope-what-do-you-hear/383899/30 "2006-12-13T22:13:00Z")
[QUOTE=What Exit?] 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. [/QUOTE] “If only we were amongst friends… or sane persons!” [QUOTE=Least Original User Name Ever] 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. [/QUOTE] _loves on you_ [QUOTE=Anastasaeon] **Kythereia** - I always hear a light, pleasant voice, that sounds as though it’s going to bubble into laughter. [/QUOTE] Now I’m _definitely_ flattered! _mwah_ [QUOTE=Draelin] Kyth always sounds vaguely Lisa-Kudrow-esque. [/QUOTE] Now I’m not so sure if I’m flattered or not, but I’ll take it as a compliment anyways. 🙂 I imagine what people _look_ like, if that’s any better: **Qadgop** looks like a (very distinguished and dignified) cross between J.R.R. Tolkien and Albert Einstein, **Anaamika** looks like Aishwarya Rai, **Eve** looks like Meryl Streep in _The Devil Wears Prada_… ---
**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, 10:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-you-read-the-dope-what-do-you-hear/383899/31 "2006-12-13T22:22:47Z")
That could be a fun companion thread to this, but that one holds much less mystery. All our ugly mugs have been on the 'nets, though. ---
**Author:** ![Qadgop\_the\_Mercotan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/qadgop_the_mercotan/32/83_2.png) [@Qadgop\_the\_Mercotan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Qadgop_the_Mercotan)\ **Post date:** [December 13, 2006, 11:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-you-read-the-dope-what-do-you-hear/383899/32 "2006-12-13T23:46:40Z")
[QUOTE=Kythereia] **Qadgop** looks like a (very distinguished and dignified) cross between J.R.R. Tolkien and Albert Einstein, [/QUOTE] Heh. I wish. Einstein’s hair, certainly. Mixed with Krusty the Clown’s ---
**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 14, 2006, 3:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-you-read-the-dope-what-do-you-hear/383899/33 "2006-12-14T03:07:30Z")
**Kytheria** , did I say to stop loving on me? ---
**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 14, 2006, 3:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-you-read-the-dope-what-do-you-hear/383899/34 "2006-12-14T03:34:20Z")
I read this thread, and I wonder what I have to do to help **Francesca** with that page. Man, that is a great archive! Paging **Francesca**! If you would, drop me a line when you get a chance. E-mail is in my profile. Tripler I’m throwing the proverbial line in the water, and I’m watching the bobber. ---
**Author:** ![fisha](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/da6949/32.png) [@fisha](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/fisha)\ **Post date:** [December 14, 2006, 5:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-you-read-the-dope-what-do-you-hear/383899/35 "2006-12-14T05:25:37Z")
[QUOTE=Anastasaeon] Probably close; add a sprinkling of dorkiness, and a Maritime accent (a mash of French/Irish) being covered up by a “ghetto” Seattle accent (I learned to speak “American” from my husband, biatch)… you’re probably spot on. I tend to sound cheerful, if incomprehensible. You always sound like a calm, rational, fatherly voice in my head - the very voice of reason, always requesting patience, logic, and empathy. A little bit like my Dad. That’s not an insult. 😉 I have enormous respect for my father, who was my first inspiration; and is a clever, intelligent, and very calm fellow. He’s also a cool dude. So to remind of him, you must be a pretty cool dude, yourself. 🆒 **Kythereia** - I always hear a light, pleasant voice, that sounds as though it’s going to bubble into laughter. **dahfisheroo** - Sounds like someone from back home, or maybe a Newf. It’s the “fisheroo” part; probably because I come from a fishing community. **Shirley Ujest** - sounds like a lady I used to work with whose name was Shirley - and she was a _riot_. **Mr. Bus Guy** - sounds like my FIL - a little gruff, not really gravelly - but Bus Guy, in my mind, has about 60% less “grump” in his voice than my FIL. I love my FIL, and he’s a lovable grump, but he _is_ a grump. Bug Suy is not. In my head. Mika Meeks - er… **Anaamika** - sounds similar to _me_, but with a different accent. Cheerful, with a touch of dryness. Aaaand… I just listened to those audio clips, and holy cow - **astro** sounds _sexy_. Not at all what I thought he would sound like. I… don’t know _what_ I thought he would sound like, but not like _that_. Neat. 😃 [/QUOTE] I EXIST!!! I sound more Canadian than anything, maybe a female Swedish dairy farmer. Actually I have very nice diction if trying to sound intelligent, or in an unfamiliar environment, but if I am really comfortable around you, I can get pretty sloppy. I have noticed I post the same way as I speak, depending on topic. ---
**Author:** ![Martini\_Enfield](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/martini_enfield/32/11123_2.png) [@Martini\_Enfield](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Martini_Enfield)\ **Post date:** [December 14, 2006, 12:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-you-read-the-dope-what-do-you-hear/383899/36 "2006-12-14T12:16:15Z")
[QUOTE=pullin] Martini Enfield == Jeff Cooper (I hope he takes this as a compliment) [/QUOTE] That is indeed a high compliment, being compared to the late Colonel Cooper. The resemblance ends at a love of firearms, though- I’m only 25, and speak more like a BBC Newsreader or a WWI/WWII British Officer than anything else. 😉 ---
**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 14, 2006, 1:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-you-read-the-dope-what-do-you-hear/383899/37 "2006-12-14T13:14:15Z")
**Winston Smith** = Jack Nicholson ---
**Author:** ![Sleel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/73ab20/32.png) [@Sleel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sleel)\ **Post date:** [December 14, 2006, 2:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-you-read-the-dope-what-do-you-hear/383899/38 "2006-12-14T14:32:43Z")
[QUOTE=Eleanor of Aquitaine] I think I have a deficiency here - I don’t hear any voices at all when I read the Dope. The thing that distinguishes one Doper from another isn’t a sound, or an imagined face. It’s more of an assigned personality for many Dopers, one that is constantly adjusted as I read more from them. I don’t hear anything when I read books, either, although I understand that some people assign voices and appearances to characters they read about. I’m more likely to remember on which area of the page I read a certain paragraph. [/QUOTE] Almost exactly the same here. I read fast, so to “hear” something I’d have to slow down an awful lot. Any prominent people have personalities attached, and in the case of the few whose pictures I’ve seen, a face too. But for voices, I got nothin’. ---
**Author:** ![TheLoadedDog](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/35a633/32.png) [@TheLoadedDog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TheLoadedDog)\ **Post date:** [December 14, 2006, 2:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-you-read-the-dope-what-do-you-hear/383899/39 "2006-12-14T14:42:19Z")
I’m much like **Sleel**. I don’t hear accents or anything when I read Dopers’ posts. I don’t even hear gender, let alone things like age or - heaven forbid - personality. There’s just a generic ‘voice’. I do ‘feel’ all the things like accent and gender, but it doesn’t have a ‘sound’. ---
**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 14, 2006, 6:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-you-read-the-dope-what-do-you-hear/383899/40 "2006-12-14T18:06:37Z")
Sometimes when I re-read my posts, I hear Kramer or George. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-you-read-the-dope-what-do-you-hear/383899.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-you-read-the-dope-what-do-you-hear/383899.md?page=3)