# Whose voice mannerisms can't you stand? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [January 23, 2008, 1:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whose-voice-mannerisms-cant-you-stand/434601 "2008-01-23T01:06:15Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 4
**Author:** ![Chanteuse](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/9de053/32.png) [@Chanteuse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chanteuse)\ **Post date:** [January 24, 2008, 4:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whose-voice-mannerisms-cant-you-stand/434601/61 "2008-01-24T04:46:08Z")
I had to look this guy up on IMDB, because I didn’t know his name, but his listening to him talk gets on my nerves! His name is Robert Hy Gorman–he was in movies like **Forever Young** and **Rookie of the Year**. He always sounds like he’s got a cold and it’s all I can do not to yell “Go blow your nose, fer cryin’ out loud!” ---
**Author:** ![kniz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/c37758/32.png) [@kniz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kniz)\ **Post date:** [January 24, 2008, 6:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whose-voice-mannerisms-cant-you-stand/434601/62 "2008-01-24T06:20:20Z")
My own. ---
**Author:** ![Nava](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/da6949/32.png) [@Nava](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nava)\ **Post date:** [January 24, 2008, 2:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whose-voice-mannerisms-cant-you-stand/434601/63 "2008-01-24T14:53:17Z")
[QUOTE=Ludovic] He doesn’t always sound like this, but I’ll add **Viggo Mortensen** to the list of “you really need to clear your throat” people. It really contrasts to the epic hero he is trying to portray in LotR many times. [/QUOTE] You realize the “epic hero” was Middle Earth’s equivalent of a bum, right? People’s reaction to him isn’t “oh my gawd, I’m sorry, give me a second to pick my underwear from where it’s fallen on the floor and then I’ll come kiss your hand!”. He’s not exactly Prince Chaaaaahmin’ on a silver-coated horse. I used to think that Melanie Griffith always drew the short straw for who dubbed her into Spanish, such a high voice and irritating laugh… (we call those “whistle voices”). Then I heard her in English :eek: ---
**Author:** ![lieu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/c2a13f/32.png) [@lieu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lieu)\ **Post date:** [January 24, 2008, 3:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whose-voice-mannerisms-cant-you-stand/434601/64 "2008-01-24T15:36:12Z")
[QUOTE=Larry Mudd] Am I really first with “Dr. Phil” McGraw? I find his voice absolutely infuriating. I don’t like to think about what would ever happen if he and Nancy Grace ever engaged in an amplified debate. [/QUOTE] Worse than an amplified debate might be listening to them pillow talk to each other. Especially if Joe Lieberman was at the foot of their bed, rapping _Ice Ice Baby_. ---
**Author:** ![Annie-Xmas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ecc23a/32.png) [@Annie-Xmas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Annie-Xmas)\ **Post date:** [January 24, 2008, 3:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whose-voice-mannerisms-cant-you-stand/434601/65 "2008-01-24T15:37:28Z")
Andy Dick and David Spade. When I heard an episode of “Just Shoot Me” with the two of them, my head damn near exploded. ---
**Author:** ![koeeoaddi](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/koeeoaddi/32/408_2.png) [@koeeoaddi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/koeeoaddi)\ **Post date:** [January 24, 2008, 3:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whose-voice-mannerisms-cant-you-stand/434601/66 "2008-01-24T15:47:40Z")
[QUOTE=freckafree] Iris DeMent. That weird yodel-y break in her voice makes me want to run screaming from the room. [/QUOTE] I’ll see you Iris DeMent and raise you **Joanna Newsom** , or crash into you in the hall, or whatever. Also, **Dr. Laura** and **Gloria Allred** grind steel. ---
**Author:** ![Hamadryad](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/6de8d8/32.png) [@Hamadryad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hamadryad)\ **Post date:** [January 24, 2008, 4:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whose-voice-mannerisms-cant-you-stand/434601/67 "2008-01-24T16:49:37Z")
Weepy, whiny Michelle Trachtenburg. She excelled in an episode of “House,” because she had a tube down her throat for 3/4 of the episode. BLISS. ---
**Author:** ![OneCentStamp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/13edae/32.png) [@OneCentStamp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OneCentStamp)\ **Post date:** [January 24, 2008, 5:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whose-voice-mannerisms-cant-you-stand/434601/68 "2008-01-24T17:17:02Z")
[QUOTE=Hamadryad] Weepy, whiny Michelle Trachtenburg. She excelled in an episode of “House,” because she had a tube down her throat for 3/4 of the episode. BLISS. [/QUOTE] If I ever went on a date with Ms. Trachtenberg, I would employ a similar strategy on her. [/sophomoric dick joke] ---
**Author:** ![lisacurl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/41988e/32.png) [@lisacurl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lisacurl)\ **Post date:** [January 24, 2008, 5:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whose-voice-mannerisms-cant-you-stand/434601/69 "2008-01-24T17:18:39Z")
[QUOTE=koeeoaddi] I’ll see you Iris DeMent and raise you **Joanna Newsom** , or crash into you in the hall, or whatever. [/QUOTE] God, my husband discovered Joanna Newsom lately and I had to beg him to listen to her music with his headphones on. Her voice makes me want to kill kittens. She needs to stop performing vocally immediately. ---
**Author:** ![Bobotheoptimist](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/919ad9/32.png) [@Bobotheoptimist](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bobotheoptimist)\ **Post date:** [January 24, 2008, 6:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whose-voice-mannerisms-cant-you-stand/434601/70 "2008-01-24T18:20:56Z")
I third (or fourth) Terry Gross? Her fake sounding cheerfulness? And uplifting her voice at the end of every damned sentence? And sometimes in the middle? Drives me crazy? It’s like listening to a teenager? Is “Hi, I’m Terry Gross and this is Fresh Air” supposed to be? A question? ---
**Author:** ![Beware\_of\_Doug](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/278dde/32.png) [@Beware\_of\_Doug](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beware_of_Doug)\ **Post date:** [January 24, 2008, 6:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whose-voice-mannerisms-cant-you-stand/434601/71 "2008-01-24T18:41:59Z")
[QUOTE=OneCentStamp] [/sophomoric dick joke] [/QUOTE] Is there any other kind? Hearing Jennifer Tilly makes me want to kill kittens. Seeing her makes me want to do the same thing, but in an entirely different [way](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Every_time_you_masturbate..._God_kills_a_kitten). ---
**Author:** ![Annie-Xmas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ecc23a/32.png) [@Annie-Xmas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Annie-Xmas)\ **Post date:** [January 24, 2008, 7:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whose-voice-mannerisms-cant-you-stand/434601/72 "2008-01-24T19:03:45Z")
[QUOTE=Astroboy14] I can’t believe no one has Mentioned Harvey Fierstein… KILL ME NOW!! [/QUOTE] How you gonna mention Harvey without his backup trio of Kathleen Turner, Kate Mulgrew, and Bea Arthur? ---
**Author:** ![Tikki](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/5daacb/32.png) [@Tikki](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tikki)\ **Post date:** [January 24, 2008, 9:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whose-voice-mannerisms-cant-you-stand/434601/73 "2008-01-24T21:13:58Z")
[QUOTE=Belrix] Tom Shane owns Shane’s jewelry stores. George Zimmer, I believe, is the owner and pitchman for Men’s Wearhouse. I now return you to your regularly scheduled thread. [/QUOTE] You’re right, of course. It is George Zimmer. He’s the one I was thinking of. Tom Shane sounds pretty similar though. ---
**Author:** ![Tikki](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/5daacb/32.png) [@Tikki](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tikki)\ **Post date:** [January 24, 2008, 9:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whose-voice-mannerisms-cant-you-stand/434601/74 "2008-01-24T21:18:45Z")
Hey, I don’t think anyone has mentioned Billy Mays yet! Can you imagine being locked in a room with both him and Gilbert Godfried? I think I just blew my mind. ---
**Author:** ![Roderick\_Femm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/roderick_femm/32/14875_2.png) [@Roderick\_Femm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Roderick_Femm)\ **Post date:** [January 24, 2008, 10:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whose-voice-mannerisms-cant-you-stand/434601/75 "2008-01-24T22:13:56Z")
Suze Orman. I can’t stand listening to her if I also have to look at her (she might not be so bad on radio). Makes me want to reach through the screen and slap her silly. Those teeth! That hair! The inane non sequiturs! Bleagh on toast. Roddy ---
**Author:** ![robby](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/robby/32/11048_2.png) [@robby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/robby)\ **Post date:** [January 25, 2008, 8:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whose-voice-mannerisms-cant-you-stand/434601/76 "2008-01-25T20:27:39Z")
Wanda Sykes. I can’t stand her voice in _The New Adventures of Old Christine_, and I _really_ can’t stand her recent Applebee’s commercials. Her voice just grates on me, worse than fingernails on a chalkboard. ---
**Author:** ![Sternvogel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bc79bd/32.png) [@Sternvogel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sternvogel)\ **Post date:** [January 25, 2008, 9:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whose-voice-mannerisms-cant-you-stand/434601/77 "2008-01-25T21:53:08Z")
The commercials for Snuggle fabric softener have always angered me, but I never knew who uttered that annoyingly cloying bear’s dialogue. I just learned that he was originally voiced by Canadian actress Corinne Orr, but that I now have none other than former Monkee [Micky Dolenz](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Snuggle) to excoriate for taking on the role. ---
**Author:** ![gallows\_fodder](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/8c91f0/32.png) [@gallows\_fodder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gallows_fodder)\ **Post date:** [January 26, 2008, 4:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whose-voice-mannerisms-cant-you-stand/434601/78 "2008-01-26T16:06:29Z")
Tori Amos. At least when she sings. I can’t stand her self-consciously precious enunciation and weird pseudo-English accent that comes and goes (particularly with words that have a long A sound – “take” becomes “tayk”). ---
**Author:** ![jali](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ecae2f/32.png) [@jali](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jali)\ **Post date:** [January 26, 2008, 4:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whose-voice-mannerisms-cant-you-stand/434601/79 "2008-01-26T16:30:59Z")
Alan Alda - poor Groucho Marx imitation to my ear. George W. - yuck The comedy network announcer REALLY gets on my nerves - possibly one of the Penn and Teller guys. ---
**Author:** ![Nzinga\_Seated](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/b5ac83/32.png) [@Nzinga\_Seated](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nzinga_Seated)\ **Post date:** [January 26, 2008, 4:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whose-voice-mannerisms-cant-you-stand/434601/80 "2008-01-26T16:41:05Z")
[QUOTE=gallows fodder] Tori Amos. At least when she sings. I can’t stand her self-consciously precious enunciation and weird pseudo-English accent that comes and goes (particularly with words that have a long A sound – “take” becomes “tayk”). [/QUOTE] I think I know what you mean. But I don’t know what you mean by “take” vs. “tayk”. What’s the difference? [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whose-voice-mannerisms-cant-you-stand/434601.md?page=3) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whose-voice-mannerisms-cant-you-stand/434601.md?page=5)