# Would you reject a potential relationship solely because of his/her voice?

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**Category:** In My Humble Opinion\
**Created:** [December 5, 2014, 2:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-you-reject-a-potential-relationship-solely-because-of-his-her-voice/706374 "2014-12-05T02:56:19Z")\
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**Author:** ![Idilia\_Dubb](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/c2a13f/32.png) [@Idilia\_Dubb](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Idilia_Dubb)\
**Post date:** [December 6, 2014, 12:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-you-reject-a-potential-relationship-solely-because-of-his-her-voice/706374/41 "2014-12-06T12:06:38Z")

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> [@mugsy1](#):
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> The most annoying voice I ever heard was Mary Tyler Moore. If I had been forced to watch her show I think I would have had to smash the TV. I can’t describe how it grated on my nerves.
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> No I could never have dated her, though she was quite pretty.

Hearing her quaver “Oh, Rob!” and “Oh, Mr. Grant” used to make me smile.

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**Author:** ![pulykamell](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pulykamell/32/3166_2.png) [@pulykamell](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pulykamell)\
**Post date:** [December 6, 2014, 12:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-you-reject-a-potential-relationship-solely-because-of-his-her-voice/706374/42 "2014-12-06T12:40:23Z")

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No. I don’t I’ve encountered a voice yet that would put me off. It’s not even a consideration of mine.

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**Author:** ![Nava](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/da6949/32.png) [@Nava](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nava)\
**Post date:** [December 6, 2014, 12:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-you-reject-a-potential-relationship-solely-because-of-his-her-voice/706374/43 "2014-12-06T12:46:33Z")

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> [@WOOKINPANUB](#):
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> If accent is factored in to the question then hell yes. I’m extremely sensitive / attuned to accents and wouldn’t consider dating someone who speaks with an annoying (to me) regional accent / dialect.

In my case, what I wouldn’t be able to take re. accent/dialect is one of those people who can’t rephrase, define, or even just grab a piece of paper and write it down. If you pronounce “good morning” as “aurrrghng”, yelling it will not make it understandable, it will get an ambulance called.

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