The Voices of NEY

Peaseblossom55 · March 2011

I have a high pitched voice it can be annoying people always think I'm younger when they here me on the phone. I have to focus when I speak sometimes to bring my voice down to a normal pitch. I'd like to think I dont have an NJ accent, perhaps some words, I guess ;-o I studied american standard dialect in acting school, so sometimes people say I sound british.. wierd i know

have a wonderful weekend!

musikbx · March 2011

It's really lame, but I'm having an impossible time trying to describe my voice.

I guess I just sound like me.

The only regional thing I can think of right now is the word "elementary". Many people from my neck of the woods says it weird. (I say it element-airy, rather than element-tree.)

AJesteram · March 2011

My Texas accent usually only shows itself with certain words I say (I being one of them). Because of this a lot of people cannot figure out my ethinicity. I've been asked if I was Colombian, Argentinian (?), Puerto Rican and so on. FYI- I'm caucasian WITH blue eyes so imagine my surprise when I hear these questions.
When I first meet people I'm usually rather quiet but I will get louder once I'm more comfortable.
My accent also comes out when I'm trying to speak Russian, which is annoying.

noelle24 · March 2011

I'm very soft-spoken IRL. People have trouble hearing me much of the time. H claims I have a southern accent, but that's because he's not familiar with southern PA accents. Definitely not "southern".

Hazel_B · March 2011

I'm told that I have a Canadian accent, but that's normally from Americans. I don't know if I have a regional accent at all.

I wouldn't say that I'm loud, but people definitely don't have a problem hearing me.

I think that I have a lower voice, although it does change when I speak French.

loves2shop4shoes · March 2011

I was raised in New York, so I have a slight New York accent, but it's gone away over the years. I also don't have a problem with being heard. Although I wouldn't use the word "loud" because I think "loud" connotes obnoxiously loud and I'm definitely not that.

Narwhal · March 2011

I guess more than any other accent, I sound Southern. In my opinion, it's more of an old south than a drawl, though. A lot of people around here ask me where I come from, even though I've lived in South Carolina my whole life. I enunciate all my words. My voice is pretty high and I speak really fast. Sometimes when I'm explaining something to a customer at work (I work in a hospitality field) they just look at me like I was speaking Chinese.

I also pick up on other people's accents. My mom has a slight Ohio/NY accent, and FI says that when I talk to her I sound like a yankee. But Isaac's family is really southern so when I talk to them, I sound more southern than usual.

Jordyana · March 2011

I don't really have any sort of regional accent, but I do tend to say a few words differently. For example, when I say "doll" I actually pronounce it "dull." My family has no idea why I do this! I DID have to go to speech class for a while when I was younger since no one (except my grandmother) could understand a word I said. I'm much better now, of course.

I'm pretty soft spoken. People always say, "You're a quiet one, aren't you?" Although, when I'm excited or with close family/friends, I CAN get a little loud. FI teases me because when I get REALLY excited about something, my voice gets really high pitched! =p

[Deleted User] · March 2011

In Response to <a href="http://forums.theknot.com/Sites/theknot/Pages/Main.aspx/special-topic-wedding-boards_not-engaged-yet_voices-of-ney?plckFindPostKey=Cat:Special%20Topic%20Wedding%20BoardsForum:136Discussion:8fbe9a1a-e719-4b79-a469-b585df9173e9Post:71635c60-0f35-48f2-9f37-aa8ae0c1cbb9">Re: The Voices of NEY</a>:
[QUOTE]<strong>I have a high pitched voice it can be annoying people always think I'm younger when they here me on the phone. I have to focus when I speak sometimes to bring my voice down to a normal pitch</strong>. I'd like to think I dont have an NJ accent, perhaps some words, I guess ;-o I studied american standard dialect in acting school, so sometimes people say I sound british.. wierd i know have a wonderful weekend!
Posted by danser55[/QUOTE]

This is my voice exactly! I was once told that I had the highest pitched adult voice this one guy had heard and he told me to do voice overs! HA!!

I have a New Mexican accent, apparently people can tell by the way we say "mountain" (I say mount'n). It's not like a Texan accent, but it's southwestern I guess. Not too sure how to explain it but it is very subtle.

Acrosthec · March 2011

I have lived in either GA or SC my entire life (SC was 4 years of college), but got away without having an accent. I spent many years in vocal training, and was told that if I was going to sing opera, I didn't need to have a country twang or a southern drawl, so I worked really hard on keeping my voice as neutral as possible. Though I can definitely twang and drawl with the best of them, especially after spending some time around my mom's sisters, who ALL have the deep South drawl.

As for tone, I sing Alto II (basically Tenor for women) up to Soprano II, and my speaking voice has all these ranges as well. My normal tone is fairly low-pitched for a female, but when I'm drunk or excited, the pitch goes up. I'm also usually soft-spoken, though DH does sometimes have to tell me to quiet down after a few too many drinks. :-)

I also do a lot of talking with my hands; again, moreso when intoxicated.

My DH grew up working summers in saw mills. He is fluent in "swamp" speak, as we call it. This is when people do not enunciate AT ALL and just mumble through everything, making sentences sound like one jumbled word that is just really really long. Sometimes he slips into it when he talks to me, and it irritates me to no end. I can't understand anything he's saying. BUT, it's nice to have a translator when we run into people around town that talk like this (and there are quite a few).

Proof of excited high-pitchedness: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1fjj_aCqR8w

Narwhal · March 2011

In Response to <a href="http://forums.theknot.com/Sites/theknot/Pages/Main.aspx/special-topic-wedding-boards_not-engaged-yet_voices-of-ney?plckFindPostKey=Cat:Special%20Topic%20Wedding%20BoardsForum:136Discussion:8fbe9a1a-e719-4b79-a469-b585df9173e9Post:596b6c2e-daf9-4f35-a68b-c52f7634a92e">Re: The Voices of NEY</a>:
[QUOTE]I have lived in either GA or SC my entire life (SC was 4 years of college), but got away without having an accent. I spent many years in vocal training, and was told that if I was going to sing opera, I didn't need to have a country twang or a southern drawl, so I worked really hard on keeping my voice as neutral as possible. Though I can definitely twang and drawl with the best of them, especially after spending some time around my mom's sisters, who ALL have the deep South drawl. As for tone, I sing Alto II (basically Tenor for women) up to Soprano II, and my speaking voice has all these ranges as well. My normal tone is fairly low-pitched for a female, but when I'm drunk or excited, the pitch goes up. I'm also usually soft-spoken, though DH does sometimes have to tell me to quiet down after a few too many drinks. :-) I also do a lot of talking with my hands; again, moreso when intoxicated. My DH grew up working summers in saw mills. He is fluent in "swamp" speak, as we call it. This is when people do not enunciate AT ALL and just mumble through everything, making sentences sound like one jumbled word that is just really really long. Sometimes he slips into it when he talks to me, and it irritates me to no end. I can't understand anything he's saying. BUT, it's nice to have a translator when we run into people around town that talk like this (and there are quite a few). Proof of excited high-pitchedness: <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1fjj_aCqR8w" rel="nofollow">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1fjj_aCqR8w</a>
Posted by Acrosthec[/QUOTE]

ahahahahaha i love swamp speak!

GreenPepperBurger · March 2011

I do not like my speaking voice. I think it's too low and nasal (not Fran Drescher nasal, but nasal enough). When I'm in a professional or academic setting, I tend to speaking higher and softer. But I do sometimes have a thick Brooklyn accent, as in I completely disregard the letters "er" at the end of a sentence. Fuhgeddaboutit!

NurseyK · March 2011

I've been told I have a midwestern accent, and I have no idea how, I've always lived in the West. When I hear my voice, I cringe. I think I sound like a cross between a child and an old lady with a stuffy nose.

PaigeMcC · March 2011

Iunno what it sounds like but when I'm drunk I get a Newfoundland accent (spent 5 years there) and say b'y a lot. When I'm not drunk I have a "Canadian" accent, according to Button. I think it's a Maritime accent...iunno. Ask Kat and NQB, they've met me. lol

motoLyn · March 2011

I hear myself on other people's voice mail or on videos I think I sound like a little girl. I have no accent, living in Southern California there is no accent unless you're a hardcore surfer, or a valley girl (Think Alicia Silverstone in Clueless) I was born and raised in the valley but that accent never stuck with me.

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