Help me out here, people

[Black Shuck]

Having never met any of you people, I was wondering what you all sounded like?
I'm talking about:
* Accents and dialects
* Do you talk fast, or slow?
* Do you mumble? or could you get a job doing TV advert voiceovers?
* Do you say 'right', 'erm' 'innit' or 'd'yer know what I mean?' a lot?
* Do you stammer? or talk with a lisp?
* Is your voice as high pitched as a little girl's, or as deep as Satan with a sore throat?

The thing is, whenever I read your posts, I always hear your 'voices' in my head (I'm making myself sound like a right nutter!), and I'd hate to be hearing 'voices' that are totally different to how you really sound.
If you know what I mean.

I'll get the ball rolling:
I have a very harsh, deep, sharp voice; my accent is a mixture of Scouse and Lancastrian. I talk slowly, and I say "Erm" before EVERYTHING I say.

[Jim]

I've got a really annoying voice. Kind of nasal and a little whiney. I hate it.

[emilystrange]

i'm not sure i have an accent, although i do pick them up very quickly if i speak to someone who does.
High girly voice.
talk fast and a lot...
dunno about the rest. ask paddy or thrash

[RicheyJames]

The thing is, whenever I read your posts, I always hear your 'voices' in my head (I'm making myself sound like a right nutter!), and I'd hate to be hearing 'voices' that are totally different to how you really sound.

i think it would be far more interesting (and potentially amusing) for you to describe what we all sound like in your mind....

[Mrs RicheyJames]

Erm..dunno, I probably talk way too much and it's usually about nothing at all! I'd say a bit too deep for a girl, and I only have an accent sometimes for some strange reason!

[Thrash Harry]

I sound fine to myself. But hearing myself on a tape recorder... Who is that plummy tw@t?

[Quiff Boy]

accent: somewhere between manc/oldham (lancashire-ish) & deepest yorkshire depending on how pi$$ed i am or how much "comic effect" i am trying to express

pitch: higher than i'd like, but not squeeky. it will suffice.

speed: dunno, i guess it usually pretty fast. but not manic, unless i'm pi$$ed or nervous.

no speech impediments, but i tend to say "erm" a lot when nervous and tend to chuckle/laugh quiet a bit (sorry, you aren't actually that funny - its just a habit i have). also, due to my dodgy sinuses i can sometimes sound a little nasal

that help?

[emilystrange]

i'd like to think i speak nicely. but i think i am prob as common as muck.

[Quiff Boy]

i'd like to think i speak nicely. but i think i am prob as common as muck.

yeah, me too

my mate lars has a slight yorkshire twang over the top of bbc "received pronuniation". he's got a silky smooth voice that is perfect for radio

[Thrash Harry]

i'm not sure i have an accent, although i do pick them up very quickly if i speak to someone who does.
High girly voice.
talk fast and a lot...
dunno about the rest. ask paddy or thrash

As I recall, your voice seemed to suit you just fine. Oh yes, and I used to have a very pronounced lisp, but I had speech therapy for a few months when I was about seven. I didn't mind at the time, cos it got me out of doing country dancing in the playground. I used to sneak back early and enjoy watching my mates being forced to make fools of themselves in public.

[Mrs RicheyJames]

I'm not talking to you Quiffy. I thought I was funny <sulks>

[emilystrange]

i'm not sure i have an accent, although i do pick them up very quickly if i speak to someone who does.
High girly voice.
talk fast and a lot...
dunno about the rest. ask paddy or thrash

As I recall, your voice seemed to suit you just fine.

not sure that's entirely a compliment, lol

[markfiend]

Anyone else got a microphone hooked up to their puter? We could all record ourselves...

Actually, I'm not entirely sure that's a good idea

[Mrs RicheyJames]

that's quite sad

[Mrs RicheyJames]

Unless we all do a live aid type thing

Heartland aid

[Thrash Harry]

Aaaah! He's back! (Your avatar, that is. I get the full effect at home).

[Thrash Harry]

Heartland aid

Hearing aid?

[Quiff Boy]

I'm not talking to you Quiffy. I thought I was funny <sulks>

see? i can't help it...

[Mrs RicheyJames]

Have you had him on a diet Mark? He looks a bit skinny there

[markfiend]

Aaaah! He's back! (Your avatar, that is. I get the full effect at home).

New and improved in fact. He's not anti-aliased any more, so he doesn't have a load of pale blobs around him against a dark background.

[markfiend]

...and I couldn't find the original meerkat picture he came from. That's why he's thinner.

[Thrash Harry]

Have you had him on a diet Mark? He looks a bit skinny there

I used to look like that. Before I put on two stone after giving up smoking for 6 months. My dodgy back's never forgiven me for it.

[markfiend]

Thrash used to be a meerkat?

[emilystrange]

you're not exactly fat...

[Lynchfanatic]

Hmmm. I have an accent yes, I am from Norway. But I like to think I speak alittle better than the usual norwegian. (had american friends growing up) I have actually had countless people thinking I am from the U.K. On the net, who heard me talk. No comment on my spelling, we talked, we did not write down what we had to say

I think it is slightly low, not high pitched. I tend to talk a little low, I have a hole in my eardrum so my hearing on one ear is a little bad. And I think maybe I hear my self louder then, thats why I talk low. I always get complaints about that. And on top of it I am shy, shy people do not scream.

In a normal tempo. Hmmm, I actually say "yay" alot. He he. And "sort of"
No stammer, no lisp. Oh and "awwwwwwwwww" I say that way too much... for some reason.

I might sound like Mimi Parker, the singer in "Low" when she talks.