Do you dislike your own voice?

GLaDOS · 23-01-2015 09:20PM

I hate mine, makes me sound like a massive nerd.

Which I am and all, but it doesn't make for a sexy voice.

NegativeCreep · 23-01-2015 09:35PM

No, I have a typical northside Dublin accent and hate it! I try to make it more neutral but it never works!

Noobascious · 23-01-2015 09:38PM

Hate mine too weak. I wish it had moar bass so the weeemen wud tremble and twitch to the bass!

TheBeardedLady · 23-01-2015 09:39PM

NegativeCreep wrote: »

No, I have a typical northside Dublin accent and hate it! I try to make it more neutral but it never works!

Why would you do that? It's where you're from! Be proud! I genuinely love it despite what the haters say.

Candy_Girl · 23-01-2015 09:39PM

I've been told a few times that I sound like Imelda May...not her singing voice just the talking

NegativeCreep · 23-01-2015 09:41PM

TheBeardedLady wrote: »

Why would you do that? It's where you're from! Be proud! I genuinely love it despite what the haters say.

I like the Dublin accent but mine is a bit too thick I think. I sound like a junkie :pac:

Mister Vain · 23-01-2015 09:42PM

Ever notice how anybody from Dublin who works in radio or television generally has the same sort of accent? I've never heard anybody with a strong Dublin accent working in this area, well except for Brian Kerr. I can't stand him though.

MRnotlob606 · 23-01-2015 09:43PM

I have a waaaaaaterford accent so yeah its quite harsh to listen to.

brianpierce · 23-01-2015 09:45PM

I find the sound of my own voice very odd to hear. But I think it's the same for most people.

QuareHog · 23-01-2015 09:45PM

Call him Mr. Raider,
call him Mr. Wrong,
Call him Mister Vain,
he want to speak like a knob

zcorpian88 · 23-01-2015 10:12PM

Candy_Girl wrote: »

I've been told a few times that I sound like Imelda May...not her singing voice just the talking

I find Imelda May pleasant to listen to when she speaks, I'd say you are lucky

TheBeardedLady · 23-01-2015 10:19PM

Mister Vain wrote: »

Ever notice how anybody from Dublin who works in radio or television generally has the same sort of accent? I've never heard anybody with a strong Dublin accent working in this area, well except for Brian Kerr. I can't stand him though.

Yep. That horrible Dublin accent that I only ever hear on RTE. Not too many strong country accents either or ANY country accent for that matter.

seenitall · 23-01-2015 10:24PM

Yes, big time, BIG time. Hate it.

Not the accent, but my actual voice. It's all nasal and weak, I don't know how people around me can stand it... I myself couldn't stand it if I had to listen to my actual voice (not the version that I myself hear when I speak - that one's ok but that one is not the reality), I'd have to do something drastic, like run away from myself, never to be seen again...

strobe · 23-01-2015 10:24PM

Mister Vain wrote: »

Ever notice how anybody from Dublin who works in radio or television generally has the same sort of accent? I've never heard anybody with a strong Dublin accent working in this area, well except for Brian Kerr. I can't stand him though.

Used to be known as 'the AA road watch accent', it's awful. Like an unbuttered sandwich.

One eyed Jack · 23-01-2015 10:41PM

strobe wrote: »

Used to be known as 'the AA road watch accent', it's awful. Like an unbuttered sandwich.

Speaking of sandwiches and newscaster's accents, that reminds me -

Ann Doyle's pronunciation of the word "sexual" was unique

If you ever heard it, it sounds like she's saying "sex you well", must see if I can find a youtube clip.

I think the thing with newscaster's accents is to try and have them as neutral as possible (as Aonghus McGrianna would say - "Whash?" :pac:)

I love a soft Dublin accent though, somewhere like Clontarf, not quite D4...

Freddiestar · 23-01-2015 10:49PM

I sound like a nerd but am not one. I like the way I sound when I have a sore throat.

Nathan from Sophies Choice said that eating leeks deepens your voice so I started eating leeks but no difference!

Try 'slow talking', a technique used in CBT

boobar · 23-01-2015 11:05PM

Hate my voice, always cringe when I hear it on video..sounds very squeaky to me but everyone else says it sounds fine.

Mister Vain · 23-01-2015 11:07PM

One eyed Jack wrote: »

I think the thing with newscaster's accents is to try and have them as neutral as possible (as Aonghus McGrianna would say - "Whash?" :pac:)

I love a soft Dublin accent though, somewhere like Clontarf, not quite D4...

Some of their pronunciations are woeful, like Gore dee for example.

Yes a nice soft Dublin accent is rather sexy.

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