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Original poster

to find ds1's voice utterly toe curling?

28 replies

sparkle12mar08 · 15/12/2011 07:57

He has this high pitched twang to his normal speaking voice, which gets higher and squeakier when he's excited, and it drives me nuts. I hate it. It's just so... squeaky. I love him to bits, wouldn't change him for the world, etc. etc., but dear god I can't wait untill it drops an octave or two!

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Shutupanddrive · 15/12/2011 08:19

Oh dear how old is he?

MudAndGlitter · 15/12/2011 08:20

DS does this! At times I can't even understand him so YANBU

Callisto · 15/12/2011 08:27

I sat next to a girl (8-10yo) at swimming the the other day (lesson for DD) and she had the most awful toneless drone. A bit of squeak would have done her voice the world of good.

Callisto · 15/12/2011 08:27

YANBU btw.

SnapesMistressofMerriment · 15/12/2011 08:52

YANBU, usually when I hear children crying I can ignore it but once or twice I have heard the worst high pitched scream that makes me want to murder something.

RealiTreeCoveredInTinsel · 15/12/2011 08:56

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Pudden · 15/12/2011 09:00

you have my sympathies; ds uses a horrible, mushy babyish voice without moving his lips and I HATE it

mrsjay · 15/12/2011 09:04

No yanbu My dds can go so high that only dogs can hear them dd1 does it on purpose when her dads winidng her up so he will get the row , drives me insane , Dd2 has a whingey tone sometimes its so URGH !

wheredidiputit · 15/12/2011 09:10

He sounds like my nearly 3yr ds. He has a very squeaky voice when he gets excited.

Kova · 15/12/2011 09:21

for some reason my boy's ended up sounding like Graham Norton Xmas Hmm

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sparkle12mar08 · 15/12/2011 09:29

He's 5 going on six, so we have a few years to go yet. When he gets really excited I swear dogs in the neighbourhood start howling!

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TroublesomeEx · 15/12/2011 09:30

Yeah my DD (5) does the whine. And the grizzle. I just tell her very curtly "I don't understand you" and she's beginning to understand that if she wants something she has to ask nicely and not in that godawful whine.

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sparkle12mar08 · 15/12/2011 09:32

We do that as well Folkgirl, but it's his normal speaking voice as well. I hate it Blush

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MistletoeAndPinot · 15/12/2011 09:34

oooh the grizzle is the worst sound known to man.

ShatnersBassoon · 15/12/2011 09:34

YANBU. There's a boy in my eldest's class who speaks in a baby voice all the time. It's the total opposite of endearing.

Redrubyblues · 15/12/2011 09:42

My niece pretends to have a lisp, she can speak normally and I have heard her do so yet my sister never pulls her up on it when she is "very exthited about Chrithmath and can't wait to open her prethenths".

It is not cute.

squeakytoy · 15/12/2011 09:43

I was at a concert last night, and two girls (early 20's) pushed their way to the front, (this was after the support act and waiting for the main act)... they were both fluttering eyelashes and putting on simpering baby voices, and this sea of fools men parted for them like waves, until they reached where I was stood, along with another couple of women... the breathless baby voices didnt work with us Grin...

underbeneathsies · 15/12/2011 09:48

Does he sing? Maybe he could join a choir and learn how to change his pitch?

Other than that he might have something up with his vocal chords? Have you had him checked out by an ENT dr.- it's unusual to hear of this esp as it's his daily, 'normal' speaking voice.

TheRealMrsHannigan · 15/12/2011 10:03

YANBU, DD does the most irritating, flesh creeping groan/whinge when she is gearing up to throw a strop, it makes my ears bleed.

TeaCider · 15/12/2011 10:07

My 17 year old brother has acquired a lisp, I think he thinks it makes him sound more sensitive. He sounds stupid and it makes me a bit stabby. I asked my mum if he had a brace etc. But nope it seems it is one of those teenage affectation things. Wally!

TroublesomeEx · 15/12/2011 10:12

Ruby there was a girl in my primary school who did that. She had an affected lisp - think Violet Elizabeth Bott - that only surfaced when she was smarming around the teachers. God she was annoying! Thanks for the reminder Wink

sparkle you have my sympathies Sad

mrsjay · 15/12/2011 10:13

I think the lisp is more common than people think MY dd has 1 for about 2 seconds Grin as a primary school friend had 1 but again it was put on , I wonder why they do it ? maybe they think its cutsey

mrsjay · 15/12/2011 10:15

had* teacider my other daughters friend had a lisp when he was ay high school infact he was so annoying that i never spoke to him incase he answered , he was 1 of those lads who had loads of girls simpering about him , SOO ANNOYING , glad he doesnt live here anymore i couldnt stand him and his voice ,

TeaCider · 15/12/2011 10:20

Mrsjay actually my brother does regard himself as a bit of a ladykiller nob. I do hope he grows out of it, I know it's mean but I find it hard to be around him with his affected lispy sing-song voice. I feel like yelling "Speak properly". My mum and dad are blind to it (precious only boy). Grin

mrsjay · 15/12/2011 10:22

teacider he will make the girlies melt with his lisp i know my dd friend had loads of girls flapping about him, I havnt seen dd friend for a while he moved for uni , but it is irritating , i hope your brother grows out of it before you disown him forever Grin