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AIBU?

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To hate her voice

95 replies

callherwillow · 05/08/2016 13:31

You know when you KNOW YABU - and petty, and mean, and unkind.

I can't stand a woman's voice.

It's nasal, common, shouty and goes right through me.

I HATE it.

I know I'm BU but has anyone else ever had this!?

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carabos · 05/08/2016 20:21

That Scottish weather woman who was on Strictly - Carol Something was it? Can't bear her voice. Our vet - super-intelligent, highly qualified, lovely person, 40 years old, sounds like a seven year old. Impossible to take seriously.

elfycat · 05/08/2016 20:24

I can't stand how Jamie Oliver talks or sounds. Watching him talk makes me nauseated... how his lips move..; 2 ugly fat slugs slobbering around.

My BIL speaks like a Jamie clone. I have no idea why. It's not the accent of his parents. DH and SIL don't speak like that. The accent of the town he was born in and lived in until I met him isn't Jamie-esque.

Which means he has chosen to speak like a twat. Therefore I conclude he is a twat. I'm so glad he moved to the other side of the world so I am not longer faced with Jamie-clone.

DerelictMyBalls · 05/08/2016 20:26

Ugh! Stampy! His laugh! Hyak hyak hyak

EllsTeeth · 05/08/2016 20:30

My in-laws are faux posh. I can't STAND their voices (especially her) and when they Skype I have to leave the room and can't stop myself muttering expletives under my breath...

carabos · 05/08/2016 20:33

Anyone hear Jilly Cooper on DID this morning? Awful, awful woman, unbearable voice.

Tartyflette · 05/08/2016 20:39

Twowords -- Lise Doucette.
Horrible voice with weird, random emphases.
I'm not fond of JSP's voice either, too nasal and too fucking loud.

SemiNormal · 05/08/2016 20:43

A girl I went to college with had an irritating voice. It was really raspy, when I first met her I assumed she had a throat infection/cough/cold ... but no, it's her normal voice - just always sounds like she needs to clear her throat. Although it probably wouldn't have annoyed me if she was a nice person, but she was a bully so I guess it made me hate it more than it would have with anyone else.

MissMellowMellons · 05/08/2016 21:02

Ok, here goes. I really dislike the way my neighbours sounds. (Never admitted that to anyone as I feel it's rude to comment in rl etc). She sounds like a 3 years old, both in tone, pitch and vocabulary. She's in her late fifties.

Cocolepew · 05/08/2016 21:08

Travellinglighter

redexpat · 05/08/2016 21:13

I can't bear Sarah Sidle from CSI, she whines about the blu-u-ud. Also Bones, and most of her costars.

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callherwillow · 05/08/2016 21:17

Here are the things I hate about Annoying Woman's voice:

She never says her 'h's'.
She says 'fort' instead of 'for'
She says 'eh' after everything
Her 'o's' sound like 'a's'
Her 'i's' also sound like 'a's

'Am Ot. Am dead Ot, me. Ah yew Ot? Eh? Ah yew Ot?'
(I'm hot; I'm really hot! Are you hot?')

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GarlicMistake · 05/08/2016 21:18

A long time ago, we had a group secretary called Amanda (in case she's reading ) She was compact of stature and had the voice of an excitable six-year-old. She was extremely fond of her pet cat, to whom she'd refer at every conceivable opportunity as "my pussy". All of this would've driven me bananas, if not for the fact she was as sharp as knives and formidably tough - instead of coming over ditsy, she was adorable!

She once caught a burglar in the office, and charmed him into waiting while she called the police! (I can't remember if he hung around to be arrested, mind, but she was awesome.)

minatiae · 05/08/2016 21:19

there's a few people whose voices have annoyed me, it's mainly an accent where people pronounce 'ing' as 'een', i.e. "let's go shoppeeeen"

so annoying

Glitterspy · 05/08/2016 21:20

People whose voices I hate:

Robert Peston
Jo Whiley
Annie Mac

Unfortunately all radio people but just awful, awful voices!

bertsdinner · 05/08/2016 21:25

Woman at work's voice annoys me, its the tone rather than the accent. Its a montone and the way she sounds like shes describing an ordeal. If she missed her bus, next one was late and she had to stand, she can make it sound like she's walked to work, taken a 300 mile detour, barefoot over broken glass strewn roads, etc etc.
She can go for hours.

plominoagain · 05/08/2016 22:21

I have someone at work I actually cannot work with , because the pitch of her voice actively sets off my tinnitus , particularly if she gets excited . The first time it happened , I lasted an hour before I had to admit defeat and make an excuse to work away from her , because she was making the whistle unbearable . It's a shame really , because she's actually a lovely woman , and very good at her job .

seahorse106 · 05/08/2016 22:27

I hate stampys voice. I want to stamp on his head until he dies!

seahorse106 · 05/08/2016 22:28

My mother does this thing where I think she's trying to sound posh but just sounds ridiculous and a bit pissed!

grimbletart · 05/08/2016 22:53

I'm horribly judgemental about glottal stops. I try not to be, but when I hear words such as bu-er, wa-er, etc. I want to ask what poor little letter (or le-er) T has done to deserve being ignored in such a cavalier fashion.

molyholy · 05/08/2016 23:04

Not one I hear every day, but sporty spice aka melanie c. Her voice is both nasally AND throaty. It goes through me like nothing else whatsoever.

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