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To hate my voice so much that I want to change it?

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countchuckula · 09/04/2019 17:33

Whenever I hear my voice on a home video or answering machine I HATE IT. It's high-pitched, nasal, I speak too fast (I think). Urgh!

What on earth can I do?

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Purplehammer · 09/04/2019 18:29

Be careful what you wish for.
Mrs Thatcher used a voice , didn’t make her popular.

Lonelycrab · 09/04/2019 18:57

As others have said, everyone hates the sound of their own voice when they hear it back.

I hear mine and think what a twatGrin

Claw01 · 09/04/2019 19:06

I sound like a 30 stone trucker, with a hint of Danny Dyer! Common as muck!

In person I am petite! I would have been crap on Blind Date!

cushellekoala · 09/04/2019 19:10

I hate my voice, i sound like a 13 year old. Its handy when cold callers call because if they ask for mr or mrs xxxx i tell them they're not in but lots of my DH friends (that are not mutual) talk to me in a really slow and payronosing manner because they assume I'm DD!! However i was amazed that DH said he really hates hearing his voice when i can't hear anything wrong with it at all!!

cushellekoala · 09/04/2019 19:10

patronising

Halloumimuffin · 09/04/2019 19:13

It's a scientific fact that everyone hates the sound of their own voice because the sound frequencies in your head are different to those externally - so you think you sound odd. Everyone speaks in a higher pitch than they think they do. No one thinks anyone else sounds strange though, it's in your head.

DiscoDown · 09/04/2019 19:21

I don't like my voice when I hear it back either, I think I sound really common (I don't notice my accent normally!). People tell me I have a nice soothing voice though 🤷‍♀️.

Lovestonap · 09/04/2019 19:41

It's weird. I have exactly the same voice as my sister, to the extent we can fool each others husbands on the phone. I quote like her voice. I can't stand hearing my voice on tape.

derxa · 09/04/2019 19:47

I speak soooo much more slowly in reality than I think I do. I trained as a SALT and we had to listen to ourselves quite often. Go to a voice coach.

itaketheblameforyourbehaviour · 10/04/2019 13:47

I have a high-pitched voice and I ADORE very deep voices. There has been research on this. Apparently, the higher the woman's voice, the deeper the man's voice she prefers.

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