Would you recognise a voice?

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Strange question...my parents died many years ago. I told my husband recently that I would no longer recognise their voices. He said that I definitely would.
Have any other people forgotten voices that they haven't heard?

My parents have been dead for over 10 years but I am very confident that I would recognise their voices.

That is probably helped by the fact that I can still hear them as occasionally we rewatch old family DVDs taken when my children were young, and my parents are on some of them. But even if I didn’t have those I’m pretty sure that I’d be able to recognise them.

My nan’s been dead for twenty years. I would know her voice from a mile off.

I don't think i would.

What an interesting question. I don’t think I can imagine departed loved ones’ voices anymore, but think I’d be able to recognise them. I think there’s quite a big difference in the two situations.

I bet you would, the brain is amazing

I would 100%

Thanks for replying 😊 My parents have been dead now for two thirds of my life...I feel ancient saying that! I think I lost their voices when they had been gone as long as they were here...
Say for example they died when I was 20....the voices seemed to go when I was 40....so well gone by 60.
My mother in law is still alive so my husband hasn't a clue!

Thats a really interesting question. Hypothetically I think it depends. In context yes absolutely. Out of context I'm not sure. So watching a video of a family event yes, if they (miraculously) spoke to me in the street, I'm not sure.

I can still remember my dads voice and he died almost six years ago

You would recognise their voices. I can hear my parents’ voices in my head, but I found an old recording of them and I was worried I might not recognise my young Dad, but I did immediately.

Im talking about a 40 year gap though.
I do occasionally have conversations with them about what all their grandchildren are doing...they have seven but only met two. They didn't meet my children. But the conversations are a bit one sided!

My mum died 33yrs ago and I am 100% I can still hear her voice and would recognise it.

My parents have been gone 14 years. I felt the same, that I had forgotten their voices, until a bit of video turn up with them speaking. I would have known those voices anywhere, although you can't recall them I bet you would know them if you heard them.

I can no longer remember my Dad's voice, he died many years ago when I was at lower school. My Mum died a decade ago but can easily recall her voice. I think it depends in part to how long ago it was.

I assume I'd know from the context. Oddly certain words I write look very like my mum's handwriting. But looking at my shopping list my actual handwriting isn't that alike!
Im interested in your replies. Thanks everyone...its nice to have somewhere to ask such an odd query.

My mum died 34 years ago and i have forgotten her voice. I recently was clearing out my loft and found a cassette tape with her voice on it. I bought a tape converter thing and listened to it. I thought i would recognise her voice straight away but I didn't.. it was like listening to a stranger.. very upsetting

I don’t think I’d have any difficulty recognising voices of people I love. My grandfather died in 1988, I would recognise his voice in a moment…

My husband says he can’t remember his mum’s voice and would t recognise it.

He also doesn’t have an internal voice and doesn’t get musical earworms whereas I have a constant soundtrack running underneath everything. I wonder if that has any part to play here.

I sometimes hear the exact accent my Grandmother had and it gives me nice shivers.
I don't think I can remember my Fathers voice though...or at least, I have never heard similar the way I do with my Grandma

My dad has been gone 9 years but i can still 'hear' his voice , i don't think i will ever forget it , i really hope not.
This is a really interesting thread , it's made me quite emotional.

I think it does. The whole concept of internal voices is fascinating because of the difficulty of shared vocabulary around what is meant by an internal voice and whether you can be sure everyone means the same. I think the same can apply to recognising voices

My dad died in 1990 and I can still hear him when I think about him .

I was going to say that you would as I can still hear my DF’s voice and he died 17 years ago. But when I think about my grandparents who died 40 years ago, I can’t hear them.

Oh internal voices is an interesting thought. I do have an internal voice which sometimes leads to me talking to myself...and obviously if overheard Im talking to the dog and asking his opinion!

This has just made me well up. Thinking of my dad and I can’t remember his voice.