NationStates Jolt Archive

So, someone had linked to a thred started by Fass quite a while ago where everyone had recorded their voice so that we all could hear. I wasn't around then, and anyway none of the links work anymore so I thought that I would start a new thred.

I thought it would be interesting if everyone read the same paragraph so that we could hear the differences between everyone's accent. My original thought was the Stella paragraph, but after talking it over with Sinuhue, we decided that Article 1 of the Declaration of Human Rights would be nice, and she gave me a link where it has been translated into a load of languages.

So, please post your sample. You can host them at http://www.putfile.com/ (http://www.putfile.com/)

You can find Article 1 translated into your native language at http://www.unhchr.ch/udhr/navigate/alpha.htm

If you speak more than one language please post which is your native language, and please if you do speak english post at least one reading in English.

Oh, and please post where you are from (where you lived when you learned to talk) you can be pretty generic (like America- Midwest) but not too Generic (North American Continent)



Article 1.
All human beings are born free and equal in dignity and rights. They are endowed with reason and conscience and should act towards one another in a spirit of brotherhood.

Okay, me first I suppose......
Smunkee (http://media.putfile.com/smunkee-reading)

Oklahoma :D

it's a little skippy the first time through so you may have to listen to it twice.
Recordings so far: (thanks Sinuhue)
Aerou: Stella! and Article 1 ( http://forums.jolt.co.uk/showpost.php?p=10596195&postcount=389)

BackwoodsSquatches: Article 1 ( http://forums.jolt.co.uk/showpost.php?p=10599473&postcount=444)

Cabra West" Article 1 ( http://forums.jolt.co.uk/showpost.php?p=10649949&postcount=918)

Cannot think of a name: excerpt from play ( http://forums.jolt.co.uk/showpost.php?p=10599618&postcount=453), bedroom voice? ( http://forums.jolt.co.uk/showpost.php?p=10605426&postcount=596), TMNT voice ( http://forums.jolt.co.uk/showpost.php?p=10621231&postcount=827), apology? ( http://forums.jolt.co.uk/showpost.php?p=10624240&postcount=843), Mickey Mouse ( http://forums.jolt.co.uk/showpost.php?p=10624307&postcount=848)

Cluichstan: hookers in Poland ( http://forums.jolt.co.uk/showpost.php?p=10618424&postcount=796), scary voice ( http://forums.jolt.co.uk/showpost.php?p=10618728&postcount=801)

Compulsive Depression: Article 1 ( http://forums.jolt.co.uk/showpost.php?p=10591929&postcount=180)

Dostanuot Loj: Article 1, English/Sumerian ( http://forums.jolt.co.uk/showpost.php?p=10605847&postcount=634)

Erastide: Stella! ( http://forums.jolt.co.uk/showpost.php?p=10590702&postcount=74)

Eutrusca: Article 1 ( http://forums.jolt.co.uk/showpost.php?p=10593729&postcount=228), drill sergeant rant ( http://forums.jolt.co.uk/showpost.php?p=10600182&postcount=464), for Peech ( http://forums.jolt.co.uk/showpost.php?p=10616993&postcount=776), fun with nursery rhymes ( http://forums.jolt.co.uk/showpost.php?p=10617060&postcount=781), more rhymes ( http://forums.jolt.co.uk/showpost.php?p=10617095&postcount=785), kid's rhymes will never be the same ( http://forums.jolt.co.uk/showpost.php?p=10619670&postcount=817)

Fass: Article 1, Swedish/English ( http://forums.jolt.co.uk/showpost.php?p=10590156&postcount=26), butchering Danish ( http://forums.jolt.co.uk/showpost.php?p=10590946&postcount=111), a joke ( http://forums.jolt.co.uk/showpost.php?p=10591013&postcount=119), another joke ( http://forums.jolt.co.uk/showpost.php?p=10591087&postcount=127)

Glitziness: with PM giggling like a maniac ( http://forums.jolt.co.uk/showpost.php?p=10604090&postcount=559)

Grape-Eaters: Article 1 ( http://forums.jolt.co.uk/showpost.php?p=10599121&postcount=427)

Grave n Idle: Article 1 ( http://forums.jolt.co.uk/showpost.php?p=10590361&postcount=59),

Ilie: joke ( http://forums.jolt.co.uk/showpost.php?p=10595237&postcount=352)

Il Ruffino: not sure...doesn't work for me ( http://forums.jolt.co.uk/showpost.php?p=10605910&postcount=635)

The Infinite Dunes: Article 1, creepy voice and um...swishy voice ( http://forums.jolt.co.uk/showpost.php?p=10596004&postcount=384)

Interesting Slums: this link doesn't work for me ( http://forums.jolt.co.uk/showpost.php?p=10595009&postcount=323)

JuNii: Article 1 ( http://forums.jolt.co.uk/showpost.php?p=10650026&postcount=921)

Kanabia: leaving us wanting more ( http://forums.jolt.co.uk/showthread.php?t=473500&page=20), Rage Against the Machine poster ( http://forums.jolt.co.uk/showpost.php?p=10594689&postcount=299), rusty Japanese ( http://forums.jolt.co.uk/showpost.php?p=10594883&postcount=311), Article 1 ( http://forums.jolt.co.uk/showpost.php?p=10598620&postcount=416), how you doing ( http://forums.jolt.co.uk/showpost.php?p=10605039&postcount=574), are we eavesdropping? ( http://forums.jolt.co.uk/showpost.php?p=10605261&postcount=580), and some more ( http://forums.jolt.co.uk/showpost.php?p=10605486&postcount=607),

Kazcaper: Article1 ( http://forums.jolt.co.uk/showpost.php?p=10620189&postcount=820), more Irish accent! ( http://forums.jolt.co.uk/showpost.php?p=10620967&postcount=822)

Keruvalia: Stella! ( http://forums.jolt.co.uk/showpost.php?p=10589961&postcount=3)

Kreitzmoorland: getting all brainy on us ( http://forums.jolt.co.uk/showpost.php?p=10594689&postcount=299)

Laerod: sexy! ( http://forums.jolt.co.uk/showpost.php?p=10624332&postcount=851), in German ( http://forums.jolt.co.uk/showpost.php?p=10635817&postcount=885)

Moto the Wise: Article 1 ( http://forums.jolt.co.uk/showpost.php?p=10590375&postcount=60)

Northrop-Grumman: Article 1 (http://forums.jolt.co.uk/showpost.php?p=10590716&postcount=75)

[NS] Simonist: Article 1, Stella! ( http://forums.jolt.co.uk/showpost.php?p=10595874&postcount=383)

Peechland: Stella! (kids talking...SO CUTE!!!) ( http://forums.jolt.co.uk/showpost.php?p=10600182&postcount=464), how she says 'i' ( http://forums.jolt.co.uk/showpost.php?p=10600402&postcount=480), laughing ( http://forums.jolt.co.uk/showpost.php?p=10605497&postcount=608), listening to Eut and laughing ( http://forums.jolt.co.uk/showpost.php?p=10617094&postcount=784)

The Plutonian Empire: list of NS nations ( http://forums.jolt.co.uk/showpost.php?p=10619036&postcount=802), jupiter fleet ( http://forums.jolt.co.uk/showpost.php?p=10619736&postcount=818)

Potarius: saying 'hi' to General ( http://forums.jolt.co.uk/showpost.php?p=10594098&postcount=262), clearer head ( http://forums.jolt.co.uk/showpost.php?p=10631722&postcount=862)

The Psyker: Article1 ( http://forums.jolt.co.uk/showpost.php?p=10591354&postcount=160)

Pure Metal: Article 1, English/German ( http://forums.jolt.co.uk/showpost.php?p=10590229&postcount=35), Stella! ( http://forums.jolt.co.uk/showpost.php?p=10590812&postcount=80), giggles ( http://forums.jolt.co.uk/showpost.php?p=10606242&postcount=636)

Rameria: Article 1, English/French/Italian ( http://forums.jolt.co.uk/showpost.php?p=10591929&postcount=180)

Sarkhan: Article 1 and Harvard Yard ( http://forums.jolt.co.uk/showpost.php?p=10590197&postcount=30), Article 1, boston and pahk the car on gimehost ( http://forums.jolt.co.uk/showpost.php?p=10600993&postcount=498), growling ( http://forums.jolt.co.uk/showpost.php?p=10608516&postcount=688)

Shotagon: Article 1 ( http://forums.jolt.co.uk/showpost.php?p=10590256&postcount=42), American cool ( http://forums.jolt.co.uk/showpost.php?p=10610923&postcount=738)

SimNewtonia II: Article 1, whatever, get outta town ( http://forums.jolt.co.uk/showpost.php?p=10594071&postcount=258), trying to sound like a brit ( http://forums.jolt.co.uk/showpost.php?p=10594117&postcount=264), confirming his aussieness ( http://forums.jolt.co.uk/showpost.php?p=10594159&postcount=273)

Sinuhue: Article 1, English/Spanish ( http://forums.jolt.co.uk/showpost.php?p=10589959&postcount=2), Cree ( http://forums.jolt.co.uk/showpost.php?p=10590858&postcount=91)

Smunkeeville: reading article 1 ( http://forums.jolt.co.uk/showpost.php?p=10589951&postcount=1), Stella! ( http://forums.jolt.co.uk/showpost.php?p=10590047&postcount=16), cute story about Smunkee's kids ( http://forums.jolt.co.uk/showthread.php?t=473500&page=14), Stella! on gimehost ( http://forums.jolt.co.uk/showpost.php?p=10600956&postcount=497), Smunkee's kid tells a joke ( http://www.gimehost.com/V3pEPgDvLl0fFDtd1KPd)

Tekania: speaks! preamble to UN Declaration of Human Rights ( http://forums.jolt.co.uk/showpost.php?p=10620118&postcount=819)

Terrorist Cakes: Article 1, English/French ( http://forums.jolt.co.uk/showpost.php?p=10633625&postcount=876)

The Tribes of Longton: Article 1 ( http://forums.jolt.co.uk/showpost.php?p=10594662&postcount=297), Article 1, different accent ( http://forums.jolt.co.uk/showpost.php?p=10595237&postcount=352)

Turquoise Days: Article1 ( http://forums.jolt.co.uk/showpost.php?p=10591746&postcount=173)

Wallonochia: Article 1, English/French ( http://forums.jolt.co.uk/showpost.php?p=10590132&postcount=23), NCO voice ( http://forums.jolt.co.uk/showpost.php?p=10599318&postcount=436)

Wheredoyouthinkyougoing: Article 1, German/English ( http://forums.jolt.co.uk/showpost.php?p=10590464&postcount=65), sexing it up with Stella! ( http://forums.jolt.co.uk/showpost.php?p=10591186&postcount=139), sergeant voice ( http://forums.jolt.co.uk/showpost.php?p=10594755&postcount=301), for SoWiBi ( http://forums.jolt.co.uk/showpost.php?p=10603363&postcount=539), singing ( http://forums.jolt.co.uk/showpost.php?p=10603907&postcount=555), ouch Kanabia! ( http://forums.jolt.co.uk/showpost.php?p=10605106&postcount=575), another sample ( http://forums.jolt.co.uk/showpost.php?p=10605441&postcount=597), más ( http://forums.jolt.co.uk/showpost.php?p=10624287&postcount=847)

Worlorn: Article 1 ( http://forums.jolt.co.uk/showpost.php?p=10632631&postcount=872)

If I've missed any, or messed them up, sorry...but I may not go through the 60 odd pages again to fix things.

I'm uploading using rapidshare: http://ul3.rapidshare.de/

I'm from Alberta, Canada.
Article 1. (http://rapidshare.de/files/15739782/articleone.wav.html)

All human beings are born free and equal in dignity and rights.They are endowed with reason and conscience and should act towards one another in a spirit of brotherhood.

Artículo 1. (http://rapidshare.de/files/15739836/articulouno.wav.html)

Todos los seres humanos nacen libres e iguales en dignidad y derechos y, dotados como están de razón y conciencia, deben comportarse fraternalmente los unos con los otros.

I can't find the right Cree version...just a Swampy Cree which isn't the same as Plains Cree.

My link from Fass's thread should still work.

http://www.ourmedia.org/node/43167

or

http://www.archive.org/details/Keruvalia_speaks

or oddly enough, do a google on "Keruvalia speaks".

It's the Declaration of Human Rights, Smunkee:)
duh, my bad. I fixed it.


ever have one of those days?

Us sexy people from the NEPA have sexy deep voices. No recording just yet.. mayb ill record me sexy voice on me cell..

You sound so YOUNG, Smunkee! I mean, I know you're younger than me, but still...I didn't expect you to sound 17:) And I always think that people speak 'without and accent' (that is, like me).

you got a link to Fass' old thread? my files should still work from then
i'll record a new paragraph later probably :)

Smunkee...I thought your voice was going to be deeper for some reason, but quite nice.

Sin, lovely, as always

Aw, I want to play too. No mic, though. :(

http://www.archive.org/details/Keruvalia_speaks

What a funky accent! Where are you from?

I would do but i don't have a microphone. Imagine a slightly camper, but at the same time rougher round the edges version of Richard Burton, drawling somewhat and occasionally swearing or coughing.

What a funky accent! Where are you from?

My people are Cajun. I'm born and raised Texan with a lot of Louisiana roots.

My link from Fass's thread should still work.

http://www.ourmedia.org/node/43167

or

http://www.archive.org/details/Keruvalia_speaks

or oddly enough, do a google on "Keruvalia speaks".
I can never quite get it through my head that you're cajun, and have the southern accent...haha

and PM, you should post the patriot movie trailer thing

I'll post a sound clip at some point.

for those people without a mic, heres a tip. Take a pair of headphones and plug them into the mic jack. They will do the trick.

for those people without a mic, heres a tip. Take a pair of headphones and plug them into the mic jack. They will do the trick.

i did that before and then my headphones never worked again...:(

for those people without a mic, heres a tip. Take a pair of headphones and plug them into the mic jack. They will do the trick.

Don't have headphones either!

You sound so YOUNG, Smunkee! I mean, I know you're younger than me, but still...I didn't expect you to sound 17:) And I always think that people speak 'without and accent' (that is, like me).
I decided that my accent doesn't really show too well in that reading since I was in my "radio" mode, where I almost strip all my accent out. (like when I used to work at a radio station reporting the news)

here is me (http://media.putfile.com/smunkee-stella) with the Stella paragraph. I never really realized how weird my accent is, when I lived in Arizona people kept asking me "where are you from?" and kept saying "listen to her talk" now I know why :eek:

i did that before and then my headphones never worked again...:(
weird...mine worked fine

Don't have headphones either!
um...yell really loud?

um...yell really loud?

Don't have headphones because the housemate/ex and i both have extremely similar (and, of course, i'd say "good" :p) musical taste so we don't mind the other putting some choons on. As for shouting really loud...shouting South Walian man of early middle age? Christ, i'd sound like Nicky Wire. No.

Smunkee...I thought your voice was going to be deeper for some reason, but quite nice.
deeper?

interesting.

My 4 year old was listening to me record and she said "how come in real life you sound like a grown up and on the computer speakers you sound like me?"

LOL

deeper?

interesting.

My 4 year old was listening to me record and she said "how come in real life you sound like a grown up and on the computer speakers you sound like me?"

LOL
haha...that could very well be it. you sound really young, and I think thats what threw me.

I can never quite get it through my head that you're cajun, and have the southern accent...haha

Heh ... I have people holler at me sometimes with things like, "There's an R in the English language for a reason!"

Although I've noticed that my accent goes over really well with the ladies.

Heh ... I have people holler at me sometimes with things like, "There's an R in the English language for a reason!"

Although I've noticed that my accent goes over really well with the ladies.
it really does sound more south Texas than Cajun to me, but then again my relatives that are from LA, have lived in South Texas so long they have a mis-mash.......and they say I talk funny. LOL

I tried really hard to read these in a way that is didn't sound like I was trying to be on the radio, or reading a sheet.

English (http://media.putfile.com/waleng6)

French (http://media.putfile.com/walfra21)

Oh, and I'm from Michigan

Okay, me first I suppose......
Smunkee (http://media.putfile.com/smunkee-reading)

ooh i second the young-sounding train of thought... but you do sound nice and intelligent... not quite a 4 year old ;) :p



and PM, you should post the patriot movie trailer thing

lol! what? and risk eut telling me not to quit my day job again? no thanks :p

nah, i'll see if i can find it later too :P

Heh ... I have people holler at me sometimes with things like, "There's an R in the English language for a reason!"

Although I've noticed that my accent goes over really well with the ladies.

Can't tell you why... but your voice always throws me... for some reason, I expect you to sound like Johnny Knoxville! :o

Here ya go, (http://goto.glocalnet.net/fass1/fass.mp3) ya little copycat.

Here ya go, (http://goto.glocalnet.net/fass1/fass.mp3) ya little copycat.
ahaha..."how fitting" sounds like you are narrating for a haunted house. And damn if that isn't a tongue twister in Swedish.

Here ya go, (http://goto.glocalnet.net/fass1/fass.mp3) ya little copycat.
wow. Fass your accent is like awesome! that's so cool. :D

I tried really hard to read these in a way that is didn't sound like I was trying to be on the radio, or reading a sheet.

English (http://media.putfile.com/waleng6)

French (http://media.putfile.com/walfra21)

Oh, and I'm from Michigan
Oh, I love how jaded you sound rattling that off. :p


Also, because this seems like the perfect time to ask it: which software do you guys use to actually, um, record anything? I've just tried some obscure one, but that sucked. (Can you tell I can barely use the computer well enough to find the internet?)
Also, putfile doesn't like teh Germans, so what's another good place to upload files to?

alright...we have a few here
first, my normal accent
http://media.putfile.com/normal-new
then, a bit more of my bostonian edge (I admit, my normal accent has picked up a good bit of bostonian, but there are still differences)
http://media.putfile.com/boston-new


and before anyones asks for it,
http://media.putfile.com/pahk-the-cah
and no, you can't actually park, or even drive a car, in harvard yard.

sorry for the quality, it's being done on headphones.

edited to see if these are any louder

Also, because this seems like the perfect time to ask it: which software do you guys use to actually, um, record anything? I've just tried some obscure one, but that sucked. (Can you tell I can barely use the computer well enough to find the internet?) You could try Audacity (http://audacity.sourceforge.net/), or just the windows sound recorder (Start menu>programs>accessories>entertainment>sound recorder).

alright...we have a few here
first, my normal accent
http://media.putfile.com/Normal
then, a bit more of my bostonian edge (I admit, my normal accent has picked up a good bit of bostonian, but there are still differences)
http://media.putfile.com/Boston10


and before anyones asks for it,
http://media.putfile.com/pahk-the-cah
and no, you can't actually park, or even drive a car, in harvard yard.

sorry for the quality, it's being done on headphones.

It's not so much the quality.... you just come out very quiet....

French (http://media.putfile.com/walfra21)

Oh, and I'm from Michigan

You have a very cute American accent in French. :)

It's not so much the quality.... you just come out very quiet....
yeah, I'm messing around to see if I can fix that.

here we go...

moi (http://www.hlj.me.uk/pure%20metal/PM%20voice%20march06.mp3)

moi speaking german (or trying to) (http://www.hlj.me.uk/pure%20metal/huw german.mp3)

movie voiceover man thing (http://www.hlj.me.uk/thepatriot.mp3) (yeah, i know i suck... shut it... was just showing that british accents are not cool! :p)

edit: oh i'm from southern britain

yeah, I'm messing around to see if I can fix that.

Try standing on the SAME side of the room as the computer.... :D

You could try Audacity (http://audacity.sourceforge.net/), or just the windows sound recorder (Start menu>programs>accessories>entertainment>sound recorder).
Um, yeah, I totally knew about the windows sound recorder.*ahem*

*off to try*

You have a very cute American accent in French. :)

Which I used to my advantage occasionally in the bars of Strasbourg when I lived in Frankfurt. :p

Grave.....where exactly is your sample?

I have heard the ladies on here fawning all over the place about "Grave_n_Idle's voice" and still I haven't heard it....

not fair :(




;)

Try standing on the SAME side of the room as the computer.... :D
haha...I just put up some new ones that are hopefully a bit better.

Grave.....where exactly is your sample?

I have heard the ladies on here fawning all over the place about "Grave_n_Idle's voice" and still I haven't heard it....

not fair :(




;)

Ah... yes, that...

It got stolen, I'm afraid. By ninjas. Flying ninjas.

It all went downhill after Jocabia told me I sounded like a twelve-year-old (English) girl...

My microphone is broken? erm...

Here's mine (http://media.putfile.com/My-voice-is-strange-I-think).

I'm from Texas, so do I sound southern?

haha...I just put up some new ones that are hopefully a bit better.

Oooh... much better.

Ah... yes, that...

It got stolen, I'm afraid. By ninjas. Flying ninjas.

It all went downhill after Jocabia told me I sounded like a twelve-year-old (English) girl...

My microphone is broken? erm...
I don't care what Jocobia says.....I feel left out! (besides he is probably jealous, your voice/accent does get talked up a lot around here)

oh, and they think I sound like I am 17....and I still don't care. Although nobody commented on the second sample which is making me paranoid, maybe I really do sound funny and they are too nice to say so.......

ahaha..."how fitting" sounds like you are narrating for a haunted house. And damn if that isn't a tongue twister in Swedish.

It's written with the verbs reflecting plural person, which the spoken language hasn't done for more than a century, at least, and the written one was supposed to have stopped 80 years ago. So, you get my redicament being forced to pronounce "äro" followed by "utrustade." Switching between "o" and "u" in succession in Swedish is bloody hard.

wow. Fass your accent is like awesome! that's so cool. :D

Thank you.

Heh ... I have people holler at me sometimes with things like, "There's an R in the English language for a reason!"

Although I've noticed that my accent goes over really well with the ladies.
what is this "r" you speak of? haha. I've actually noticed that I'm starting to drop mine more and more

and smunkee, the second one sounded good.

It's written with the verbs reflecting plural person, which the spoken language hasn't done for more than a century, at least, and the written one was supposed to have stopped 80 years ago. So, you get my redicament being forced to pronounce "äro" followed by "utrustade." Switching between "o" and "u" in succession in Swedish is bloody hard.



Thank you.yeah, the o and u isn't an easy swap in most languages..sounds particularly hard in Swedish, yet you still manage to carry it off.
I still want to learn Swedish or one of the other scandinavian languages some day

Aw, I want to play too. No mic, though. :(



What a funky accent! Where are you from?

Here's a groovy trick: Plug headphones into the mic jack(as long as they're unpowered headphones). They will act as a microphone. Just speak into the earpiece. :)

for those people without a mic, heres a tip. Take a pair of headphones and plug them into the mic jack. They will do the trick.

Ah, beat me to it. :(

Ah, beat me to it. :(
muahahahha.

oh, and they think I sound like I am 17....and I still don't care. Although nobody commented on the second sample which is making me paranoid, maybe I really do sound funny and they are too nice to say so.......

You sound very...... Oklahoman. I had a friend from OK when I was in the Army, and when she got upset or tired she sounded exactly like you. Only cranky, because she was pissed or tired.

Here ya go, (http://goto.glocalnet.net/fass1/fass.mp3) ya little copycat.

You don't sound anything like the Swedish Chef from the Muppets! How disappointing. :(

You sound very...... Oklahoman. I had a friend from OK when I was in the Army, and when she got upset or tired she sounded exactly like you. Only cranky, because she was pissed or tired.
yep, born and raised Okie.

lived in Arizona for 2 years, people thought I sounded funny, I had a friend who would call me just to hear me talk, she said it was entertaining.

my accent does get thicker when I am tired, or sick, or mad....weird how that works.

You don't sound anything like the Swedish Chef from the Muppets! How disappointing. :(

Tell me about it.

yeah, the o and u isn't an easy swap in most languages..sounds particularly hard in Swedish, yet you still manage to carry it off.
I still want to learn Swedish or one of the other scandinavian languages some day

I should do one mocking Danish for you.

Tell me about it.

You sound more like Dr. Bunsen Honeydew. :)

You sound more like Dr. Bunsen Honeydew. :)

He's hot.

For Fass to fwap...

http://www.msstate.edu/org/aiche/images/bunsen_honeydew.gif

:p

I don't care what Jocobia says.....I feel left out! (besides he is probably jealous, your voice/accent does get talked up a lot around here)

oh, and they think I sound like I am 17....and I still don't care. Although nobody commented on the second sample which is making me paranoid, maybe I really do sound funny and they are too nice to say so.......

Since you asked so sweetly... :)

http://media.putfile.com/article-one

Yes, I know it sounds like I have a cold. That's because, I have a cold. :)

Here is my voice: http://media.putfile.com/Voice-Recording

Be warned, it is hideously posh sounding :p Coming from west london.

Be warned, it is hideously posh sounding :p

You weren't kidding. It really is.

Since you asked so sweetly... :)

http://media.putfile.com/article-one

Yes, I know it sounds like I have a cold. That's because, I have a cold. :)
thank you ;)

and even with a cold it does sound very nice....you should read books on tape. ;) LOL

thank you ;)

and even with a cold it does sound very nice....you should read books on tape. ;) LOL

Why, thank you! :)

My accent is kind of lost, now, though.... people in Georgia still have me talk slow, so they can understand... and my friends back home laugh at my corrupted accent. :(

I'll upload a recording of me later, toooo tired now. :)

Okay here goes.

German (http://www.gimehost.com/p233Y19lK7FbtAU2PguF)

English (http://www.gimehost.com/N7APj7K9YKdzS08RrBsb)



Thanks to everybody for the tips on headphones and the windows audio recorder... :)

*scampers off to listen to everybody's samples*

Okay here goes.

German (http://www.gimehost.com/p233Y19lK7FbtAU2PguF)

English (http://www.gimehost.com/N7APj7K9YKdzS08RrBsb)*

Almost as cute a German accent as SoWiBi, with a slightly nasal, but overall USian English accent. Nice.

I'll upload a recording of me later, toooo tired now. :)

Hah! I recorded one with a cold, and a five-month-old baby on my lap!

Too tired, indeed!

Okay here goes.

German (http://www.gimehost.com/p233Y19lK7FbtAU2PguF)

English (http://www.gimehost.com/N7APj7K9YKdzS08RrBsb)

wow so thats what you sound like... you sound way more american than i'd have thought!

now if only i understood the german :p

Hah! I recorded one with a cold, and a five-month-old baby on my lap!

Too tired, indeed!

Bah! I took the USMLE Step 3 yesterday AND worked. I AM way tired. Besides Polish accents are icky, haha.

Here's mine (http://media.putfile.com/My-voice-is-strange-I-think).
I'm from Texas, so do I sound southern?
I wouldn't know, foreigner that I am, but I don't think so. To me, it sounds like typical "American Cool". :)


Almost as cute a German accent as SoWiBi, with a slightly nasal, but overall USian English accent. Nice.
I'm not too hot about the bolded parts, but an "almost as cute as SoWiBi" coming from you makes me take it as a compliment anyway. :p


wow so thats what you sound like... you sound way more american than i'd have thought!
Yeah, I know. :(
I used to not like British English at all, but these days I'd sometimes much rather speak British English than American English, just because it can sound so darned sexy. Not that American Cool isn't sexy either, but still. I once worked on a project with a guy from England and always felt I sounded terribly shrill and dumb next to him. Sigh.

Also, I'm never too happy with how my voice sounds when I hear it not from inside my head but as a recording. But I guess that's true for most people.

now if only i understood the german :p Here's a rough translation. (http://www.unhchr.ch/udhr/lang/eng.htm) :p

I'm not too hot about the bolded parts, but an "almost as cute as SoWiBi" coming from you makes me take it as a compliment anyway. :p

You should. I like the way both of you speak in German. There is a taut and sexy feeling to it. Nothing like my Swiss German teacher...

You should. I like the way both of you speak in German. There is a taut and sexy feeling to it. Nothing like my Swiss German teacher...
Well, now who doesn't like to sound "taut and sexy"?
I also thought you were referring to my German accent in the English sample, hence the displeasure. I know it's there, obviously, but I try so hard to hide it, you better not point it out. :p

Well, now who doesn't like to sound "taut and sexy"?
I also thought you were referring to my German accent in the English sample, hence the displeasure. I know it's there, obviously, but I try so hard to hide it, you better not point it out. :p

Your accent in English sounds kinda like some Californian or other West Coast accents I've heard.

Here's mine.
I'm from Texas, so do I sound southern?

You sound more like someone from a city in a border state, like Missourri or southern Ohio. A touch of southern influence, but not really northern either.

Here's the old thread:
http://forums.jolt.co.uk/showthread.php?t=438344

And here's my sample (http://www.geocities.com/erastide/SA700896.WAV) from there.

Here's mine: http://media.putfile.com/ngarticle140

The odd thing is I've lived in southern Virginia nearly all my life and yet I have not picked up the Southern accent like some of my family has.

here we go...

moi (http://www.hlj.me.uk/pure%20metal/PM%20voice%20march06.mp3)

moi speaking german (or trying to) (http://www.hlj.me.uk/pure%20metal/huw german.mp3)

movie voiceover man thing (http://www.hlj.me.uk/thepatriot.mp3) (yeah, i know i suck... shut it... was just showing that british accents are not cool! :p)

edit: oh i'm from southern britain

Hey.... I love your German! Seriously. You've got the cutest accent.

I'd do a recording myself, if I could. But I completely lost my voice yesterday to a nasty laryngitis. As soon as I can talk again, I'll record a sample.

And here's my sample (http://www.geocities.com/erastide/SA700896.WAV) from there.

Well, that was totally random. :D

Well, now who doesn't like to sound "taut and sexy"?

Keruvalia and Sdaeriji don't sound taut, but, oh, boy do they sound sexy... *sigh*

I also thought you were referring to my German accent in the English sample, hence the displeasure. I know it's there, obviously, but I try so hard to hide it, you better not point it out. :p

I should be the last person to talk about foreign accents in English.

Almost as cute a German accent as SoWiBi, with a slightly nasal, but overall USian English accent. Nice.
*scampers off to hear SoWiBi, hoping Fass is referring to a post in this thread...*

Yeah, I know. :(
I used to not like British English at all, but these days I'd sometimes much rather speak British English than American English, just because it can sound so darned sexy. Not that American Cool isn't sexy either, but still. I once worked on a project with a guy from England and always felt I sounded terribly shrill and dumb next to him. Sigh.

Also, I'm never too happy with how my voice sounds when I hear it not from inside my head but as a recording. But I guess that's true for most people.
i never like my voice as a recording either (way higher pitched than in my head for a start), but meh... nothing you can do.
i like your voice though - its quite distinctive and sounds nice... i wouldn't call it 'shrill' at all :)
as for sexy...well, i think you should just start saying some sexy things and we'll see *nods* ;) :D

Here's a rough translation. (http://www.unhchr.ch/udhr/lang/eng.htm) :p
shush you :p




oh and, old recordings from other thread (http://forums.jolt.co.uk/showpost.php?p=9456736&postcount=50)

Here ya go, (http://goto.glocalnet.net/fass1/fass.mp3) ya little copycat.
OMG Fass....that sexy little chuckle at the beginning...and your refined...sarcastic....wonderful voice...I'm weeping here you bastard because you've got me all turned on...*listens to it again*...sigh.

*scampers off to hear SoWiBi, hoping Fass is referring to a post in this thread...*

I was referring to Skype, which you by the way should get...

Hey.... I love your German! Seriously. You've got the cutest accent.

I'd do a recording myself, if I could. But I completely lost my voice yesterday to a nasty laryngitis. As soon as I can talk again, I'll record a sample.
:fluffle: :D

(sorry to hear about your voice :-S :(
here's hoping you get better soon! i for one would love to see whether any irish has crept into your german-ness... ;))

I was referring to Skype, which you by the way should get...

Skype is fantastic, heh.

OMG Fass....that sexy little chuckle at the beginning...and your refined...sarcastic....wonderful voice...I'm weeping here you bastard because you've got me all turned on...*listens to it again*...sigh.

And here I thought I had managed to sublimate that effect I tend to have on women.

I was referring to Skype, which you by the way should get...

I've got it, but I've only used it once. :(

Skype is fantastic, heh.

Added. :)

I've got it, but I've only used it once. :(

Time to remedy this, then.

Time to remedy this, then.

Heh, I'm at work now and don't have it here, but we'll have to link up sometime when I'm home. :)

Skype is fantastic, heh.

Seconded or thirded or something like that.

Skype is especially great since Verizon is taking their sweet ass time fixing my phone. My internet works, but no phone, and they're on the same jack. Craziness.

Oh and well I might as well throw in my previous recording in Cree, since my fluency isn't good enough to translate the article myself, nor can I find it done for me: (don't listen SoWiBi, you'll get creeped out again!)

Sinuhue speaking Cree (http://rapidshare.de/files/15162915/sinuhuecree.wav.html)

Tan'si!

Sinuhue nit'sîyihkâson. Nikîki-apni-cî ôta? Kayâs êtikwê ôki nêhiyawak ôtê ê-kî-hayâcik manitow-sâkahikanihk. Nitohcîn anita.

Hello, how are you?

Sinuhue is my name, may I sit here? A long time ago, the Cree used to live over there at Lac Ste. Anne. I'm from there.

I was referring to Skype, which you by the way should get...
What is this Skype to which you refer?

Sinuhue speaking Cree (http://rapidshare.de/files/15162915/sinuhuecree.wav.html)

That's not creepy at all. It's leg-humpable, that's what it is.

here we go...

-snip-
Mmmm.... *still loves your voice* ;) I also love the way you speak *nods* :P and i get to hear it all the time! Haha! :p :fluffle:

And here I thought I had managed to sublimate that effect I tend to have on women.
Managed? Not one iota. Now I just have silly fantasies about turning you straight:(

What is this Skype to which you refer?

http://www.skype.com

Managed? Not one iota. Now I just have silly fantasies about turning you straight:(

You can try, but only if I get to try turning you trans.

That's not creepy at all. It's leg-humpable, that's what it is.

What isn't leg-humpable to you, Fass? ;)

That's not creepy at all. It's leg-humpable, that's what it is.
Coming from you, I take that as a compliment:)

What isn't leg-humpable to you, Fass? ;)

Quiet, you!

Quiet, you!

*snicker*

http://www.skype.com
Hmmm, I will consider this Skype once I am no longer bound to this job (where I can't very well start conversing with strange NSers:)).

Hmmm, I will consider this Skype once I am no longer bound to this job (where I can't very well start conversing with strange NSers:)).

Strange NSers? Isn't that kinda redundant? ;)

Mmmm.... *still loves your voice* ;) I also love the way you speak *nods* :P and i get to hear it all the time! Haha! :p :fluffle:
you're one lucky girl.... i guess :P :p

i do love your voice too (and your laugh of course!)... when you get excited you talk really fast, but i love that too :D :fluffle:
of course, you don't have a microphone, do you? :(

you're one lucky girl.... i guess :P :p

i do love your voice too (and your laugh of course!)... when you get excited you talk really fast, but i love that too :D :fluffle:
of course, you don't have a microphone, do you? :(

Yeesh...get a cyberroom, you two!

You can try, but only if I get to try turning you trans.
As long as during our mutual trying we do the nasty:D

Yeesh...get a cyberroom, you two!
does msn count... cos we're already waaaay ahead of you ;)

and if that wasn't so nerdy it'd almost be cool... :p

As long as during our mutual trying we do the nasty:D

I believe I once mentioned to you the need of the biggest twirling strap-on in the world for that to happen... but we digress. This thread is about what people sound like, and not about poor and disturbing heterosexual facsimiles of sweet, sweet gay sex.

I should do one mocking Danish for you.
I'd love to hear it if you have the time.
by the way, I always liked beaker more.

*meep*

does msn count... cos we're already waaaay ahead of youHand check, you two. I want to see four hands above waist level.

Quiet, you!

Hmmm...I was gonna post a clip of my voice when I got home, but you've already seen a pic of me, Fass. You having the two to put together could get me in some serious trouble! :p

I'd love to hear it if you have the time.
by the way, I always liked beaker more.
Taler du dansk? (http://goto.glocalnet.net/fass1/dansk.mp3) Neither do I, thankfully.

Hand check, you two. I want to see four hands above waist level.
how about heads...? :eek: ;)

Taler du dansk? (http://goto.glocalnet.net/fass1/dansk.mp3) Neither do I, thankfully.
Your INFERIOR language!!?? Get him Dutchies!

Oh Fass, you should just record yourself laughing and telling dirty jokes...

Hand check, you two. I want to see four hands above waist level.
But I'm typing!
*cough*
Yes... that's what I'm doing.... *shifty look* :P

Taler du dansk? (http://goto.glocalnet.net/fass1/dansk.mp3) Neither do I, thankfully.
ahaha...Fass, I think I've figured out your allure (and no, not on a sexual level...just a curiosity level) to alot of people (well, me atleast)...its the very dry humor combined with the fact that I'm convinced and have seen evidence of a caring person. Oh, and the voice.;)
[/hallmark moment]
but thank you muchly. Not a language I will soon be picking up. I like the sound of Swedish much more. Nicer flow and beat to it.

how about heads...?
*sigh*
what are we going to do with you too? haha

But I'm typing!
*cough*
Yes... that's what I'm doing.... *shifty look* :P
how many hands on the keyboard, dear? ;) :p

how many hands on the keyboard, dear? ;) :p
none. she's typing with her nose.

none. she's typing with her nose.
:eek: such skill!


*sigh*
what are we going to do with you too? haha
uh... cut off our noses? ;)

Oh Fass, you should just record yourself laughing and telling dirty jokes...

A "joke." (http://goto.glocalnet.net/fass1/joke.mp3) You asked for it.

:eek: such skill!
practice makes perfect.... ;) :p

uh... cut off our noses? ;)
then I'd have to use my tongue *nods* train it up..... ;)
for the kissing! you lot and your dirty minds :rolleyes: :p

A "joke." (http://goto.glocalnet.net/fass1/joke.mp3) You asked for it.

After just having a very painful telephone conversation, I really needed a laugh. Thanks, Fass! :D

A "joke." (http://goto.glocalnet.net/fass1/joke.mp3) You asked for it.
:rolleyes: :p

I think the laugh at the end makes it.

then I'd have to use my tongue *nods* train it up..... ;)
for the kissing! you lot and your dirty minds :rolleyes: :p
oooh i think i need training more than you do ;)
but good thinking all the same *nods*
yes, i'm also thinking about kissing. only. uh-huh.


what? :confused: ;)

oooh i think i need training more than you do ;)
but good thinking all the same *nods*
yes, i'm also thinking about kissing. only. uh-huh.


what? :confused: ;)
hehe <-- i actually wrote that with my tongue!! (okay, i shouldnt be admitting that, should i? hmmm.... :P)

anyway *stops hi-jack*
btw, sarkhaan, sorry i never got round to that TG, just been busy and stuff... However, I'm planning on writing up all dates with Huw at some point for my own sake, and you can get a (perhaps edited... :P) copy *nods*

A "joke." (http://goto.glocalnet.net/fass1/joke.mp3) You asked for it.
I totally expected that joke to be in Swedish. Oh I love this..."His...thing..."...and the way you swear...somehow it sounds elegant. I have a Croatian friend who pulls that off too...it enrages me because she swears constantly, but never comes across as crude. And your sarcastic ha ha ha at the end...priceless!

Thanks:)

I totally expected that joke to be in Swedish. Oh I love this..."His...thing..."...and the way you swear...somehow it sounds elegant. I have a Croatian friend who pulls that off too...it enrages me because she swears constantly, but never comes across as crude. And your sarcastic ha ha ha at the end...priceless!

Thanks:)
I couldn't help but laugh that he said "his thing" and then said "fuck" a few seconds later.

I totally expected that joke to be in Swedish. Oh I love this..."His...thing..."...and the way you swear...somehow it sounds elegant. I have a Croatian friend who pulls that off too...it enrages me because she swears constantly, but never comes across as crude. And your sarcastic ha ha ha at the end...priceless!

I am glad I amuse you. Here's another one (http://goto.glocalnet.net/fass1/joke2.mp3). Bear with it.

I couldn't help but laugh that he said "his thing" and then said "fuck" a few seconds later.
Well exactly...it's like 'cock' would be too vulgar, but 'fuck' is something you can say at tea time.

I am glad I amuse you. Here's another one (http://goto.glocalnet.net/fass1/joke2.mp3). Bear with it.
Hahahaha....that joke went around by email a while back...as some sort of 'Ann Landers' anecdote.

This is just so cool...being able to hear your voice like this just makes you seem more....real....I hope you understand what I mean. I know you exist, I have interacted with you many times, but this just fleshes out your existance in my mind:)

Although, perhaps in a way it is bad, because a few NSers have become so dear and real to me that I would really like to meet them...but the distance is prohibitive. Why can't you all just live in Edmonton?

Well exactly...it's like 'cock' would be too vulgar, but 'fuck' is something you can say at tea time.

Well, it is! It's the Swede in me. "Fuck" is nothing, while vulgar words for genitalia are a bit sensitive.

Hahahaha....that joke went around by email a while back...as some sort of 'Ann Landers' anecdote.

This is just so cool...being able to hear your voice like this just makes you seem more....real....I hope you understand what I mean. I know you exist, I have interacted with you many times, but this just fleshes out your existance in my mind:)

I should take that as my queue to stop.

Although, perhaps in a way it is bad, because a few NSers have become so dear and real to me that I would really like to meet them...but the distance is prohibitive. Why can't you all just live in Edmonton?

It's Alberta. 'Nuff said.

Well, it is! It's the Swede in me. "Fuck" is nothing, while vulgar words for genitalia are a bit sensitive.
I suppose that's not all that different from here...though profanity so depends on context to make it vulgar or not. Nonetheless, I think the most vulgar word in the English language is '****'. I just hate that word.

I should take that as my queue to stop.No! Don't! I swear my interest is not actually creepy!
It's Alberta. 'Nuff said.
Yes, well even in Alberta you find cool people worth hanging out with. That would be even truer if some of you would immigrate here...

I should take that as my queue to stop.



It's Alberta. 'Nuff said.
I think its cue, not queue (sorry, I don't often get to correct you. Actually, this is a first, iirc)

No! Don't! I swear my interest is not actually creepy!

Funny, that's exactly the same thing SoWiBi said.

Yes, well even in Alberta you find cool people worth hanging out with. That would be even truer if some of you would immigrate here...

It's not for future lack of trying, I assure you, but not to Alberta. I have my mind set on Montréal.

I suppose that's not all that different from here...though profanity so depends on context to make it vulgar or not. Nonetheless, I think the most vulgar word in the English language is '****'. I just hate that word.
I find that most women over 20 are offended by that word. there is something that is just angry and violent about it.

I think its cue, not queue (sorry, I don't often get to correct you. Actually, this is a first, iirc)

I was thinking of it meaning "a sequence of messages or jobs held in auxiliary storage awaiting transmission or processing," but cue does make more sense.

I was thinking of it meaning "a sequence of messages or jobs held in auxiliary storage awaiting transmission or processing," but cue does make more sense.
yeah, I was thinking about whether you were right or wrong, because I think queue would be like the line to not cross, where as cue would be a sign...so maybe both work. And with your explanation, I'd say queue works best.
*shrug*

My God, it's a veritable Fass fest!
I did like the second joke (didn't know it before, either). :p

I also tried to sex it up (http://www.gimehost.com/lOtMCBhu7DkDSyYDqqfh) for PM. ;)

yeah, I was thinking about whether you were right or wrong, because I think queue would be like the line to not cross, where as cue would be a sign...so maybe both work. And with your explanation, I'd say queue works best.
*shrug*
No, it really should be cue.

No, it really should be cue.

I was *this* close to bullshitting my way out of that homophone missup! *glares at you à la Simpsons monobrow baby*

No, it really should be cue.
Yay! I is smart!

I was *this* close to bullshitting my way out of that homophone missup! *glares at you à la Simpsons monobrow baby*
Yes, well, considering your stance on grammatical and spelling errors, I thought it highly imprudent to allow you to backpeddle thusly.

yeah, I was thinking about whether you were right or wrong, because I think queue would be like the line to not cross, where as cue would be a sign...so maybe both work. And with your explanation, I'd say queue works best.
*shrug*
Don't let him pull the wool over your eyes, that tricksy old Swede.
Cue it is.

I was *this* close to bullshitting my way out of that homophone missup! *glares at you à la Simpsons monobrow baby*
haha...yes, you've figured it out. Big words distract me well. And shiny objects. You really could have just said "Hey Sarkhaan! Look over there, a squirrel!" and I would have been gone.

I also tried to sex it up (http://www.gimehost.com/lOtMCBhu7DkDSyYDqqfh) for PM. ;)

Cuteness.

I was *this* close to bullshitting my way out of that homophone missup! *glares at you à la Simpsons monobrow baby*

The evil monkey in the closet from Family Guy would've worked better. ;)

Yes, well, considering your stance on grammatical and spelling errors, I thought it highly imprudent to allow you to backpeddle thusly.

I thought my only stance on that matter was that which annoyed you most almost a year ago.

The evil monkey in the closet from Family Guy would've worked better. ;)

Mine was old school, beyotch.

Mine was old school, beyotch.

Talk to the hand, girlfriend!

Mine was old school, beyotch.
I think hearing you say "beyotch" in context would make grown men weep...in a good way.

Talk to the hand, girlfriend!

It better be the left, 'cause you sure ain't right!

It better be the left, 'cause you sure ain't right!

Truer words were never spoken (or, in this case, typed). ;)

What, no sexy Scottish or *swoon* Irish samples at all? Anybody? Anybody? Bueller?

It better be the left, 'cause you sure ain't right!

And although I don't know when this weekend I'll get around to recording myself, just imagine what sorta weirdness that's gonna be. ;)

What, no sexy Scottish or *swoon* Irish samples at all? Anybody? Anybody? Bueller?

I'm a bit disappointed there haven't been any Australian ones, myself. We had a few last time. I guess we'll just have to wait for them to get up in a few hours...

What, no sexy Scottish or *swoon* Irish samples at all? Anybody? Anybody? Bueller?

I could do those accents... :p

I'm a bit disappointed there haven't been any Australian ones, myself. We had a few last time. I guess we'll just have to wait for them to get up in a few hours...

So that you can get up, too? :p

So that you can get up, too? :p

Enough.

Here is mine (http://rapidshare.de/files/15762504/voice.mp3.html), I hope it works I used a friends headphones to do it. Oh, and I'm from Nebraska.

Enough.

Awww...but you're so fun to play with, Fass... :p

Awww...but you're so fun to play with, Fass... :p
thats what they all say.

Awww...but you're so fun to play with, Fass... :p

I wish I could reciprocate.

Here is mine (http://rapidshare.de/files/15762504/voice.mp3.html), I hope it works I used a friends headphones to do it. Oh, and I'm from Nebraska.

I would not have been able to guess. It went by so quickly.

Last time I tried to do this, with Fass' thread, my computer crapped out and remained busted for around six months. So you'll forgive me if I don't participate. Sorry.

Last time I tried to do this, with Fass' thread, my computer crapped out and remained busted for around six months. So you'll forgive me if I don't participate. Sorry.

I'll just live off memories (and saved files).

Here is mine (http://rapidshare.de/files/15762504/voice.mp3.html), I hope it works I used a friends headphones to do it. Oh, and I'm from Nebraska.
It works, but the sound is very quiet (low?). I did mine by headphone too, with that windows sound recorder thingy, and used its "effects" menu to increase the volume.

I like how fast you talk, though (probably because in RL and my native language I'm a really fast talker, too). Isn't it usually just the Californians who are said to do the fast talking thing?

It works, but the sound is very quiet (low?). I did mine by headphone too, with that windows sound recorder thingy, and used its "effects" menu to increase the volume.

I like how fast you talk, though (probably because in RL and my native language I'm a really fast talker, too). Isn't it usually just the Californians who are said to do the fast talking thing?

Californians, people in the Northeast and the Great Lakes talk relatively fast compared to the Southwest (which does consist of part of California) and the South.

One guy rather humorously explains why Michiganders talk fast

Let me tell ya, it is DAMNED cold in Michigan, so you have GOT to conserve energy. Consequently, the right way to speak "Michigin" is to

1. talk fast,
2. slur your words together, and
3. clip all your hard consonants, like "t". Someone smarter than me calls this a "glottal stop".

Well, as a technophobe, no sound bites due to my not understanding their intrcacies, however I am told, that I have the voice of Stephen Fry, coupled with the appearance of Matt Davies;)

I thought my only stance on that matter was that which annoyed you most almost a year ago.
Yes well...that stance, which when I'm feeling bitchy I coin 'Fassinine' also becomes 'clever and adorable' when I'm less hormonal. I reserve the right to be completely irrational and blame it on my female bits.

It works, but the sound is very quiet (low?). I did mine by headphone too, with that windows sound recorder thingy, and used its "effects" menu to increase the volume.

I like how fast you talk, though (probably because in RL and my native language I'm a really fast talker, too). Isn't it usually just the Californians who are said to do the fast talking thing?
I did it in Audacity, just downloaded it and tried upping the volume through there. I did actually get the volume up pretty loud when I played it back on my computer I guess it just didn't carry over well:confused: As for the speed my dad is originally from New York City so I might have gotten that from him.

I also tried to sex it up (http://www.gimehost.com/lOtMCBhu7DkDSyYDqqfh) for PM. ;)
lol!! :p

brilliant :D
(and so very sexy ;) :p)

Okay here's me: http://media.putfile.com/Turquoise-Days-speaks-out (http://media.putfile.com/Turquoise-Days-speaks-out88)
Given that I've lived all my life in Newcastle, my lack of a Geordie accent never ceases to confuse.

Audacity is miles better than Windows sound recorder, nice one whoever linked that.

I'll just live off memories (and saved files).

Creepy, yet hot.

I did it in Audacity, just downloaded it and tried upping the volume through there. I did actually get the volume up pretty loud when I played it back on my computer I guess it just didn't carry over well:confused:
Nevermind, I just listened to it through my headphones and it was perfectly loud. As much as I love my laptop, its sleek good looks are so not matched by its crappy speakers.:rolleyes: I'm worried now how loud my samples must have been seeing how I adjusted them so I could hear them well without headphones. Apologies for any incurred hearing losses.

Okay here's me: http://media.putfile.com/Turquoise-Days-speaks-out
"Chris Mar-in"? Love the glottal stop. :p

"Chris Mar-in"? Love the glottal stop. :p
Did you get all of that? It keeps cutting out about 6 seconds in for me.

Did you get all of that? It keeps cutting out about 6 seconds in for me.
Yes, repeatedly even. No problems.

Eh, now it starts working.

Did you get all of that? It keeps cutting out about 6 seconds in for me.

It doesn't work at all for me.

Behold, my voice! (http://media.putfile.com/Speaking-for-NS)

It sounds pretty good considering I had to filter an annoying whine out with Audacity (no, not my voice! My mic's rubbish :P). I did try to not put on too much of my Proper Telephone Voice ;)

It doesn't work at all for me.
What I did was played it then left it to cut out. It carried on playing in jumps for about 5 minutes, until it finished. Played it back again, and it worked.

I had to filter an annoying whine out with Audacity (no, not my voice!
LOL :D

I'll record myself reciting something when the opportunity arises. And...

-snip-

...You're as nasal as I am. :p

My computer isn't playing well with Putfile, which is just as well as I got carried away playing with audacity last time and put up too many recordings of myself acting like an ass.

My computer isn't playing well with Putfile, which is just as well as I got carried away playing with audacity last time and put up too many recordings of myself acting like an ass.
Noooooo. :(
I was trying to listen to everybody's samples in the old thread, but they're all gone.
And I was so looking forward to hearing you, esp. that SoCal accent ;).

So just use gimehost (www.gimehost.com) for the upload and bring on the silly goods, okay? Pretty please? Or I shall pout most determinedly. Or talk nasally to you in your sleep (thanks, Potarius :rolleyes: :p).

Noooooo. :(
I was trying to listen to everybody's samples in the old thread, but they're all gone.
And I was so looking forward to hearing you, esp. that SoCal accent ;).

So just use gimehost (www.gimehost.com) for the upload and bring on the silly goods, okay? Pretty please? Or I shall pout most determinedly. Or talk nasally to you in your sleep (thanks, Potarius :rolleyes: :p).
The SoCal accent wasn't as funny as I hoped it would be, really. More annoying than anything else.

Aren't you one of the few that have actually heard my voice already? I'm starting to lose track...I've been here too long...

So just use gimehost (www.gimehost.com) for the upload and bring on the silly goods, okay? Pretty please? Or I shall pout most determinedly. Or talk nasally to you in your sleep (thanks, Potarius :rolleyes: :p).

Hahaha. Don't worry, it's a compliment. I can't stand throaty talkers!

Aren't you one of the few that have actually heard my voice already? I'm starting to lose track...I've been here too long...
Um, no? I've seen Veronica, and been told I could wheedle you into letting me sleep in your bed, but I'm pretty sure I have yet to hear you speak.

Hahaha. Don't worry, it's a compliment. I can't stand throaty talkers!
But throaty = teh sexy.

But throaty = teh sexy.

If you speak clearly, I guess. I just can't stand all of the throaty speakers in Houston, with the god-awful accents they have.

*stabs self in eye*

Um, no? I've seen Veronica, and been told I could wheedle you into letting me sleep in your bed, but I'm pretty sure I have yet to hear you speak.
Really? Alright, check your TGs. It's a lot easier than me starting to mess with all the file swaping around nonsense and will allow me to go make dinner cause I'm hungry.

Well, don't check them immediately, in like a minute or two...

If you speak clearly, I guess. I just can't stand all of the throaty speakers in Houston, with the god-awful accents they have.

*stabs self in eye*
Actually, our definitions of throaty and nasally may be quite different. For throaty, I was thinking more along the lines of Scarlett Johansson. :p

Really? Alright, check your TGs. It's a lot easier than me starting to mess with all the file swaping around nonsense and will allow me to go make dinner cause I'm hungry.

Well, don't check them immediately, in like a minute or two...
http://www.freesmileys.org/emo/common011.gif
*scampers off to check TGs*

Actually, our definitions of throaty and nasally may be quite different. For throaty, I was thinking more along the lines of Scarlett Johansson. :p

Our definitions are the same. It's just the throaty speakers in my area have terrible, unbearable accents. There are no Scarlett Johanssons here, sadly. :p

I actually have a unique accent for my area. I grew up in the Corpus Christi area, amongst many Michiganders and New Englanders. I have a bastardised Midwestern/Northeastern accent that ranges from Minnesota to Boston. There's not a hint of Texas in my voice, and I like it that way. I'm nasally, but my voice is also deep.

Now, some Texas accents are nice (West Texas, South Texas), but where I am, they're terrible (East Texas).

Here's mine. I'm from California (kind of). My apologies to those of you that are French or Italian...

English (http://media.putfile.com/Rameria_English)

French (http://media.putfile.com/Rameria_French50)

Italian (http://media.putfile.com/Rameria_Italian24)

Comments (in the order that the recordings were posted on the thread)


Smunke- You sound young (I think that has been mentioned) and you also sound like you are "reading". Maybe it's just your accent, but do you notice a difference in your voice when you are reading and when you are talking? If so, I'd like to hear your talking voice. And a random comment that actually applies to your accent- compared to my accent, the letter "s" is more pronounced when you say it. Singing voice guess: Messo-soprano

Sinuhue- Your "s" sounds are even more pronounced than Smunke's (I'm starting to wonder if I pronounce my "s" at all...) Not to sound like a creepy guy online (although I'm sure I do), but you have a very rational, soothing voice. Singing voice guess: Alto

-note- I'm noting a "reading" tone to all the samples. Perhaps we should record a bit (15s) of normal talking, conversation style, after the reading portion? And maybe a singing portion, if anyone is brave enough?

Keruvalia- Your drawl screams Texan, and I love it. Singing voice guess: Bass

Wallonochia- You talk very fast, almost like an auctineer. Once again I note that most people have an "s" consonant that is much more pronounced than mine. Singing voice guess: Baritone

Fass- Finally, some conversational chatter. Firstly, I would like to compliment you. I don't know anyone fluently bilingual personally, and I suppose I can't properly judge your Swedish, but you seem to transition between English and Swedish very fluidly (actually, you speak 3 languages in the clip ;)). Your english is very easy to understand, and your accent reminds me of someone I know... I'll have to ask him where he's from, perhaps near you (do you live in the US?) Singing voice guess: Baritone

Sarkhaan- Your normal accent is very similar to mine, I think, except with more sustained vowels. The Boston accent- well, I can tell where you got those vowels from. Where did you live before the Boston area? Singing voice guess: Bass

Pure Metal- Your sound clips didn't work on my comp, just a fraction of a second long...

Shotagon- The southern drawl didn't stand out until you said conscience... then it almost sounded like the Boston accent... and yes, your voice is rather strange. But it isn't too different from mine (Ohio) Singing voice guess: Tenor

Grave_n_idle- Your voice has a "hollow" tone to it (probably due to the cold). I picked up a bit of the South, but other than that, I'm guessing in the dark. Singing voice guess: Tenor, but that's a random guess because of the cold

Moto the Wise- Yes, very posh indeed. It almost seems like your "o" and your "a" vowels have switched. Singing voice guess: Tenor

Whereyouthinkyougoing- Something like a New Jersey accent, I think (but I could be wrong). You remind me of Harley Quinn from Batman, but with a bit less of an accent. Singing voice guess: Soprano

Erastide- Almost no accent, to my ears, although you do talk kind of fast (but not nearly as fast as Wallonochia). Singing voice guess: Messo Soprano

Northrop-Grumman- In my opinion, your accent is similar to Shotagon's. Close to mine (except for the electrical sounds that zing through... are you a robot?) up until the word conscience. Singing voice guess: Baritone

I'll stop there for now...

<snip>
Northrop-Grumman- In my opinion, your accent is similar to Shotagon's. Close to mine (except for the electrical sounds that zing through... are you a robot?) up until the word conscience. Singing voice guess: Baritone

I'll stop there for now...The electrical sounds are from an old microphone from '98. Its barely holding up and I'm way too cheap to buy a new one.

Uhhh...singing? I....er....really don't like singing in front of people so I don't know what I am.

Uhhh...singing? I....er....really don't like singing in front of people so I don't know what I am.

Well, you can figure it out with a one piano lesson, to figure out pitches, then seeing what your range is, or you can see what songs you can sing along to and which ones you can't, or many other things you can try to find out...

or, you can just go without knowing :p

Well, you can figure it out with a one piano lesson, to figure out pitches, then seeing what your range is, or you can see what songs you can sing along to and which ones you can't, or many other things you can try to find out...

or, you can just go without knowing :pIf I felt gutsy enough I would record myself and post it here but well....

If I felt gutsy enough I would record myself and post it here but well....

aww, come on... please? I promise I'll put clips of me singing on this thread soon. Then again, I'm in a choir, so it's much less awkward for me.

Have it your way ;)

Whereyouthinkyougoing- Something like a New Jersey accent, I think (but I could be wrong). You remind me of Harley Quinn from Batman, but with a bit less of an accent. Singing voice guess: Soprano
Um, okay.
I've never been to New Jersey (I'm German), I had to look up Harley Quinn on IMDb and have no idea which one you mean (let alone what she sounds like), I can't sing for shit and if I could I'd probably be a mezzo soprano (when I speak English my voice has a higher pitch than in RL).
But apart from that, sure. :p

Where's your sample?

Um, okay.
I've never been to New Jersey (I'm German), I had to look up Harley Quinn on IMDb and have no idea which one you mean (let alone what she sounds like), I can't sing for shit and if I could I'd probably be a mezzo soprano (when I speak English my voice has a higher pitch than in RL).
But apart from that, sure. :p

Where's your sample?
I think he means the Batman villian.

Um, okay.
I've never been to New Jersey (I'm German), I had to look up Harley Quinn on IMDb and have no idea which one you mean (let alone what she sounds like), I can't sing for shit and if I could I'd probably be a mezzo soprano (when I speak English my voice has a higher pitch than in RL).
But apart from that, sure. :p

Where's your sample?
Harley Quin was the Jokers sidekick in the cartoon show that dressed like a jester, if memory serves.

Smunkee- You sound young (I think that has been mentioned) and you also sound like you are "reading". Maybe it's just your accent, but do you notice a difference in your voice when you are reading and when you are talking? If so, I'd like to hear your talking voice. And a random comment that actually applies to your accent- compared to my accent, the letter "s" is more pronounced when you say it. Singing voice guess: Messo-soprano
I added the last e to my name, just so everyone knows that's what I did.

I actually have quite a singing range but feel most comfy singing tenor (partly because it's easy, but mostly because hubby is a bass and then I get to sit by him:fluffle:) <----FYI that's the first fluffle I have ever used ! :D


Okay so I do strip out my accent when reading, it comes from working at a radio station reporting the news, my accent isn't "radio worthy" , I let hubby hear it and he agrees that it doesn't sound much like I do in "real life" so for you I am posting me talking normally. I couldn't decide what to talk about so I am going to tell a cute (I think it's cute) about my kids.

here (http://media.putfile.com/kid-story) it is....

why don't they have an embarassed smiley?

I really do talk funny :( :D

Hmmm, I seem to lack the hardware for all this. All I have is little headphone thingies like you'd use on a walkman or ipod.

*logs back on* Just when I thought I was out, they pull me back in...
I think he means the Batman villian.
Harley Quin was the Jokers sidekick in the cartoon show that dressed like a jester, if memory serves.
I know it was a character in Batman (well, okay, I know because I looked it up on IMDb). But there are several actresses who played the role over the years, so I don't know which one he means. And I wouldn't know her voice anyway, so there.

*logs back on* Just when I thought I was out, they pull me back in...


I know it was a character in Batman (well, okay, I know because I looked it up on IMDb). But there are several actresses who played the role over the years, so I don't know which one he means. And I wouldn't know her voice anyway, so there.
Really! I never realised that she appeared in anything other than the 90's cartoon version. Hm, learn something new, and often pointless;) , everyday.

Hmmm, I seem to lack the hardware for all this. All I have is little headphone thingies like you'd use on a walkman or ipod.
Well, they should work, methinks. Just do what they told me to earlier: plug the headphones into the microphone socket and use them as a mic. Worked for me, although I do have the big ear-muff headphones. But that shouldn't make any difference, should it?

Well, they should work, methinks. Just do what they told me to earlier: plug the headphones into the microphone socket and use them as a mic. Worked for me, although I do have the big ear-muff headphones. But that shouldn't make any difference, should it?
Worked for me too, but I was also using ear-muff headphones.

Really! I never realised that she appeared in anything other than the 90's cartoon version. Hm, learn something new, and often pointless;) , everyday.
Well, okay, there's 5 actresses who played her. And the cartoon version is definitely the one who figures most prominently, so he probably means her. But hey, you still learned something new and pointless. :)

Here is my voice: http://media.putfile.com/Voice-Recording

Be warned, it is hideously posh sounding :p Coming from west london.

Very nice.

And Fass....you have a fantastic accent.

What a fun thread!

Here is my voice: http://media.putfile.com/Voice-Recording

Be warned, it is hideously posh sounding :p Coming from west london.

Yummmmmmy :)

Well, okay, there's 5 actresses who played her. And the cartoon version is definitely the one who figures most prominently, so he probably means her. But hey, you still learned something new and pointless. :)

Yes, I meant the cartoon version...

I think I'm going to see if Turqoise Days will call me up and read the phone book or something. *sigh*

Same with Complusive Depression.

We do NOT have enough of these kinds of accents here in the US. grr...

Sarkhaan- Your normal accent is very similar to mine, I think, except with more sustained vowels. The Boston accent- well, I can tell where you got those vowels from. Where did you live before the Boston area? Singing voice guess: Bass
haha...me? bass? who would have guessed.

Anyway, I'm connecticut naturally, so its still a "new england" accent, just more mild. And yeah, Boston still has the difference between high and low vowel sounds...IE cot and caught are two very different words.

I've been in boston two years now...native connecticutter, but Boston has always been my home city.

haha...me? bass? who would have guessed.

I would have guessed. :p

Here's mine. I'm from California (kind of). My apologies to those of you that are French or Italian...

English (http://media.putfile.com/Rameria_English)

French (http://media.putfile.com/Rameria_French50)

Italian (http://media.putfile.com/Rameria_Italian24)

Your French accent is no worse than mine, and I never had any French people get too offended by my accent.

Uh ... I hate to admit this, but how do I record onto my PC? I have a mic, but have never recorded anything using it. :(

I would have guessed. :p
where are you from? I mean, CT is pretty devoid of an accent, so it could match anywhere.

Uh ... I hate to admit this, but how do I record onto my PC? I have a mic, but have never recorded anything using it. :(
dl audacity or use windows sound recorder.

Uh ... I hate to admit this, but how do I record onto my PC? I have a mic, but have never recorded anything using it. :(
You can use this (http://audacity.sourceforge.net/) to record your voice and turn it into a file that can be uploaded. It's free and fairly easy to use, just follow the instructions more or less...

yay lets hear Eutrusca!

I'll record me when it's not so noisy around here.

dl audacity or use windows sound recorder.
And how do I find Windows sound recorder?

Any French people here? I'd really like to hear how it should sound (as opposed to what I came out with ;) ).

where are you from? I mean, CT is pretty devoid of an accent, so it could match anywhere.

I'm from central Ohio.

And how do I find Windows sound recorder?

mines on my start menu under accessories then entertainment.

And how do I find Windows sound recorder?

Start>all programs>accessories>entertainment>sound recorder

It was a pain in the ass to get this onto here! :p

Forrest (http://media.putfile.com/Forrest)

I was born in Tennessee, USA, but have been all over. People from up North say I sound like a Southerner. People from the South say I sound like a Yankee. People from the Midwest just look at me in a puzzled sort of way. :D

It was a pain in the ass to get this onto here! :p

Forrest (http://media.putfile.com/Forrest)

I was born in Tennessee, USA, but have been all over. People from up North say I sound like a Southerner. People from the South say I sound like a Yankee. People from the Midwest just look at me in a puzzled sort of way. :D


You dont sound like no Suthner'!

But you have a wonderful, strong, deep voice!

You dont sound like no Suthner'!

But you have a wonderful, strong, deep voice!
[ blushes ] It's from all those years of giving commands to a bunch of mean ole soldiers! :D

[ blushes ] It's from all those years of giving commands to a bunch of mean ole soldiers! :D

PFFT @All these people in the thread saying they have a "Southern" accent....I havent heard one yet aside from Keru. I am so gonna get laughed at when I post mine.

PFFT @All these people in the thread saying they have a "Southern" accent....I havent heard one yet aside from Keru. I am so gonna get laughed at when I post mine.
Hmmm. We can fix that if you'll let me write what you speak into your mic! :D

Hmmm. We can fix that if you'll let me write what you speak into your mic! :D


What would it be Paps?

What would it be Paps?
"Oh! Yes, baby. Yes! Right ... there! Oooooooooo!" ( or words to that effect! ) :D

"Oh! Yes, baby. Yes! Right ... there! Oooooooooo!" ( or words to that effect! ) :D


hahaha! Yeah, I could sound as hick-ish as I wanted and no one would give a poo right?

hahaha! Yeah, I could sound as hick-ish as I wanted and no one would give a poo right?
EGGGG-ZACTLY! :D

You know Etrusca your voice reminds me a bit of an Indian Chief from those old western seriels(sp).

If you speak clearly, I guess. I just can't stand all of the throaty speakers in Houston, with the god-awful accents they have.

*stabs self in eye*

Hey now ... I'm not that bad. :p

You know Etrusca your voice reminds me a bit of an Indian Chief from those old western seriels(sp).
LOL! Of all the things people have said about my voice, that's certainly one of them! :D

Hehehe, listening to myself read the paragraph Smunkee picked makes me laugh.

Also, Eutrusca sounds like he should be narrating some National Geographic special on salmon, :D

Keruvalia- Your drawl screams Texan, and I love it. Singing voice guess: Bass


Actually my singing range is from bass to contra-alto. I can falsetto amazingly well, too, but I've been trained. :)

LOL! Of all the things people have said about my voice, that's certainly one of them! :D

Actually, if you dropped all your 'R's and drawled out a bit more, you'd sound just like my grandfather.

Hehehe, listening to myself read the paragraph Smunkee picked makes me laugh.

Also, Eutrusca sounds like he should be narrating some National Geographic special on salmon, :D
SALMON? I'll have you know I only deal in trout! :D

Actually, if you dropped all your 'R's and drawled out a bit more, you'd sound just like my grandfather.
Heh! [ looks for his trout ] Why can I never find that damned thing when I really need it! :D

SALMON? I'll have you know I only deal in trout! :D

Or whatever! Fish, bears, eagles.......all that stuff :)

Or whatever! Fish, bears, eagles.......all that stuff :)
Piffle! Now ... let me narrate a special on human sexuality and THEN you'd hear something good! :D

Heh! [ looks for his trout ] Why can I never find that damned thing when I really need it! :D

Lol ... no need for the trout. It was a compliment. I have a lot of respect for my grandfather. His throaty drawl sang me to sleep as a child.

Lol ... no need for the trout. It was a compliment. I have a lot of respect for my grandfather. His throaty drawl sang me to sleep as a child.
Heh! Com'ere! I'll make sure you get to sleep! :D

Piffle! Now ... let me narrate a special on human sexuality and THEN you'd hear something good! :D

Haha, I can't imagine me narrating something....the kids watching the video would be like...

"What? What did she say? Is that going to be on the test? Can we rewind?"

You should ask National Geographic for a job, haha.

Haha, I can't imagine me narrating something....the kids watching the video would be like...

"What? What did she say? Is that going to be on the test? Can we rewind?"

You should ask National Geographic for a job, haha.
Believe it or not, I did send them an article I did once on the Uwarrie Mountains and National Forest. They were very polite, which is about all I can say for their rejection letter. Sigh.

EDIT: Actually, you would gain and hold at least the boys' attention if it was video and not just audio! :D