I have a somewhat high-pitched voice; it makes me sound younger than I am, I guess. It gets higher when I get excited, which is apparently a little incongrous coming from my nearly-six-foot, (American) football-player frame.
I was born and raised in Connecticut, so I've been told (by Teri) that I have a bit of an upper-class accent. "Snotty" wasn't the word she used for it, but I got the message. :D
Accents fascinate me. Of course my father has quite a strong one, since he grew up in Istanbul with Armenian and Turkish as his first languages. He didn't come to the US until he was 26, and his accent is still fairly noticable. I don't think any of his accent rubbed off on me, but then I don't speak Armenian or Turkish.
Yeah, your voice was a little bit snooty for an American accent. I guess I didn't notice until it was pointed out because, well, I'm English and I sound snooty as a matter of course.
Your voice is lovely! It sounded so different to what I expected. It expected it to sound gruff/clipped/sharp or outrageously American. But it's one of those gorgeous American accents that is actually nice to listen to!
I liked what you said about Sebastians response the news. It was sad, but he was able to put a positive spin on it :-P Children are wonderful at doing that. That's why we continue having them I'm sure...
Shucks, you'll make me blush. And I thank you for it. :D
Funny, you never know what a person will sound like. I once spoke on the phone with a minor web celebrity, of sorts; you wouldn't have heard of him, it was an American political site.
I'd been reading him for several years. Wrote for him a bit, too. And all that time, I'd been hearing his "voice" in my head as I read him. It was my voice, of course, although he had his own distinct writing style.
One day he called and I talked to him on the phone. He had a strong Oklahoma accent. Very strong accent, and "gruff/clipped/sharp" describes it well. For some reason I never quite thought of him the same way after that; when I read him, I still heard him with my voice, but some of his own voice crept in.
Now, of course, he does an online subscription radio show (I don't subscribe or read him much any more), so I suppose most of his readers know what he sounds like.
Sebastian's relationship with death is, I think, a little unusual. Teri and her mother may have told him about "kitty heaven" - I think that's the first exposure that many kids get to religion - but I have resisted that, and just tell him as much of the truth as I can, without scaring him.
The thing is, he really remembers. Our cat Sam died more than a year ago, I think, and Sebastian still talks about him sometimes. I know he'll remember Dom (Teri's grand-uncle). So far he seems to be able to deal with it, but it does make him sad sometimes. Not excessively, I think (and hope); and it's a natural reaction.
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Nonetheless, I'll spare you my attempt at an English accent.
For now. :D
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That made me smile; you were so stark about saying it.
Also, you sound a lot younger than I thought you would. But cool voice! A nice gentle American accent.
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I was born and raised in Connecticut, so I've been told (by Teri) that I have a bit of an upper-class accent. "Snotty" wasn't the word she used for it, but I got the message. :D
Accents fascinate me. Of course my father has quite a strong one, since he grew up in Istanbul with Armenian and Turkish as his first languages. He didn't come to the US until he was 26, and his accent is still fairly noticable. I don't think any of his accent rubbed off on me, but then I don't speak Armenian or Turkish.
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Your voice is lovely! It sounded so different to what I expected. It expected it to sound gruff/clipped/sharp or outrageously American. But it's one of those gorgeous American accents that is actually nice to listen to!
I liked what you said about Sebastians response the news. It was sad, but he was able to put a positive spin on it :-P Children are wonderful at doing that. That's why we continue having them I'm sure...
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Funny, you never know what a person will sound like. I once spoke on the phone with a minor web celebrity, of sorts; you wouldn't have heard of him, it was an American political site.
I'd been reading him for several years. Wrote for him a bit, too. And all that time, I'd been hearing his "voice" in my head as I read him. It was my voice, of course, although he had his own distinct writing style.
One day he called and I talked to him on the phone. He had a strong Oklahoma accent. Very strong accent, and "gruff/clipped/sharp" describes it well. For some reason I never quite thought of him the same way after that; when I read him, I still heard him with my voice, but some of his own voice crept in.
Now, of course, he does an online subscription radio show (I don't subscribe or read him much any more), so I suppose most of his readers know what he sounds like.
Sebastian's relationship with death is, I think, a little unusual. Teri and her mother may have told him about "kitty heaven" - I think that's the first exposure that many kids get to religion - but I have resisted that, and just tell him as much of the truth as I can, without scaring him.
The thing is, he really remembers. Our cat Sam died more than a year ago, I think, and Sebastian still talks about him sometimes. I know he'll remember Dom (Teri's grand-uncle). So far he seems to be able to deal with it, but it does make him sad sometimes. Not excessively, I think (and hope); and it's a natural reaction.