What does RA sound like? (Read 823 times)

You ever become aware of what your "reading voice" sounds like in your head? I've noticed that when I read RA posts, folks tend to "sound" like the following: • If I have a notion of what the poster looks like, they tend to "sound" like someone I know in real life that resembles them (or a celebrity they resemble). •Folks posting from the UK/British Isles sound like a Monty Python sketch in my head. In general, my brain tends to assign a stereotypical regional accent when I'm aware of the poster's locale. That's one reason why I avoid "Nashvillian" threads because they start sounding like a "Hee-Haw" sketch in my brain. •(Hippie) Jeff "sounds" like Jeff Spicoli. Spicoli was more of a stoner than a hippie, but hey, like there's a difference. •People who use "celebrity" avatars tend to sound like them. PerfesserR sounds like his avatar, the Professor from Gulligan's Island. •Mikeymike "sounds" like a Kennedy. •Scout sounds a sterotypical Philly accent, a cross between Rocky Balboa with a little Tony Soprano thrown in. Which is to say, not a true Philly accent, but more like the movies, who tend to get it wrong. But hey, it's my head, ok? •And then of course, there's JakeKnight. In my head, he sounds like you would imagine a gorilla would talk -- gruff, loud, and guttural. Think Michael Clarke Duncan in the horrible Planet of the Apes remake. Does this happen to any of you, or am I just crazy? Or have I just made you all consciously aware of something you haven't ever noticed before, and you now hate me with the white-hot intensity of a thousand suns?

You sound a lot like your mom, Jeff. Loud, and screaming all the time.

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You're a UM grad, you sound like... man, I can't even come up with anything good. yes, I do this too, Jeff. It's not just you.

So what do I sound like... Hint: more times than I can count people who have never "seen" me, but have talked to me on the phone have said that they had a completely different image of me based-upon my voice.

I don't wear a South Philly tuxedo

??? Velvet track suit?

Hint: more times than I can count people who have never "seen" me, but have talked to me on the phone have said that they had a completely different image of me based-upon my voice.

We'll you're charging them by the minute on those phone calls, so you have to make it worth their while, right? [oh, snap] Thank you, thank you. I'll be here all week. Be sure to tip your waitresses.

That'd be it.

Nice. I have also heard them called Brooklyn Blazers. Definitive guido wear. [1/4 guido here]

You sound a lot like your mom, Jeff. Loud, and screaming all the time.

Nice!

I think I showed a lot of restraint in my original post, Scout, since I could have easily thrown down the same, simplistic, amateur joke; I chose maturity over sophomoric "humor". Speaking of restraint, your mom left her handcuffs on my nightstand again.

Nicer! And FYI: I sound soothing and melodious.