Topic: When you read my posts, what do I sound like in your head??? :S

[decoyman]

What I mean is, do I have a voice? You know, when you read my posts, what do I sound like to you? Do I have a "voice" in your head when you read my posts aloud to yourself?

I must know! Look, I'll even go first. I'll name off a few active posters, and what they sound like when I read one of their posts:

Jonnyboy: well, this doesn't count – he sounds like he sounds on the podcast. In fact, all other staffers who've appeared on the podcast sound like themselves when I read their posts. I'm more interested in people we've never heard in real life.

DISCLAIMER #1: I mean no disrespect through any comparisons that may be made. In general, I hold all of you in high regard! I'm just being honest, and the truth may be endearing, or unsettling, or both!

DISCLAIMER #2: Many times my impressions will take the form of celebrities, or people I've known.

Kairon: how I imagine Calvin from Calvin and Hobbes would sound, if he were our age.
GoldenPhoenix: Tasha Yarr, from Star Trek TNG
Easycure: Keanu Reaves
Ceric: this guy I knew in high school named Henry
Strell: this guy I knew in high school named Noel
wandering: this guy I knew in high school named Stu
Perm: Tom Cruise
Vudu: a calm Harry Potter (we all know HP has a tendency to get worked up)
Infernal: The "Wheel of Fish" gameshow host from UHF
Stevey: this guy I knew in school named Jason
thatguy: Puddy from Seinfeld (just the voice, not so much the personality.)
Bill: a medium-range male voice who enunciates well
Shyguy: Ted Danson

There, see? That wasn't so bad! Now, someone tell me how I sound in their head! I want to know!

Oh, and if you want to know what you sound like (provided I haven't already told you in this list), just ask, and I'll add you to the list.  

edit: sorry, I know if it's "someone I knew in school" then it won't make much sense to you... but I can't help how you guys sound, dang it!  

[that Baby guy]

I'll do this later, but post now, so it looks like I'm the first one to do this out of everyone else.

[Kairon]

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Originally posted by: decoyman
Kairon: how I imagine Calvin from Calvin and Hobbes would sound, if he were our age.

*sniff*
You...you don't know what this means to me. It's just so...
I wonder sometimes if people really see me... but you do...
I'm sorry... but that's just the best compliment I've ever been given!
*sniff*

[decoyman]

I call 'em how I see (hear) 'em, Kairon

thatguy, I'm going to add you... gimme a minute...

[ShyGuy]

Right now you sound like Dangermouse. How do I sound?

BTW, if you go to Infernals Blog, you can hear his talk Aussie.

[wandering]

Generally, when I read, I hear my own voice (or a voice that sounds pretty similar.)

[EasyCure]

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Easycure: Keanu Reaves

i dont know if i should be offended...?

all posters sound like Me in my head for the first few sentances or two, then depending on how they write i develop a character voice, nothing specific really like the celebrities your mentioned. In the post you wrote in the dvorak thread, i thought of an english accent the second you started to sound like a discover channel special.

With your initial post in th is thread, Decoyman, you sound like a crazy game show host

the one poster i always had a specific 'voice" for in my head was Ty until i saw his pictures on myspace. dissapointing...

[Kairon]

When I reread my own poists, I sound whiny.

[Shift Key]

Throwing down the gauntlet for a post-podcasting event. I haven't worked out the details aside from "don't post your words, post your voice" but it would certainly make threads like this redundant.

[ShyGuy]

I'm down.

[Infernal Monkey]

I'm down with ShyGuy's down!

UNDERGROUND TOWN BOUND CLOWN!

[Svevan]

So, Infernal got drunk tonight.

I have a generic "internet-reading" voice that I hear whenever I read your words, or even mine. I struggle to put Karl, TYP, or Jonny's voices to their posts because of the fake voice that I hear subconsciously.

[Shift Key]

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Originally posted by: Svevan
So, Infernal got drunk tonight.

I have a generic "internet-reading" voice that I hear whenever I read your words, or even mine. I struggle to put Karl, TYP, or Jonny's voices to their posts because of the fake voice that I hear subconsciously.

Haha, I've had chats with drunken Ferny and I'm pretty sure he was fine tonight. Random, but fine.

And considering I know a few of the Pietriots outside of their posts, the rest just kind of blur into a generic e-voice.

[Bill Aurion]

What I generally do, except for the people here I've heard the voices of (Infernal, Mario, Termin8, etc...), is use whoever or whatever is in their avatar to create a personal voice...Be wary of what you choose... =)

[vudu]

When I read Bill's posts I scream AAARHARG! in my head every now and then.

[Bill Aurion]

It appears my mission has been a success...

[decoyman]

So, we have a few cases of "the ubiquitous Internet narrator," a few cases of "me, myself and I" and then some "avatar-inspired voices." Interesting. But Bill, that can't work all the time, can it? I mean, what if I put a picture of a toaster in my avatar?

As for a post-podcast extravaganza, I don't know... I kind of like the mystery. It's sort of like when you read a book, and you give voices/appearances to the characters, and then you see the movie based on the book, and you can't help thinking, "What did they do to so-and-so??"

P.S. – Easycure, you're more "Neo" Keanu Reeves than "Bill & Ted" Keanu Reeves, if that makes you feel better
P.P.S. – Adding more people to first post...

[EasyCure]

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Originally posted by: decoyman
So, we have a few cases of "the ubiquitous Internet narrator," a few cases of "me, myself and I" and then some "avatar-inspired voices." Interesting. But Bill, that can't work all the time, can it? I mean, what if I put a picture of a toaster in my avatar?

As for a post-podcast extravaganza, I don't know... I kind of like the mystery. It's sort of like when you read a book, and you give voices/appearances to the characters, and then you see the movie based on the book, and you can't help thinking, "What did they do to so-and-so??"

P.S. – Easycure, you're more "Neo" Keanu Reeves than "Bill & Ted" Keanu Reeves, if that makes you feel better
P.P.S. – Adding more people to first post...

1. relate it to something else, if it were me i'd make him sound like Powdered Toast MAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAN
2. no, it doesnt is it cuz of my avatar? do i look like a surf hippie!!?!?

[BlackNMild2k1]

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Originally posted by: Bill Aurion
What I generally do, except for the people here I've heard the voices of (Infernal, Mario, Termin8, etc...), is use whoever or whatever is in their avatar to create a personal voice...Be wary of what you choose... =)

I wonder what my post sounded like in your head when I had the Leonidas avatar:

[Bill Aurion]

"I mean, what if I put a picture of a toaster in my avatar?"

Oh one of little imagination!

"I wonder what my post sounded like in your head when I had the Leonidas avatar"

A bit like Kirby!

[bustin98]

For me it depends on how often someone posts and how much of their personality goes into their posts. People like Bill and Kairon and Mashiro seen to have a more flamboyant flare than uncle bob or anyone else.

I don't seem to associate a voice to an avatar. I'm going along with an 'Internet voice'. Svenen is developing his own voice, but I don't who it sounds like. Even after looking at his pic on his blog.

[that Baby guy]

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thatguy: Puddy from Seinfeld (just the voice, not so much the personality.)

Alright!

That puts me in the same group as Brock Samson, Joe Swanson, the Tick, and just about any other Macho role out there.  You are awesome!  He's my favorite make voice!

[ShyGuy]

Svevan sounds like Quentin Tarantino.

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People like Bill and Kairon and Mashiro seen to have a more flamboyant flare

Talk about a statement you can read too much into....

[bustin98]

Yes yes yes. I've been thinking about it since I wrote it. I do NOT mean they sound flaming or anything, just a youth enthusiasm that others do not have.

[IceCold]

I don't hear voices. The words float into my mind and manifest themselves, making allowances for implied tone based on the structural composition of the language, as well as the tendencies I have subconsciously noticed of the poster.