Sexy Voices - speak to me!

[Barb Dwyer]

Myst's thread about perception made me think of this topic and how we perceive our voices.

I like the sound of my voice inside my own head but, of course, I realize it sounds totally different to everyone else. After hearing myself on tape, I get disgusted. My normal, natural speaking voice sounds so nasally and whiny and the furthest point away from sexy as there can be.

And when I try to sound sexy and hot and alluring, it ends up sounding like a combination of someone scalping a moose and a 15 car pileup on the highway.

In addition to visual cues, we also gauge sex appeal on our perceptions from our other senses as well. Many a night I have listened to a disembodied voice on the radio and fantasized about what the speaker looks like. If it is that beautiful, deep bass or baritone, it can do marvelous things to my nervous system.

What do you sound like? Does a person's voice guide you to them - make you more interested? Or could it even steer you away from them?

Granted, this is superficial, and if I am interested in someone's mind, I overlook something as shallow as this. But I am curious as to what others think.

 

[Debbie]

To me my voice sounds quite deep, yet when I tape myself, reading a story, I sound like a little kid and what do others say about my voice? Grrr When i answer the phone, "Is your Daddy there?" Apparently I sound like a little girl! A turn on to some maybe but not what i want my voice to sound like!
Im practising sounding like a grown up, Im testing pompous at the moment!

"Hello you have reached the manor of...."

Nope that's awful!


Trying sexy next...

 

[PacificBlue]

I like voices, I like a man who speaks confidently. Some people have a lot of emotion in their voices and others are flat. I find the #1 thing you can do with you voice when talking with someone on the phone is to smile when you talk...people can hear it.

 

[lilfrk]

My voice is little, I sound about 12 but people have still told me it's sexy. Go figure.

I personally hate my voice and I hate it even more when people ask me "Is your mommy home?" I just grit my teeth and say "I AM the mommy" Freaks them out just a little.

So there ya go, Its a young, sexy voice. I just don't get it.

I do however have a thing for men with good voices. One of the guys I work with gives me goose bumps when he leans into my ear and says "mornin' " to me. Holy Shit! What a way to start the day. He has promised to read me a story, but it hasn't happened yet.

 

[Dillinger]

My voice is fairly deep. It sounds just fine in my head - but when I hear myself on "tape" it sounds very different... I tend to talk louder when I get excited or really involved in a discussion - I'd like to get more control over keeping my voice on a more even keel...

On the plus side... I've been told that I have a good voice - perhaps we're our own worst critics....

I'm sure your voice is delightful, Barb...

 

[PacificBlue]

My voice is fairly deep

Talk to me Darlin...

 

[Barb Dwyer]

Dillinger,

Well, if you like the sound of a rusty hinge or a pair of perturbed Canadian Geese colliding mid flight!

Or perhaps you just enjoy the sound of fingernails scraping a blackboard? But thanks for the vote of confidence!

I bet yours is a rich, deep, sexy voice. Maybe your next effort at Lit should be of the audio variety to thrill all of us gals???

 

[lavender]

 

[Svedish_Chef]

My voice sounds good in my head...

Sounds fucking awful when I hear it recorded though.