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Here is a recording of my voice. The text I'm reading is from 'The Seagull' by Chekov:

"I am alone. Once in a hundred years my lips are opened, my voice echoes mournfully across the desert earth, and no one hears. And you, poor lights of the marsh, you do not hear me. You are engendered at sunset in the putrid mud, and flit wavering about the lake till dawn, unconscious, unreasoning, unwarmed by the breath of life. Satan, father of eternal matter, trembling lest the spark of life should glow in you, has ordered an unceasing movement of the atoms that compose you, and so you shift and change for ever. I, the spirit of the universe, I alone am immutable and eternal."

https://soundcloud.com/peaseblossom-2/tracks

Please share a recording of your voice. You could read a paragraph from a book or a poem or the play excerpt that I read. I know some of you are underwhelmed by the idea but I haven't heard anyone's voice yet as I'm one of the newer members. So would be really interesting to hear your voices and accents.

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TrustMeImLying

9 years ago | pl

So um, I may have had too much fun with this. I said only the first 3 sentences from your text.

In my defense you never specified if you wanted to hear our normal voices or...

<a href="http://vocaroo.com/i/s0GyNeqzV5Nu" rel="nofollow">http://vocaroo.com/i/s0GyNeqzV5Nu</a>

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- slings_and_arrows
  
  9 years ago
  
  Lol, that sounded pretty good esp with the epic music soundtrack. Were you going for Irish? Are you Irish?
  
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  - TrustMeImLying
    
    9 years ago
    
    Haha. No I wasn't going for Irish. It's probably the batvoice throwing you off. it's difficult to speak properly in it.
    
    I can't access your voiceclip. Did you take it off? No takebacks!
    
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    - slings_and_arrows
      
      9 years ago
      
      https://soundcloud.com/peaseblossom-2/tracks
      
      Should be there...I didn't take it off! I'm guessing you're British then, probs English as I didn't hear any American twang there. Am I right?
      
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      - TrustMeImLying
        
        9 years ago
        
        Ah, my bad. Seems like Soundcloud requires a signup to view that link. You have a very tranquil voice. You could do audio books. I'd fall asleep to them.
        
        I'll only tell you this. I have a Northern British *and* a General American accent. Which one's real, which one's fake? Are they both real? Are they both fake? If only there was a way to know...
        
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        [Old Memory]
        
        9 years ago
        
        thats hilarious, i'm guessing american
        
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        slings_and_arrows
        
        9 years ago
        
        Is it something like you grew up in Northern England then lived in America for a while?
        
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SkullsNRoses

9 years ago

<a href="http://vocaroo.com/i/s0t2pH8S8xvW" rel="nofollow">http://vocaroo.com/i/s0t2pH8S8xvW</a>

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- dom180
  
  9 years ago
  
  Haha I loved this! You read it so well :)
  
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- slings_and_arrows
  
  9 years ago
  
  That was...something else. I really enjoyed it : ) if I can say that. But were you reading something or did you make it up?
  
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  - SkullsNRoses
    
    9 years ago
    
    Thanks, I was reading one of my all time favorite posts, here's a link to the original masterpiece;
    
    http://isitnormal.com/story/i-still-enjoy-shitting-my-pants-35061/
    
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- charli.m
  
  9 years ago
  
  That was so funny but I couldn't listen to it all, because I felt sick :(
  
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  - SkullsNRoses
    
    9 years ago
    
    Lol, I don't blame you.
    
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DarQness

9 years ago

http://vocaroo.com/i/s1ID8UocnMwF

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- slings_and_arrows
  
  9 years ago
  
  So you're from the southern part of America? But I wouldn't know where exactly...
  
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    9 years ago
    
    Missouri
    
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kingofcarrotflowers

9 years ago

Sorry it's late, don't think anyone will actually hear this haha

http://vocaroo.com/i/s0VJnEMwKusu

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- slings_and_arrows
  
  9 years ago
  
  Thank you for making a recording : ) You have a really nice voice.
  
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  - kingofcarrotflowers
    
    9 years ago
    
    Thank you :) I remember thinking the same for yours
    
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pastor_of_muppets

9 years ago

http://vocaroo.com/i/s18jBEkoNLfM

I'm too shy to speak right now... so here is me playing a musical classic instead

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- KeepsakeDoll
  
  9 years ago
  
  You deserve a 1Up~
  
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Shiroyasha

9 years ago

Ok, this is fun =P

I am reading an excerpt from The Black Cat, by Edgar Allan Poe:

<a href="http://vocaroo.com/i/s18pN4op5VxC" rel="nofollow">http://vocaroo.com/i/s18pN4op5VxC</a>

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- slings_and_arrows
  
  9 years ago
  
  Are you from...South America?
  
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  - Shiroyasha
    
    9 years ago
    
    D:
    Wow, that accuracy :D
    
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    - slings_and_arrows
      
      9 years ago
      
      Did I get it right, can't tell if that's sarcasm? What country are you from?
      
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      - Shiroyasha
        
        9 years ago
        
        Yes, I am from South America. Latinos just have a very peculiar accent I guess.
        
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        slings_and_arrows
        
        9 years ago
        
        Ah ok. : ) But what country? South America is a big place...but you don't have to say if you don't want to of course.
        
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disthing

9 years ago

I remember when dappled and co. set up a temporary site for IIN users to submit a recording of their voices.

It was pretty interesting comparing the voices I imagined users to have to their real voices :P

Unfortunately the website is down, now.

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dom180

9 years ago

Your voice is cool, OP :) Who are you?

This is mine. It's a quote from Henry Rollins. On this recording I over-pronounce a bit, definitely more than I usually do, especially at the start. http://vocaroo.com/i/s0evwLhS8Jj0

P.S. I hope a lot of people do this because it's a nice idea and I want to hear all your voices :)

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- KeddersPrincess
  
  9 years ago
  
  You should've read it angrily. Especially on "blithering idiot". It would've went perfect with your voice ;)
  
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  - dom180
    
    9 years ago
    
    Haha! I wish I could do a better range of emotion in my voice, but I'm a terrible actor - I can only do it when I really feel it :P
    
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- disthing
  
  9 years ago
  
  Slightly disappointed you don't have more of a West County twang :D
  
  You need to live a few years in the deepest, darkest parts of The Forest of Dean - then people will definitely be able to place your accent. Oo arrr!
  
  Nice reading, though :)
  
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  - dom180
    
    9 years ago
    
    I'd like that - plenty of people at school had it, although the town I live in is fairly central and increasingly gentrified too. I like the Forest though, so maybe one day that'll be me.
    
    I've lived mostly in Wales for university for a year and a half now, but I've been living with students from a variety of backgrounds so I'd be surprised if it shows in my accent. It's general enough as it is to show any more influences.
    
    You should post one, if you're up to it :)
    
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  - slings_and_arrows
    
    9 years ago
    
    Does dom180 sound Scottish, or was I way off with that?
    
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    - disthing
      
      9 years ago
      
      Well I didn't get any hint of Scottish - maybe it's because he's enunciating every syllable? His accent sounds very clean to me; English, but I can't pick up on any inflection suggesting where in England.
      
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      - slings_and_arrows
        
        9 years ago
        
        "Pass" and "basket" were not pronounced in the standard southern way.
        
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        dom180
        
        9 years ago
        
        That's right. I do a short "a" rather than a long "a". Bath is "ba!-th' rather than "bar-th". In my town it's not totally uncommon, but the long, southern "a" is more common. I have other southern accent traits to balance it out though, for example I don't use the glottal stop in the same way my northern family members do (although you wouldn't hear it on this recording as I'm enunciating more clearly than I usually would :P).
        
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- slings_and_arrows
  
  9 years ago
  
  Nice! Thank you so much dom180, you saved me...was feeling really awkward. Very cool animated reading, I think I sound a bit monotonous. I imagined you'd have a southern accent. I get a blank with accents sometimes, are you Scottish?
  
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  - dom180
    
    9 years ago
    
    Thanks for what you say about my reading. I had a speech impediment when I was child and my parents took me to see a speech therapist. Speech therapists also teach you how to do public speaking and speak with animation, so that's where that comes from :P
    
    I'm English, from the west country. That is southern in a sense but it's quite a rural accent, and I also have some northern in my accent which I get from my dad :P It's quite an unusual accent and most people can't place it. Whereabouts are you from? :)
    
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    - slings_and_arrows
      
      9 years ago
      
      I guess Scottish was a dumb guess then! Has anyone ever said that before? I really do get confused with British accents...I grew up in South London/Kent.
      
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- SkullsNRoses
  
  9 years ago
  
  You sound exactly like I thought you would, I must be psychic...
  
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Rihyae

9 years ago

Made this :D. http://yourlisten.com/Ariemi/random-line-recording

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kingofcarrotflowers

9 years ago

When I find out how I will

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- dom180
  
  9 years ago
  
  Use vocaroo.com ! It's super easy.
  
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  - kingofcarrotflowers
    
    9 years ago
    
    Cool cheers for the link I'll do it when I get home, now o just need to think of something to say
    
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    - slings_and_arrows
      
      9 years ago
      
      Find a passage from a book or poem?
      
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      - kingofcarrotflowers
        
        9 years ago
        
        I think I might just ramble, if I find a lyric etc I tend to sound very artificial and awkward so after thinking about it i think I'll just say something on the spot
        
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        dirtybirdy
        
        9 years ago
        
        That's what I did on the accent comparison that a lot of us did a while back. I started off by saying that I'm not going to recite anything, I'm just going to ramble and babble and see what happens. And that's what I did. It took a week for me to finally submit it. Then I had it taken off. Then put back on. Then off again :)
        
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- Anonymous Post Author
  
  9 years ago
  
  Thankyou I'm starting to wonder why I did this...? Feeling kinda embarrassed now...
  
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  - kingofcarrotflowers
    
    9 years ago
    
    No don't be I think it's an interesting premise :)
    
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[Old Memory]

9 years ago

Click on my profile for a link to rough draft recordings for a new album I am working on. I sing on all the songs (other than 2 insturmentals)

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anti-hero

9 years ago

Here OP:

http://isitnormal.com/poll/is-it-normal-voiceaccent-comparison-129262/

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- slings_and_arrows
  
  9 years ago
  
  Thanks but the link didn't work.
  
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  - anti-hero
    
    9 years ago
    
    Sorry they must've taken it down.
    
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    - charli.m
      
      9 years ago
      
      Yeah someone who promised to maintain it...didn't.
      
      Not the first lie they told, though.
      
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      - DannyKanes
        
        9 years ago
        
        Shots fired.
        
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        charli.m
        
        9 years ago
        
        You know I'm a bitch.
        
        I think this was deserved, though.
        
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      - Shackleford96
        
        9 years ago
        
        Hey, I don't think you should hold that against him. He created that website out of his own free will and time. Without his efforts, the IIN voice experiment would never have came to fruition because I don't have the slightest idea how to make/design a website or anything like that. Yes, it's a bummer that it's no longer up anymore, but I also think it's unfair of us to expect him to have to keep it up too. I'm pretty sure you have to pay for a website domain.
        
        I don't think it is unreasonable for him to have taken it down. Disappointing, sure, but you have to see it from a different perspective.
        
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        charli.m
        
        9 years ago
        
        I took issue with the fact that in a private conversation, he made a promise to keep it up after leaving.
        
        There are still free web hosting places. I really doubt he paid anything.
        
        I aappreciate what you're saying, but there's way more to the story.
        
        Edit: yup, Its a free one.
        
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      - Freedom_
        
        9 years ago
        
        What do you mean?
        
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      - anti-hero
        
        9 years ago
        
        Guessing it wasn't Rusty.
        
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        charli.m
        
        9 years ago
        
        Nope.
        
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Teh4HorsMen

9 years ago

Why would I want to do that?

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