https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/does-your-voice-match-your-style Style Advice for Fashion Lovers en-US Mon, 20 Apr 2026 15:28:34 +0000 http://bbpress.org/?v=1.0.2 q https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/search.php https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/does-your-voice-match-your-style/page/3#post-718979 Wed, 12 Sep 2012 12:19:16 +0000 kimlee 718979@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I have a deep southern accent with hints of country twang, so I am sure my voice has people envisioning someone wearing overalls and running around barefoot. Lol! I would have to answer that no my voice does not match my style. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/does-your-voice-match-your-style/page/3#post-718964 Wed, 12 Sep 2012 12:01:04 +0000 Anonymous 718964@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I don't live in a rural area, but my office is in a rural area. I come in contact with people from all parts of the state. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/does-your-voice-match-your-style/page/3#post-718530 Tue, 11 Sep 2012 21:12:17 +0000 DeniseP 718530@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Oops, iPad too touchy, hit button twice... </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/does-your-voice-match-your-style/page/3#post-718528 Tue, 11 Sep 2012 21:11:25 +0000 DeniseP 718528@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Ruth! I agree with you -- it's just not "me" to speak with a really southern drawl either.<br /> But, I've lived in the metro Atlanta area and it's a lot different from the rural areas of the state. You probably know, then, that in the last twenty years, the state has changed significantly into a melting pot of people groups and not just local southerners? </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/does-your-voice-match-your-style/page/3#post-718518 Tue, 11 Sep 2012 20:59:27 +0000 Anonymous 718518@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Well bless your heart, DeniseP! I was raised in FL but now reside in GA. FL is not the Deep South the way GA is. At least, not where I grew up. I can pour on the Southern accent when I want to, though, and I know all the Southern expressions. It's just not "me" to talk that way, and it feels artificial. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/does-your-voice-match-your-style/page/3#post-718514 Tue, 11 Sep 2012 20:56:33 +0000 DeniseP 718514@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Interesting thread! </p> <p>I was born and raised in the South -- specifically, Georgia, US. Lived here all my life except for five years in FLA, yet I don't have a distinctly southern accent. Sometimes I'm asked where I from, because they can't define my accent either. I do use southern words, like y'all, and I'm proud of my southern heritage. I just don't sound like your typical southerner. My voice is soft, quiet and medium pitch. I don't speak slow or sugary sweet, as hilariously described by Ruth, but can tell someone off, if necessary, with a smile on my face and they'll think it's a compliment! Just kidding...</p> <p>Haven't figured my style yet, but I can imagine my voice will match it, because my personality is somewhat quiet and reserved but I love elegance and class. I do not like drawing attention to myself in any shape or form. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/does-your-voice-match-your-style/page/3#post-718400 Tue, 11 Sep 2012 18:46:12 +0000 catgirl 718400@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Shiny, my husband's family in South Boston all think he HAS an accent now that he's mostly lost his Boston accent. I grew up in Boston, but now when I go back home I feel like my inlaws are almost unintelligible! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/does-your-voice-match-your-style/page/3#post-718393 Tue, 11 Sep 2012 18:38:26 +0000 Aziraphale 718393@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Urban Warrior Princess. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/does-your-voice-match-your-style/page/3#post-718388 Tue, 11 Sep 2012 18:33:29 +0000 shiny 718388@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I've been meaning to ask what UWP means. I think I figured out RATE. Do tell!</p> <p>I giggle a lot, and I'm frequently told I talk too fast. I can modulate my voice, as I've been doing that for years in the business world, to sound less young. At work I talk lower-- unless I'm getting up on my soapbox and passionate about a topic. In social life, I talk more girly. I feel most comfortable singing to The Carpenters (that's alto, right?) but I can also hit the high notes and sing soprano -- it's just not comfortable for long. </p> <p>I was born in the midwest to midwestern parents, but grew up in the Philly area, and have been in Boston now for 19 years. Most people are thoroughly confused by my accent. No matter where I've lived, I've been told "you don't sound like you are from here." </p> <p>I love it when anyone picks up on the midwestern part of it -- especially since my cousins all tell me "you talk too fast to be from the midwest." When I'm on conference calls with coworkers from Philly/NJ, I cringe and worry "do I sound like that?" And around here in Boston, nobody would ever confuse me for a local... yet my own family and friends from high school think I've picked up an accent. </p> <p>I can talk in any of those three accents and fall right back into it depending on who I'm around. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/does-your-voice-match-your-style/page/3#post-718381 Tue, 11 Sep 2012 18:24:22 +0000 rachylou 718381@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Hmm. I don't know if my voice matches my style. I probably sound like Margaret Cho. I've got a California Valley Girl accent so thick you can cut it with a knife, with that strange Asian Girl touch that's in the nose but not necessarily nasal. I cannot say "dude" (I've tried); I can only say "du-ude."</p> <p>I don't have a good grasp of accents. Maybe I can tell an accent is different, but I won't really be able to hear how it's so. My cadence and pitch slide around pretty easily, depending on who I'm around. Probably the fault of growing up with my dad's Jamaican accent and my best friend's mom's Eastern European accent. I can do the customary little girl phone voice, all sweet and sugary, if surrounded by enough Jamaicans. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/does-your-voice-match-your-style/page/3#post-718363 Tue, 11 Sep 2012 17:57:46 +0000 Anonymous 718363@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I sing alto and second soprano, though in church choir when there weren't enough men, I'd sing the tenor part. I'm not kidding! I have quite a vocal range. Also, I can sing loudly without sounding shrill. My voice projects well--sometimes TOO well. In that sense, my voice does indeed reflect my outgoing personality. It's just that I have difficulty sounding sweet enough when speaking to certain people. In this part of the country, a Southern drawl dripping with sugar is what some people expect. My voice would be much better received up North somewhere, I think. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/does-your-voice-match-your-style/page/3#post-718351 Tue, 11 Sep 2012 17:48:56 +0000 Echo 718351@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I have a hard time judging my own voice. I do know that it is lower than many women's voices, and like ramya, I was on the debate team in high school. We did a lot of voice exercises to work on enunciation, projection, etc. People tell me I have a radio voice, but I definitely do not enunciate like I used to (lack of practice). Projection, however, isn't a problem, and I have the ability to be very loud without shouting when necessary, although I make a concerted effort to soften my voice and NOT to be loud. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/does-your-voice-match-your-style/page/2#post-718344 Tue, 11 Sep 2012 17:35:24 +0000 Anonymous 718344@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>What an interesting topic! I have a young voice, everyone thinks I'm one of my daughter's when I answer the phone. I hate my voice on video, very little girlish - but then my style is feminine and all girl, too! I sing soprano.... </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/does-your-voice-match-your-style/page/2#post-718325 Tue, 11 Sep 2012 17:00:37 +0000 catgirl 718325@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>LOL at Rae asking what UWP means! I didn't even notice that! Look what time can do... </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/does-your-voice-match-your-style/page/2#post-718281 Tue, 11 Sep 2012 16:39:31 +0000 Aziraphale 718281@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I have no idea if my voice matches my style! It probably matches my body though. I don't know. Nobody ever comments on my voice. It's pretty average I guess -- medium pitch, medium volume, unremarkable timbre (I assume). My speech pattern is more distinctive than my voice itself. I talk too fast, especially when it's something I'm enthusiastic about, and I'm pretty animated, with lots of hand gestures and silly facial expressions. I'm always horrified when I see myself on film. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/does-your-voice-match-your-style/page/2#post-718228 Tue, 11 Sep 2012 16:02:25 +0000 JulieJohn 718228@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Fun thread! I enjoyed reading all your comments very much.</p> <p>I found out after seeing myself on video many times that I laugh a lot. I mean, almost constantly. And that fits with my personality, cause I am a total goofball and generally enjoy myself.</p> <p>My style persona is saucy, simple, and colorful, with a dash of retro and contrast. I would say it matches my voice, but it's hard to say why. I guess my voice is giggly, and my look is giggly too. I just like to have fun.</p> <p>Regarding why your voice sounds so different inside your head, it's because you have all these air-filled caverns inside your head (sinuses) that resonate with every sound you make. You hear those resonate in addition to hearing what comes out of your mouth. Others only hear what comes out of your mouth, so sad for them -- they don't get the full experience. ha ha </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/does-your-voice-match-your-style/page/2#post-718226 Tue, 11 Sep 2012 16:00:19 +0000 Diana 718226@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Hmm, I'm not sure what others think of my voice since I think I have a skewed perception of it. I don't mind it in person, but I think it sounds awful in recordings. I grew up in SoCal and it's interesting that some people can tell immediately that I have a slight Valley Girl accent, but others claim I do not have it at all. </p> <p>I am a quiet person but my voice is not quiet. It's loud and I talk fast. I guess that's sort of in tune with my style. Funny thing is, when I was in kindergarten I had a (ridiculous) teacher who told me that I spoke too loudly and that I should try to sound more like another girl in the class who basically spoke in a breathy whisper all the time (and incidentally always dressed in pastels). So for a year or so I went around whispering. =P </p> <p>Some of my friends have mentioned that when my voice gets "quiet" or "really calm and monotone" it's scary because that generally means that I am either really upset (trying not to cry) or really angry (trying not to scream). I guess if I start dressing all in monotone or something, it's probably also a sign that something is wrong.</p> <p>ETA: I prefer lower pitch for women's voices and higher pitch for men's voices, oddly. So, basically, altos and tenors. With very low, bass male voices I actually sometimes have trouble understanding them, especially for some reason on the phone. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/does-your-voice-match-your-style/page/2#post-718212 Tue, 11 Sep 2012 15:38:56 +0000 Anonymous 718212@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>The main problem I have with my voice is that here in the Deep South, it doesn't sound "sugary" enough. You know, that sweet Southern voice that allows you to tell someone off and that person would still take what you said as a compliment. Seriously, because I work in a public office and perception is reality, I literally have to work to sugar coat every word that comes out of my mouth. It's annoying because my personality is more direct and natural--never intentially rude or anything--but definitely not sugary sweet. I've never had problems communicating with anyone in any of the other places I've lived, as my personality is outgoing and friendly. I never meet a stranger. But here in the Deep South, alas, I have to speak slowly and so sweetly that it's sickening. This is what I work on each and every day to improve P.R. It's not easy when you haven't grown up with that sorta thing.</p> <p>My mother was from the midwest--farm country--and was friendly to a fault but direct like I am--definitely NOT sugary sweet. And, she taught me be polite but not to be a doormat. What do you do when your personality conflicts with what people expect? Well, you learn to speak very. very. very slowly, smile no matter what (biggest grin you can possibly put on your face), and coat every word with Aunt Jemima's syrup. LOL! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/does-your-voice-match-your-style/page/2#post-718164 Tue, 11 Sep 2012 14:30:23 +0000 Mochi 718164@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Heh, I had a jolt of confusion when glancing thru these and saw Rae asking you what UWP was !?!!! Okay, then, it was 10 months ago! </p> <p>Very interesting. I also flinch at hearing my voice recorded. I don't like it much, though I guess it's not too bad. It's just a bit nasal for me. I also have been very conscious of not using a Long Island accent, and usually people say, "You don't sound like you're from LI!" (Up here in Mass., they'll make fun of it by calling it Lawn Guyland). But maybe a few times in my life I've had someone say that I DO sound like I'm from there, and I DIE a little inside </p> <p>It is funny how people do end up sounding the way you imagine they would. Descriptions of Rae and Una and so forth are spot-on to what I picture. </p> <p>Someone said that in Eastern Europe, the voices of men and women both are attractively lower and deeper. It's kind of the opposite in Asia with a lot of women--at least in Japan and among some young women I see around here, they talk with such artificially squeaky, girly, cartoonish voices....it used to drive me crazy in Japan. Many women did not do this--it was a specific type of girl who thought it was "cute."</p> <p>ETA: not voice-related, but when I was a teenager and met a pen pal in Europe for the first time, she had only a photo of me that was a head shot. For some reason she thought I would be taller....! Perhaps there are "tall" faces and "short" faces. I do find Katie Holmes's little-girl face incongruous with her extremely tall body, and could easily imagine her petite. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/does-your-voice-match-your-style/page/2#post-718066 Tue, 11 Sep 2012 12:00:54 +0000 Anonymous 718066@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I grew up in the Ottawa Valley, in a little town called Almonte and I have a little bit of that accent still (although I have lost a lot of it, I had friends from high school visit recently who still live there and I could tell my accent had changed).</p> <p>Here's a link to a clip: <a href="http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/ottawa/story/2012/06/01/ottawa-valley-accent-study-distinct-dialect.html" rel="nofollow">http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/.....alect.html</a> </p> <p>The lady in that clip is one of my friends' grandmother!</p> <p>Right now my voice is horrible due to a cold, but I guess I have a nice voice? I worked as a long distance operator for Bell one summer and always had comments on my voice. I think it sounds nasal and bad when I hear a playback, however.</p> <p>I am quiet and reserved until you get to know me, and then you will find I never shut up. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/does-your-voice-match-your-style/page/2#post-718061 Tue, 11 Sep 2012 11:54:34 +0000 Anonymous 718061@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Interesting. I've always hated hearing my speaking voice on tape, yet I've always had a good singing voice. People say I sound just like Debbie Boone ("You Light Up My Life" hit single). There's something about the way I speak, though--never quiet, and not without a bit of a Southern accent combined with an accent that no one can quite pinpoint--that I've never been happy with. On the plus side, people have difficulty guessing where I'm from, and never get it right. I guess that's good, though. I've never wanted my accent to sound too regional. What type of voice do you fellow YLFers think I should have, based on my personality? </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/does-your-voice-match-your-style/page/2#post-718029 Tue, 11 Sep 2012 11:16:07 +0000 Irene 718029@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>My voice is pretty girly, though not too high. I feel it as really low, but when I hear myself on recordings it's not. I also have a really Spanish Posh accent because I'm Catalan (speak two mother tongues) and we Catalans tend to pronounce every single sound -in contrast with the more relaxed pronunciation of the middle and south of the country. In case you were wondering, yes, that affects my English pronunciation too, which is SO annoying, especially with the 's'. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/does-your-voice-match-your-style/page/2#post-718028 Tue, 11 Sep 2012 11:14:55 +0000 Anonymous 718028@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I'm told that I sound like Sofia Vergara, when she is not exaggerating her accent, so there you go.;) </p> <p>ETA: I think I come across the forum as more hot headed and opinionated that I really am IRL. I'm super mellow and easy going. I am just very direct when someone asks for my opinion and since that is the majority of what we do here....You guys just don't get to see the sweeter side... LOL... </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/does-your-voice-match-your-style/page/2#post-718024 Tue, 11 Sep 2012 11:07:35 +0000 April 718024@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I have a horror of shrillness and as a result I often get asked to speak up.</p> <p>Una, I have noticed that girls and women with husky voices are often fairly extroverted -- starting in early childhood. My theory is that people enjoy listening to them and they get used to being the center of positive attention. Am I crazy? Honestly, in my experience it's rare to meet a shy and retiring woman with a husky voice. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/does-your-voice-match-your-style/page/2#post-718022 Tue, 11 Sep 2012 10:41:47 +0000 Lyn D. 718022@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>It is interesting that some YLFrs can imagine the voices of other members.<br /> For me, everyone has MY voice, which is fairly high and girlish I think, especially when I hear a recording of it.<br /> I hope to meet-up with some locals one day, and although I feel like I know you guys by sight and style, the voices will be a complete surprise to me. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/does-your-voice-match-your-style/page/2#post-718021 Tue, 11 Sep 2012 10:38:53 +0000 Deborah 718021@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Fun thread. I have been told I am "well spoken". I know my voice can vary slightly depending on the setting, but for the most part it is fairly consistent. I do community radio, present to large groups for work, and do voice overs (community based work) so I am actually used to hearing my voice and I don't mind it. My voice is deeper rather than high and I think it's in keeping with my personality and style? I might have to ask a couple of friends and see what they think. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/does-your-voice-match-your-style/page/2#post-718005 Tue, 11 Sep 2012 09:39:54 +0000 Caro in Oz 718005@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I missed this before - I have always had a deep voice - sang alto in the school choir. I have an ear for accents too probably because I lived in England until I was 10 then came to Australia but my mother's family is Irish &amp; my father's is Swedish - whew! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/does-your-voice-match-your-style/page/2#post-718002 Tue, 11 Sep 2012 09:27:54 +0000 ManidipaM 718002@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Loving this thread, so glad it got bumped back up! </p> <p>Like Dianthus, my 'electronic' voice sounds pretty different from my in-person voice. I think in person I have a slightly deeper voice that is a better match, but I *can* go into higher registers when excited, which is rather odd in comparison to my appearance and style alike. On the phone, though, I sound positively like a little girl --- pretty damning when so much business is conducted without ever meeting people in person!</p> <p>Interesting point from Nakidra about accents too --- I keep getting told I have a British accent, and have to keep clarifying that no, I haven't spent any time in the UK, ever, at all, apart from the odd airport-skimming sojourn of a few hours. And this has been the case from waaay back, when I started going to school. Less problematic since my teens, when I finally mastered a few variants of 'Indian accents' that I use to blend in with folks I spend more time with --- I tend to unconsciously echo other people's accents and verbal idiosyncracies anyway; but apparently I still fall back on the 'stiff upper lip' default when speaking to strangers! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/does-your-voice-match-your-style/page/2#post-717978 Tue, 11 Sep 2012 08:04:15 +0000 goldenpig 717978@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Love this revived thread! Agree that Rae has a very sultry voice. And I think it's cute that she's asking you "What does UWP mean?" I guess it wasn't so long ago that UWP got started! Feels like you guys have been UWP's forever! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/does-your-voice-match-your-style/page/2#post-717952 Tue, 11 Sep 2012 07:06:45 +0000 ramya 717952@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I enjoyed this thread...<br /> No one ever said anything about my voice... But mine is more loud, hearty laugh kind of voice :).. Used to be in a debate team :)</p> <p>But with respect to my style well let me not compare :D... I dont know my style </p>