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.

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.

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."

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.

I've been meaning to ask what UWP means. I think I figured out RATE. Do tell!

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.

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."

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.

I can talk in any of those three accents and fall right back into it depending on who I'm around.

Urban Warrior Princess.

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!

Interesting thread!

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...

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.

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.

Ruth! I agree with you -- it's just not "me" to speak with a really southern drawl either.
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?

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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.

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.