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#1 User is offline   Xiongboi_J 

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Posted 21 April 2007 - 06:27 AM

I don't know about you guys but I've noticed that when people talk in English their voices are lower but when they talk in their home language their voices are higher...do you notice that too? or is it just me? =S

Example: I'm Hmong so when I talk in English my voice tends to be lower but as soon as I switch over to my Hmong language my voice tends to go up =S not high pitched or anything but just that there's a slight difference...

lol if you don't believe me go pay attention to people around you or try talking in English and then your home language and see if there's a difference
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Posted 21 April 2007 - 06:29 AM

lol! sometimes~

when i speak filipino, my voice is louder and more aggressive~ but in english, im more calm and.. slow? xD

maybe that happens when english isn't your first language.
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Posted 21 April 2007 - 11:38 AM

When I speak korean, my voice is much higher.
When I speak english, my voice is pretty low.
Like usually my voice is a bit low, but when I speak other languages it gets higher.

Weird huh?lol
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Posted 21 April 2007 - 01:40 PM

LOL. when i speak mandarin my voice gets really pitchy becuase of the tones. when i speak hakka it's LOW. when i speak english... depends what mood i'm in. when i'm happy its squeaky xD
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Posted 21 April 2007 - 01:42 PM

Same here.
Mandarin = High.
English = Low.
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Posted 21 April 2007 - 02:39 PM

same here.. just not used to being fluent in english!
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Posted 21 April 2007 - 02:46 PM

Yup,
Canto = Higher
Englsih= Lower

But my friends, I think she sorta puts on a voice speaking canto, cause it goes extremely high and annoying when it usually really low sleep.gif
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Posted 21 April 2007 - 02:53 PM

ME TOO!
hmong --> higher
english --> lower
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Posted 21 April 2007 - 03:12 PM

English is my first language, but usually when I (and people in general) break off into the local dialect, you tend to sound more aggresive and louder. It happens. tongue.gif
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Posted 21 April 2007 - 03:14 PM

japanese - i sound very breathless 0.0
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Posted 21 April 2007 - 04:17 PM

puhaha same here =]
my english is lower than my spanish
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Posted 21 April 2007 - 04:53 PM

QUOTE(xCookies @ Apr 21 2007, 06:46 PM) View Post
Yup,
Canto = Higher
Englsih= Lower


Same here, my voice is really high when speaking Cantonese, I sound like such a kid.
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Posted 21 April 2007 - 07:41 PM

Actually, I think that's quite true to me too. I just tried, teehee. happy.gif. But yeah, I tend to go up. But naturally yeah, because I think I enjoy speaking Chinese more since it's such a pretty language. happy.gif. But yeah, my voice is naturally deep for a girl, so there's a pretty big contrast for me.
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Posted 21 April 2007 - 08:24 PM


That's quite true to me too.

Japanese - very. very low. except for some simple words/sentence. lol.
Filipino - medium
Bisaya - high
English - quite high


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Posted 21 April 2007 - 08:29 PM

I don't think i have much of a tone difference between English and Shanghainese. I was told that when I spoke Shanghainese, I was 10x louder (and I'm already a loud person) and I had a rough way of speaking hahaha.
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Posted 21 April 2007 - 08:52 PM

I think when I speak Korean, I sound younger? Maybe because I don't have an extensive vocabulary in Korean :x
And my tone goes up when I speak Korean?
When I speak English sometimes I tend to have fobby accent on some words haha x]] but I sound a little older and my voice is lower
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Posted 21 April 2007 - 09:29 PM

Korean - Sounds like I haven't reached puberty yet
English - Normal?
French - Higher
Japanese - A tad bit lower than my normal voice
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Posted 21 April 2007 - 09:54 PM

Hmm ...

English - Normal I guess?
Chinese - louder I guess?
Korean - softer..i think


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Posted 21 April 2007 - 10:29 PM

English and Cantonese can go either way. Both languages sometimes go high or low so there really isn't a set tone for me.
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Posted 21 April 2007 - 11:02 PM

OMG!!! you're hmong!!!!
before i read that... i was like... i yell at home....

i notice that.
when i speak in class.... my voice is soft and innocent,
but at home... my hmong is killer thunder!!!!
only with my good friends, is my english as loud.

i guess it's the comfort or the use.
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