#ThatVoice
I remember when I first saw the “You know how to whistle, don’t you, Steve?” scene from To Have and Have Not and I also remember a commentator raving about Lauren Bacall’s (who was only 19 years old at the time!) voice. He said it was one of the sexiest scenes in film history, and I have to agree.
Bacall became the epitome of a vixen just by teaching a dude how to whistle. And it was all in her voice. So, when Shonnerz told me I had a Lauren Bacall-esque voice (upon first hearing my speaking voice), I bout to have died. Died, I say!
I’ve always shocked folks once I opened my mouth because my face doesn’t quite match my voice. Because I have a baby doll face, most people expect me to have a “squeaky” voice. So, when the huskiness of my actual voice emits, folks be all… O_O. I think one of my coworkers put it best when she said (about me), “She has the face of a little girl, but the voice of a grown woman.” Pretty much.
About a trillion years ago, a bunch of Tumblr (follow mine here!) members decided to do a Tumblr Accent Challenge. Basically, you had to follow the instructions and record it with audio (bonus points for video, I guess). Long story short, I meant to upload mine, but what had happened was… blahblahfilewastoobigandiwastoolazytodealwiththatblahblah.
So! I decided to share it with ya’ll here!
The Deets:
TUMBLR ACCENT CHALLENGE!!!
- Your name and username.
- Where you’re from.
- Pronounce the following words: Aunt, Roof, Route, Theater, Iron, Salmon, Caramel, Fire, Water, New Orleans, Pecan, Both, Again, Probably, Alabama, Lawyer, Coupon, Mayonnaise, Pajamas, Caught, Naturally, Aluminium, GIF, Tumblr, Crackerjack, Doorknob, Envelope, GPOY.
- What is it called when you throw toilet paper on a house?
- What is a bubbly carbonated drink called?
- What do you call gym shoes?
- What do you call your grandparents?
- What do you call the wheeled contraption in which you carry groceries at the supermarket?
- What is the thing you change the TV channel with?
- Choose a book and read a passage from it.
- Do you think you have an accent?
- Be a wizard or a vampire?
- Do you know anyone on Tumblr in real life?
- End audio post by saying any THREE words you want.
Whoop, there it is! —> Cheeks Tumblr Accent Challenge
Pinchers, what do ya’ll think? Do I sound like you imagined me to? Am I the country kneegrow Lauren Bacall? Should I have a side hustle as a call girl like my ratchet friends have suggested? Let your voice be heard! I mean, um… typed? Yeah, that.
Love ya like Scooby Doo loves snacks,
Cheekie
No audio *evil laugh*
- Pronounce the following words: Aunt (ahnt), Roof (roof), Route (rhymes with bout), Theater (THEE-a-ter), Iron (I earn), Salmon (samin), Caramel (carmul), Fire (fie-err), Water (wah-ter), New Orleans (when I lived there, I was told New Or-lee-inz), Pecan (pee-cahn)…and I’m too lazy to finish
- What is it called when you throw toilet paper on a house? TP’ing it
- What is a bubbly carbonated drink called? Pop
- What do you call gym shoes? Sneaks
- What do you call your grandparents? Grandma and Grandpa
- What do you call the wheeled contraption in which you carry groceries at the supermarket? Shopping cart
- What is the thing you change the TV channel with? remote
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Marlee Matlin doe… *faints and signs SOS*
Girl, I am IRATE you said Marlee Matlin, doe. *cries laughing*
This woman right HERE!!! *smh*
IAYP, you are too much!
Its funny. I don’t think I expected anything, but with that being said, I probably was surprised. Interesting how you create expectations based on words people write. I’m sure I’ve constructed a visual now based off of your voice…*logs off to follow Cheekie on Twitter*…;)
LOL, no visuals necessary, my pic is somewhere amongst these e-streets. Twitter is a great start… lol
ok, still not what I expected. I got the scratchy whisper at threedeez so, ok
yeah that is really all I can say – ok
but I know I have an accent country/southern is all I keep hearing
Yeah, the scratchy whisper at Three Deez was SUCH a struggle. Blame the partying the night before. I had to effing pantomime and ish to communicate. lol
You’re going to say I aint shit..but ..you sound like Beyonce to me. *ducks under thrown shoe* ..it’s the accent!!!
You gotta nice voice, though.
It’s not the lowest I’ve heard, so I wasn’t surprised. But, I think your voice fits you.
Here is mine so you can get back at me and make fun of my voice. http://soundcloud.com/tdlove5/my-tumblr-accent-challenge
HAHAHAHA @ the Bey voice. She definitely has a husky/raspy voice to her. I mean, since she sings it fits, I guess. lol
Thanks and your voice is adorable! Actually, it sounds just about what I imagined for you.
The accent just slays every fiber of my beings. And I’ve heard Cheeks say a few words in real life but this rih’chere was adorable. She pronounced the “L” in salmon, read from VSB and vocally seduced erry’one who listened <— reasons why I'm a Cheeks Stan
AWWW! Thanks, Shay! And if these many people say I’m bringing sexyback with my voice, maybe I should think of another side hustle to accompany my writing…
For some reason you sounded exactly like I imagined you’d sound…all proper and ish. Well its a mix between proper and country, just like the rest of the Chicagoans…but you get what I’m saying.
Do you have a future in phone sex? I believe you do, so gone ‘head and capitalize on that. Make that money gurl, don’t let it make you
LOL @ proper. Yes, I also drink dranks with my pinky out… no, I really do. It has a mind of its own. I stay getting clowned about it.
*seriously considers this phone sex thing since finances been dwindling lately* lol
Okay..I’ll finish
Both (bowth), Again (uhGEN), Probably(prah-buh-blee), Alabama (a-luh-ba-muh), Lawyer (loy-er), Coupon (coo-pon), Mayonnaise (ma-nayz), Pajamas (puh-ja-muz), Caught (cot), Naturally (na-truh-lee), Aluminium (uh-loo-mi-nim*), GIF (jif), Tumblr (tum-blur), Crackerjack (krak-er-jak), Doorknob (dore-nob), Envelope (en-ve-lope), GPOY (<–i have never seen this before in my life).
*who else has an Indian Chemistry professor and had no idea what al-yoo-min-ee-um was?
“*who else has an Indian Chemistry professor and had no idea what al-yoo-min-ee-um was?”
*dies* Yeah, they unlike us kneegrows (who either totally neglects pertinent letters OR add on unecessary letters to words), Indian folks make sure EVERY letter is represented. Gotta give props where props are due.
i dont think i was surprised to hear your voice sound that way it does. you sound exactly like you should–there is no disconnect.
you have a very pleasant voice and i wouldnt mind talking to you on the phone or in person. i def have a few acquaintances that i dislike talking to because their voices irk me lol so good job!
LOL @ the irksome voices. I can relate. So, I am definitely pleased to hear that my voice is pleasant. Likewise.
You have a really nice voice, Cheeks.
I thought you would sound more little girl-like… maybe cause of the e-name?? *shrug*
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