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FYI: I ****LOATHE**** the telephone. So I procrastinate heavily on any and all calls I have to make. ::hugs fandom people:: sorry about that.

Part of it is that I think I have horrible phone voice, another is that I think I have a horrible voice, in general, and the sheer physical fact of a phone makes me all the more aware that I am *speaking*. Part of how I got over my fear of communicating badly is to be totally oblivious to the fact that I am possibly making a fool of myself; and thus part of what I'm making myself oblivious to is the fact that my voice is making sounds.

Dunno if I'm the only one like this.

Thoughts?

Comments

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I think part of it is that the phone messes with your ability to "read the room". You have to judge the reactions of the other just by sound of their voice (distorted) and lengths of the pauses (also often distorted long-distance). So hard! When it's a business call, I aim for "politely firm" and feel like I land anywhere between "bitch" and "pushover" for my audience. When it's someone you've met face-to-face, they often sound so weirdly different, kinda tense and affected (probably same telephone issues... But the thing is, when we have issues, we don't really stop to think that others might, too).
Hey! Lisp is sexy! Makes people think about your tongue! Maybe it's just me being extrememly weird though >____< My phone voice sounds like a chibi boy from shounen action anime pretending to be an adult, sultry woman. With an accent. Terribly embarrassing, but I think people actually like it. Feh. Got it - flaunt it. Not like there's a choice.