We might thk we know what a gay person sounds like. But there are veats to the cliche — and ‘voice-shamg’ tells a lot more about our culture than do about the person speakg
Contents:
- ENGLISH PRONUNCIATN OF GAY
- THIS IS WHY SOME MEN ‘SOUND GAY’ – EVEN IF THEY’RE NOT
- DO YOU SOUND GAY? WHAT OUR VOIC TELL – AND WHAT THEY DON’T
- WANT TO GET RID OF YOUR 'GAY ACCENT'? THERE'S AN APP FOR THAT
- HOW CAN I GET RID OF MY GAY VOICE?
- MY GAY VOICE AND YOURS
ENGLISH PRONUNCIATN OF GAY
How to pronounce gay. How to say gay. Listen to the d pronunciatn the Cambridge English Dictnary. Learn more. * how do i sound gay *
“You don’t seem gay. I n’t easily pute what means to be gay if ’s not havg jt intified yourself wh that label.
You haven’t – at least that moment, at that party – exhibed the mannerisms lked many people’s mds wh male homosexualy.
The notn you would be pleased to fd this out reveals an unthkg prejudice: how rehg is to meet a gay who don’t make a meal of .
THIS IS WHY SOME MEN ‘SOUND GAY’ – EVEN IF THEY’RE NOT
People wh stereotypilly high-pched or ‘mp’ voic n fd people assumg that they’re gay, acrdg to one Amerin film-maker - even if they aren’t. Likewise, men wh ep voic n fd themselv wrongly assumed to be beg straight. * how do i sound gay *
Maybe I’m more “gay”.
DO YOU SOUND GAY? WHAT OUR VOIC TELL – AND WHAT THEY DON’T
* how do i sound gay *
Y, seemg gay – broadly speakg, beg mp – is a way of holdg onelf, a way of drsg, but ’s large part a way of speakg.
His qut to unrstand why he talks the way he do is the subject of a new documentary, Do I Sound Gay? Apart om anythg else, ’s not the prerve of gay men or even human begs.
WANT TO GET RID OF YOUR 'GAY ACCENT'? THERE'S AN APP FOR THAT
Well, not an app app, but there is a voice teacher! In the wake of the whole Newsweek gay actors thg, Details sought out the wisdom of longtime voice ach Bob Corff, who helps actors get rid of Gay Voice. * how do i sound gay *
They’re then asked to rate each one by perceived “gayns”.
HOW CAN I GET RID OF MY GAY VOICE?
I thk I have a ep nasal qualy to my voice and I'd like to get rid of . Too often, people ask me if I'm gay when they've only jt met there any vol/nasal exercis that actor's e ... * how do i sound gay *
And y, the stretchg out of “sibilant” nsonants such as s and z (image Kenh Williams sayg “She sells sea shells on the sea shore” and you’re sort of there) what about gay women?
MY GAY VOICE AND YOURS
The film "Do I Sound Gay" unpacks the hatred that blocks all of our voic * how do i sound gay *
There are a few theori knockg around as to why this might be: Arnold Zwicky, his mply tled 1994 paper Two Lavenr Issu for Lguists, suggts that: “For many lbians, what is most important is intifitn wh the muny of women – while for many gay men, what is most important is distancg themselv om straight men. First: there is a style of speakg that people associate wh gay men. Send: not all gay men e , and some straight men do.
Third: this style of speakg isn’t simply an importatn of “feme” quali to male speech, although that appears to be what a lot of people, we’re still left wh the qutn of why a gay male voice might emerge. But, lguistilly speakg, soundg gay is really no different om soundg street, soundg posh or soundg like a bro.
Bee gay men have long been stigmatised, the voice is often a source of shame.
Have you ever wonred if you have a “gay voice”? * how do i sound gay *
After a bad breakup, “I started to fd myself repelled by gay voic...
By the chatterg gay voic around me”.