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| edwin Triglot Senior Member Canada towerofconfusi&Registered users can see my Skype Name Joined 6276 days ago 160 posts - 183 votes  9 sounds Speaks: Cantonese*, English, Mandarin Studies: French, Spanish, Portuguese | Message 1 of 9 04 October 2007 at 3:59pm | IP Logged | |||||
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Hi,
I have been having this puzzle in my mind for months. I am excited to see so many polyglots registered in the forum (anyone who can speak 5 languages or more is a polyglot to me). As of today, there are 94 members who claim to speak 5 languages or more. But then, I am very disappointed when I check out the list of sound files on this website. Not many of us are willing to record their voices. I always find listening to the sound clips of polyglots motivational and inspirational. I just wonder why I find so few of them recording their own voices in different languages. Are they shy, or just can't be bothered? 1 person has voted this message useful | ||||||
 Iversen Super Polyglot Moderator Denmark berejst.dk Joined 6515 days ago 9078 posts - 16473 votes Speaks: Danish*, French, English, German, Italian, Spanish, Portuguese, Dutch, Swedish, Esperanto, Romanian, Catalan Studies: Afrikaans, Greek, Norwegian, Russian, Serbian, Icelandic, Latin, Irish, Lowland Scots, Indonesian, Polish, Croatian Personal Language Map | Message 2 of 9 04 October 2007 at 5:46pm | IP Logged | |||||
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I find it oddly disturbing to hear my own voice, - even in Danish.
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| Journeyer Triglot Senior Member United States tristan85.blogspot.c Joined 6680 days ago 946 posts - 1110 votes Speaks: English*, Spanish, German Studies: Sign Language | Message 3 of 9 04 October 2007 at 6:27pm | IP Logged | |||||
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I've considering recording my own voice in German here to get pointers on my accent. I've been told I have a very good one, not a typical American one, sometimes people can tell I'm American, sometimes they cannot...in other words it's kind of across the board.
In a word though, I've been too shy to do so. 1 person has voted this message useful | ||||||
| edwin Triglot Senior Member Canada towerofconfusi&Registered users can see my Skype Name Joined 6276 days ago 160 posts - 183 votes 9 sounds Speaks: Cantonese*, English, Mandarin Studies: French, Spanish, Portuguese | Message 4 of 9 05 October 2007 at 12:31pm | IP Logged | |||||
I hear you all. In fact, I have the same problems. I do find listening to my own voice very strange, no matter what language it is in. But then, isn't this something we need to overcome eventually as a language learner? One thing I have tried and is still doing, is to listen to my own voice more. It does help a bit. 1 person has voted this message useful | ||||||
 jeff_lindqvist Diglot Moderator SwedenRegistered users can see my Skype Name Joined 6721 days ago 4250 posts - 5710 votes Speaks: Swedish*, English Studies: German, Spanish, Russian, Dutch, Mandarin, Esperanto, Irish, French Personal Language Map | Message 5 of 9 05 October 2007 at 1:26pm | IP Logged | |||||
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I have no problem hearing myself speak in a conversation. However, when it's on tape or radio (it has happened) I don't feel comfortable at all.
As long as I'm not aiming for a career as a singer/actor/et.c. I don't see a need to overcome that feeling. I just avoid being recorded. ;) 1 person has voted this message useful | ||||||
| Journeyer Triglot Senior Member United States tristan85.blogspot.c Joined 6680 days ago 946 posts - 1110 votes Speaks: English*, Spanish, German Studies: Sign Language | Message 6 of 9 05 October 2007 at 1:33pm | IP Logged | |||||
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Well, while trying to improve my German accent, I recorded my voice a lot to hear for American-isms. Hearing my own voice doesn't bother me much...but hearing it online might creep me out. :-)
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| furyou_gaijin Senior Member Japan Joined 6198 days ago 540 posts - 631 votes Speaks: Latin* | Message 7 of 9 05 October 2007 at 3:04pm | IP Logged | |||||
Believe me - it doesn't take long to get used to hearing your voice... There was a time when I used to hear mine on TV quite often. The funniest situations occur when you're in the room where the TV is on and people who are not watching your face attempt to answer questions you put on TV, mistaking them for live questions directed to them... :-) 1 person has voted this message useful | ||||||
| xtremelingo Trilingual Triglot Senior Member Canada Joined 6099 days ago 398 posts - 515 votes Speaks: English*, Hindi*, Punjabi* Studies: German, French, Arabic (Written) | Message 8 of 9 08 October 2007 at 8:15pm | IP Logged | |||||
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I think this is a great idea. 1 person has voted this message useful |
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