Do you speak softly?

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15 Feb 2012, 3:50 pm

I am getting tired of having to repeat myself all day long. People really annoy the crap out of me even when it is my problem. I am always too soft or too loud it seems.

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15 Feb 2012, 3:51 pm

Yes.

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15 Feb 2012, 3:55 pm

NO.

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15 Feb 2012, 4:02 pm

constantly,

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15 Feb 2012, 4:08 pm

word association?

I have always needed a microphone when speaking in auditoriums. My voice can be rather deep and strong at times, but it also seems to get mumbly and softer when I am trying to be friendly and talkative. It seems like an uncommunicative dichotomy.

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15 Feb 2012, 4:09 pm

Apparently so. The funny thing is that up until recently I thought I was really loud.

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15 Feb 2012, 4:12 pm

Often times, yes. I have very little control over the volume of my voice.

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15 Feb 2012, 4:14 pm

I have a very deep voice but I don't speak that loudly

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15 Feb 2012, 4:25 pm

very much so
i must be annoying

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15 Feb 2012, 5:43 pm

^ Can't see it.

keira wrote:

Apparently so. The funny thing is that up until recently I thought I was really loud.

Not that it is the same, but I am shocked when people tell me I am awfully quiet even when I spend a bunch of time talking and socializing with them. I have never understood why people need to always be talking about something.

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15 Feb 2012, 5:53 pm

sluice wrote:

I am getting tired of having to repeat myself all day long. People really annoy the crap out of me even when it is my problem. I am always too soft or too loud it seems.

Same here. Part of the problem with me is that my dad & grandpa are hard of hearing & tend to talk loud & my mom talks loud with them too. I have to talk loud so I can be heard but my mom fusses at me for yelling when I raise my voice. Yet she often complains that she cant hear me but accuses me of yelling when I raise my voice because I get tired or repeating myself to her. It's better to avoid people when I can & don't speak unless spoken too or I have to tell or ask something

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15 Feb 2012, 6:17 pm

Yup. I always think I'm talking at a normal volume, but people tell me to repeat myself so often I guess I'm not. But then other times they tell me to be quieter. I have a theory that my volume stays constant and I just don't adjust it to different situations whereas other people do. Talking at night makes your voice seem louder, for instance. Maybe I forget to change and use my 'night-time voice.'

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15 Feb 2012, 6:52 pm

I usually do. I have to repeat things often.
Because sometimes other people's speech gets garbled on the way into my brain, I often ask them to repeat things too.

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15 Feb 2012, 10:21 pm

Yep, it doesn't help that I cannot speak clearly sometimes either.

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15 Feb 2012, 10:23 pm

Thom_Fuleri wrote:

I usually do. I have to repeat things often.
Because sometimes other people's speech gets garbled on the way into my brain, I often ask them to repeat things too.

Your avatar explains how people see me.

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15 Feb 2012, 10:25 pm

Yes, very. I have to repeat myself often.

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