How would you describe the prosody of your speech?

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What best describes the prosody of your speech?
Normal (typical) 7%  7%  [ 3 ]
Fast rate, normal prosody 17%  17%  [ 7 ]
Slow rate, normal prosody 7%  7%  [ 3 ]
Flat intonation 12%  12%  [ 5 ]
Variable intonation (sometimes flat, sometimes not) 34%  34%  [ 14 ]
Unusual and idiosyncratic intonation 22%  22%  [ 9 ]
Total votes : 41

IdahoRose
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13 Jan 2008, 8:48 pm

I have a slow, loud, monotone voice.



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13 Jan 2008, 9:20 pm

I asked my mother and she said "Fast rate, normal prosody".


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13 Jan 2008, 9:29 pm

It depends on the topic. If I am monologuing about a subject it's monotone because it tends to be internal monologue escaping without inflection. In q&a, speech pattern's normal but blunt.



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13 Jan 2008, 10:33 pm

kinda singsong; never really monotone, a little high-pitched, but that's me..;)