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Faith  Suspended Member (Idle past 1475 days) Posts: 35298 From: Nevada, USA Joined: |
Some gay men really do "sound gay" and to me it doesn't sound feminine as some claim, or like a "lisp" as some put it, it is its own thing. I was reminded of this by the post on the Humor thread of Trump speaking with a gay voice. Distinctively unmistakably gay.
Here's an article about someone who made a documentary about it , how gay men try not to sound gay. But I don't think it really explains what it is in the first place and how it comes about. Curious what opinions you all have about it.
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jar Member (Idle past 425 days) Posts: 34026 From: Texas!! Joined:
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I never noticed that gay men sounded gay anywhere but in the imagination of the theater and entertainment.
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Taq Member Posts: 10085 Joined: Member Rating: 5.6
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Here's an article about someone who made a documentary about it , how gay men try not to sound gay. But I don't think it really explains what it is in the first place and how it comes about. The same thing that causes Aussies to sound like Aussies, Brits to sound like Brits, and Hillbillies to sound like Hillbillies.
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1.61803 Member (Idle past 1535 days) Posts: 2928 From: Lone Star State USA Joined: |
Hi Faith,
I watched the documentary "Do I Sound Gay?"and thought it was both entertaining and informative. Apparently the writer and producer David Thorpe who is openly gay, did not always talk the way he does. He developed the "campy" lispy effeminate style of speech, hanging out with his campy, lispy and effeminant friends. Most of the change of his speaking style took place in his early college years once he left the house. The documentary is careful to also show that there are also straight men who sound campy, lispy and effeminant. So one can "imprint" on those who they spend a great deal of time around and also those who are role models according to some of the films speech experts. This is one of the most common ways we as humans mimic the voices around us. Sometimes subconsciously and sometimes on purpose. So the answer is???? There is no concrete answer.The Film indicates it is a stereo type to be sure but also one that is acted out on purpose to the point of sometimes becoming habitual. Watch the documentary if you get a chance. Edited by 1.61803, : change speach to speech Edited by 1.61803, : added David Thorpe "You were not there for the beginning. You will not be there for the end. Your knowledge of what is going on can only be superficial and relative" William S. Burroughs
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jar Member (Idle past 425 days) Posts: 34026 From: Texas!! Joined:
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I always thought Gay men sounded like Rock Hudson.
Anyone so limited that they can only spell a word one way is severely handicapped!
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1.61803 Member (Idle past 1535 days) Posts: 2928 From: Lone Star State USA Joined: |
They do. ...**some do I should say. sorry.
Liberace and Paul Lynn as well. Let me add: There is no known "Gay" way to talk as the documentary points out. It is a stereotype. Edited by 1.61803, : some do.."You were not there for the beginning. You will not be there for the end. Your knowledge of what is going on can only be superficial and relative" William S. Burroughs
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frako Member (Idle past 336 days) Posts: 2932 From: slovenija Joined: |
Its how the homosexual daemons that posses them sound duh..
Its just a stereotipe, i have a friend that sounds gay as shit but is straight even though everyone he ever meats thinks he is gay.Christianity, One woman's lie about an affair that got seriously out of hand What are the Christians gonna do to me ..... Forgive me, good luck with that.
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So one can "imprint" on those who they spend a great deal of time around... It doesn't even take that long. When I used to travel a lot for my job, my accent would change to wherever I was. Spend a week in Canada, come home and my girlfriend says I sound more Canadian. Spend a week Texas, come home and my girlfriend says I sound more Southern. It'd always wear off back to standard after a couple days. I found it easier, during my travels, to get along and blend in with the locals better if I didn't fight what was customary, but it still seemed totally involuntary and subconscious for my accent to change. Oh yeah, I used to have a British friend that had been living in the states most his life who'd go back home every once in a while and he always had a British accent for about a week when he got back... but then it'd gradually fade away back to normal.
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1.61803 Member (Idle past 1535 days) Posts: 2928 From: Lone Star State USA Joined: |
"You were not there for the beginning. You will not be there for the end. Your knowledge of what is going on can only be superficial and relative" William S. Burroughs
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nwr Member Posts: 6412 From: Geneva, Illinois Joined: Member Rating: 5.3 |
Some gay men really do "sound gay" ...
I have never noticed it. Is it possible that your imagination is playing tricks?Fundamentalism - the anti-American, anti-Christian branch of American Christianity
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jar Member (Idle past 425 days) Posts: 34026 From: Texas!! Joined: |
so God will know to smite them, their Nation and the horse they rode in on.
Anyone so limited that they can only spell a word one way is severely handicapped!
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coffee_addict Member (Idle past 508 days) Posts: 3645 From: Indianapolis, IN Joined: |
It's not that some gay men sound "gay", it's that at some point in their lives they have stopped trying to sound all macho and masculine. So, instead of forcing themselves to talk in a straight voice, they began to be more artistic about their voices and add inflections and other traits that people like you deem "gay".
Having said that, many straight guys have begun doing this as well. It's not "gay". It's just being less boring with their voices.If you say the word "gullible" slowly, it sounds like oranges. Go ahead and try it.
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Theodoric Member Posts: 9207 From: Northwest, WI, USA Joined: Member Rating: 3.4 |
What is amazing is that your bigotry seems to know no bounds. What possessed you to think this was a topic worth discussing?
You have a vile stereotype for everyone that is different than you. Crawl back under your rock. Edited by Theodoric, : No reason given.Facts don't lie or have an agenda. Facts are just facts "God did it" is not an argument. It is an excuse for intellectual laziness.
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Faith  Suspended Member (Idle past 1475 days) Posts: 35298 From: Nevada, USA Joined: |
Did anybody go listen to that gay voiceover of Trump on the Humor thread? Seems to me you have a tin ear if you don't recognize that as a gay voice. And it was so identified, too. And as I said it doesn't sound feminine to me, it is its own thing. And since it IS recognizable as gay it suggests there really aren't all that many varieties of it as someone here suggested.
I can see how you could pick it up by hanging around the gay community but how many acquire it that way? I'd guess not many. And you still have to explain how it developed in the first place. Trying not to sound macho? OK, that's a theory.
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Faith  Suspended Member (Idle past 1475 days) Posts: 35298 From: Nevada, USA Joined: |
Be careful. You could blow an artery spewing all that hatred.
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