The Fool wrote: > Men who are accused of never listening by women now have an excuse - > women's voices are more difficult for men to listen to than other > men's.
Dave Land wrote: > > This seems to go against an idea I've heard over the years that holds > > that women's voices are better for such things as airport paging > > systems because they cut through the noise better. Seems like a bit > > of a Catch-22. Sure, they cut through the noise better, but men can't > > hear them. I smell a conspiracy. I think women's voices do tend to be more resonant (or whatever one wants to call it), than the typical man's voice. On my DVD player (which is just hooked up to TV speakers in a loose way, not proper connectors), I sometimes have the amplification turned up too high, but never notice it until a woman speaks - then the screen will start to jitter a little, which is an indication that's there's some kind of interference going on between the audio and video cables. I'm no audiophile, but actresses seem to have much "fuller" or more resonant voices than actors. It's not just modern acting styles, either. When watching a DVD of an older movie like "The Rain Maker," there's no problem when Burt Lancaster speaks, but as soon as Katherine Hepburn talks the screen begins to jitter a bit. Kevin Street -- No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG Anti-Virus. Version: 7.0.338 / Virus Database: 267.10.8/71 - Release Date: 8/12/2005 _______________________________________________ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l
