I spent a year with a speech therapist after a vocal injury. She basically taught me to speak with an "English fag voice." As this style of speaking produces the least amount of stress on the vocal chords and reduces the chance of developing nodes - which can have severe medical consequences.
I think the movement people do it because it appears "refined." For some it is real, for others it is a self conscious affectation (which is usually easy to spot). One thing I have noticed is that people who spend a lot of time together begin to sound similar and adopt the same affectations. All the surfer kids in my neck of the woods sound the same: Like, ya know what I mean, dude? It's totally rad! Speaking slowly and softly is the mark of an educated man in many cultures I have visited around the world, particularly in Asia. So I think this was probably appropriate for the tapes. It's certainly a better choice than Sylvester Stallone doing voice over in his Rocky voice or Woody Wood Pecker...though that could be amusing! Of course in America, where testosterone runs very high, speaking abruptly and coarsely, like a gun slinger, with a curled lip is popular these daysÂ…. --- In [email protected], "sparaig" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > --- In [email protected], Rick Archer <groups@> wrote: > > > > on 8/29/06 9:36 AM, Peter at drpetersutphen@ wrote: > > >>>> >>> > > >>>> >>> The music never bothered me. What bothers me is > > >>> >> the vocal affectation > > >>>> >>> of some TMers, like the guy at the beginning of > > >>> >> tapes saying, "Ringing > > >>>> >>> the bell of invincibility for every nation". MMY's > > >>> >> voice isn't > > >>>> >>> anything like that, so where did they get this > > >>> >> notion that speaking > > >>>> >>> like a breathy dickless pansy somehow embodies the > > >>> >> qualities of > > >>>> >>> enlightenment? > > >>> >> > > >>> >> Maybe they're just breathy dickless pansies and > > >>> >> can't speak any *other* way? > > >> > > > >> > Reveals the power of the mind to attach to anything, > > >> > including silly English fag voices ringing the > > >> > dickless balls of fear. MMY is such a lion that you > > >> > either become a lion like him or a hairless eunuch > > >> > ready to be eaten up. > > > > > I think this thing started because Neil Paterson and Ron Dector spoke that > > way and other tape titlers emulated them. You can bet Maharishi listened to > > and approved those voice-overs. > > > > Some people have that speaking style. It may be exagerated fo the TM tapes, but I have > heard public speakers sound much the same way. > To subscribe, send a message to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Or go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/ and click 'Join This Group!' Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
