--- martyboi <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> 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…. You got a problem wit dat? > > > > --- 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 > > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > > > __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com 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/
