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That is my biggest problem. How to sound like a female. I have listened to the instructions and have tried the youtube stuff, but I don't get it. Are there any others out there that don't get the resonances and pitch and tempo and all that. I can't go out and buy a chromometer. The SO is around so I can't use any vocals for her to hear. I am at a loss.
Sound like a woman?
It's easy, repeat after me...
Honey...
I need some money for gas..
I need some money for groceries...
I need some money for the nail salon...
I need some money for the hair salon...
I need some money the health club dues...
I need some money to get my car washed...
I need some money for dinner, too tired to cook...
Oh, you mean "sound"...like noise...I get it now:heehee:
You can try out the free training info here...I have not investigated in depth as to what is free and what isn't, but it looks like it has potential...
http://www.genderlife.com/products-page/voicetutor
Ok, back to practice now..
Honey...I need some money for (fill in blank)
:love:
There were many things said about the voice. I hope I can add some useful notes about other aspects of talking. You can read about those findings a lot in scientific literature, but I think that from studying women's communicative behavior yourself (in real life, movies, TV shows etc.) you can learn more. These things will make you just appear more convincingly to be a woman.
You may focus your attention to these points. Of course, they are only general tendencies:
- Women in a conversation with men speak shorter than the men. A lot of talking like a women is remaining silent.
- But in total women speak more than men.
- Women don't succeed in taking a turn as often as men do. They let men talk first and allow them to interrupt them more often than vice versa. Again, remaining silent is sometimes appropriate.
- Women don't lead a conversation as dominantly as men do. They often don't set the topic, they often don't change the topic.
- Women use to some extent their own vocabulary. It's more emotional, non-technical and larger than men's. So you have to learn to actively use new words.
- Women talk about other things then men. Their more prominent talking about family and social relations may be the most obvious difference from men. But also compare what a man would say to his male friends in a bar to what a woman would say. First of all, a woman would less likely meet her female friends in a bar but in a place where you can understand each other better and thus talk more profoundly and need not shout at each other.
- Women are less confrontational in conversations. They more try to get along with other people instead of trying to be the winner in a talk. (Well, on average!)
- Women speak softer, much more melodic, and let their emotions influence their voice more freely. This is very important. Just think how women voice their opinion to facts they hear or things they see. You have to learn a large set of eehs, uuhs, oohs and so on. You can see a similar behavior in discussions on the net. Women use emoticons much more frequently and intelligently than men. :heehee:
- Women frequently give signals that they are still listening and understanding, e.g saying ah, um ....
As you see from this incomplete list, to talk like a woman it would be very helpful to think, behave, feel and have a social life like a woman as well.