Just an average day (in which there are many ellipses and parenthetical references)

[thansal]

<Awesome Closing Announcement>

That's great

I actually don't have a regular phone voice (for personal calls), however my voice goes up for work calls.

My Vent/In Game voice is decidedly lower than my normal voice though :P

[Treasure]

awesome closing announcement

My dad used to DJ and still occasionally will do the "DJ Voice" and was goofing off doing it at work on break, and one of his coworker/sup's was like
yes! that voice! I needs it!

apparently this person was a BSA troop leader and they were doing a banquet and needed a recording of a scripted thing for the "Eagle" .... Dad was like.... "ooo-kay.... sure... " apparently it was perfect and went over really well....

[ArcticChicken]

Hmm. Both my announcement and professional phone voices are deeper, and...smoother is the best way to put it. My regular phone voice changes a lot based on who's calling, I've got at least 4, boyfriend, other friends, parents, and unknown number, although unknown number is almost indistinguishable from professional phone voice.

[Skeen]

My "phone voice" makes me sound like I'm 5.

Honestly, I'm asked how old I am every time I call someone I've never talked to before.

Me: "Hi, this is Skeen with Super Rich Guy's Oil Company, can I speak with (whoever)?"
Them: ..... "How old are you?"
Me: "28."
Them: ......

[Andara Bledin]

I use the same voice for the phone as I do for in-person interactions. But I have different inflection for dealing with customers as opposed to co-irkers, and some of the ones within ear-shot of me when I'm doing something like, say, dunning calls, will ask who the hell I am and what I did with the real me.

One of the salespeople I work with goes into what I call "little girl voice" when she talks on the phone. For whatever reason, she loses all ability to project and gets all squeaky sounding.

Then of course, there are the guys and their "chick voices." My brother does this, as does a certain co-irker who is also a real dog. I mock them both when they do it around me.

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[Hyena Dandy]

My accent tends to go on a world tour if I stop paying attention to it.

One of the people in the class I was in before I dropped it didn't believe that I'd been in the class, even though we sat next to each-other.

"But the guy next to me was Irish!"

[Andara Bledin]

Yeah, I tend to pick up accents, too.

Had one guy call from Texas once who refused to believe that I wasn't from his home town. At that point, the closest I'd been to Texas was during a flight to Chicago. And another person once thought I was from England because my Welsh co-worker had been talking to her family while planning a trip back to the old country.

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[Seshat]

* A guy pulled out his Swiss Army knife while I was ringing him up, then said he was looking for his scissors... he didn't get them out- I am pretty sure that's the first time I've seen someone give the impression of actively playing with their knife without actually opening it, which is kind of odd in itself (but legally a damn good move).

So he stuck it back in his pocket (I think), and started making snipping motions at me with his hands. I think I made a sort of "whu?" face, 'cause then he said he wanted to cut off my braids.

CUT OFF YOUR HAIR?

Oh HELL NO!