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I hate my "true" voice (as in voice recordings). Do you like your own voice? (sh.itjust.works)

submitted 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) by DeathByBigSad@sh.itjust.works to c/casualconversation@piefed.social

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So like... I tried to read one paragraph of the manuscript of my memoir... like just a paragraph of my "origin story"... and... I sort of expected it to sound dramatic like a movie character revealing their backstory...

But jesus christ I sounds like I'm still a kid lmfao... I mean as in the way I articulate the words... I sound like a kid/teen... and like not in a cute way, as in the "annoying kid" type of way...

I fucking hate my voice...

Do y'all like your voice?

I tried to record myself sing and ahhh its sounds awful... I cringe at my own voice...

I actually like my voice as the bones vibrate throught my skull, I hate the recording, the "real" voice.

Also I realized I sound so weird when I talk in English... my voice in Cantonese sounds a bit more "normal"... Mandarin is... has a "southern China" accent

But the thing is tho... I comprehend more when I listen to English content, I've been in the US since I was 8...

But when speaking it, I sound very weird...

Oh yea now I'm out of school and haven't really have friends to talk to in English and just hear Cantonese at home a lot... so I might've accidentally "acquired an accent"?

I didn't really record my voice before when I was still in K-12 when I used English more often so idk what my "real voice" sounded like back then, but now it sounds really weird...

Do you get an accent if you don't use a language often then try to talk in it again? Is that even a thing?

Idk if its an "accent" or if my voice is just ugly lmao.

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[–] balsoft@lemmy.ml 2 points 5 days ago

Yeah I know what you mean. I got used to my recordings in my native language, but I still cringe at how I sound when speaking English. I have an insufferable mix of accents because I'm constantly interacting with people from a dozen different cultures.

If you want to get rid of those feelings, sadly the only option is to just listen to yourself more. If you're into music, maybe even record yourself singing your fav songs, it will be even more cringe but you will get used to it faster IME.