The sweet sound of monotone voices!

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The thing I like about monotone voices is I know I'm not being deceived or tricked by the 'honeyed ham' tone of a dramatic voice.

I like middling voices. that have just the right amount of emphasis where there should be. I read aloud a lot and I have an instinctual knowledge of what would require emphasis or not so it's doubly easy for me to pick out monotone voices and dislike them. A girl in my school has what you would call a monotone sort of voice, but even she has inflections and emphasizes certain syllables. it's just odd to me that i can notice that in a moment.

Absolutely! There's a person near me at work who talks like that. Every time this person starts talking, I lose all focus and start stressing big-time. Sometimes I just have to walk away for a while.

Their manner of speech seems to follow these principles:

1. Every word must have at least two syllables added to it.
2. Every sentence must cover at least two octaves in pitch, starting low and ending high.
3. Consecutive syllables must alternate between high and low pitch.
4. Squeals and giggles shall be used as punctuation whenever possible.

For example, a simple statement like "That's really good" comes out "(squeal) Thuh-AY-uts ra-EE-uh-LEE ga-OO-ud (giggle)". Argh, just saying that out loud upsets me!

I find monotone voices soothing. Very soothing. In fact, the put me to sleep...

Yes, that is annoying.