Does anyone ever comment on your VOICE?

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All the time. I get asked to repeat myself all the time because I'm too quiet. It's really irritating.

Yes and it is very annoying. They complain that it "carries" or is too loud, and then they complain it's too soft. I'm taking a vow of silence if one more person says anything about it. I hate talking to about 98% of humanity anyways, so that won't be a problem.

Annabel Lee

apparently my voice carries too

its really deep and depending on the time i often mumble or shout

People at school make fun of my voice because it is often monotone, sometimes my family complain that I'm mumbling or tell me to lower my voice.

Last week when I was on the phone trying to make an appt for a haircut. The receptionist asked if I was at school? I said Why? And she goes cause you sound like a kid. Sometimes ppl ask if I'm from the South. I clearly remember when I was a kid "dumbing'' down my language because of ppl giving me funny looks.

My little boy is an aspie and we are from Australia with no American ties at all, however he speaks very loudly and with an American accent. lol

I've always talked too loud and too much. As a child, I over-enunciated... my voice had an almost spitting sound to it.

If I'm talking about something I like, or if I'm in a particularly happy mood, my voice gets very sing-songy and cheerful.

If I'm in an uncomfortable situation or if I'm being especially respectful or polite, my voice becomes higher and softer. Not necessarily quieter, but... "demure" is a word that comes to mind. Most people mistake me for a child if they hear that voice over the phone.

If I'm in a conversation I don't want to be in, I mumble, and my voice does become a bit monotonous. I'm incapable of faking an "engaged" tone of voice, even though I can fake the body language and the correct words.

If I'm actually in a foul mood or angry, my voice drops and takes on a more masculine, menacing tone. I sound COMPLETELY different when I'm angry than I do when I'm happy or sad, which tends to freak people out and make them think MPD. >.>;

I usually speak very quietly; I can't remember being asked to quiet down, only to speak up and/or repeat myself. Even when I think I'm being loud enough (it sounds loud to me anyway), I'm apparently still mumbling, whispering, and/or talking to my shirt. (I pointed out that my shirt didn't ask me to repeat, but they didn't get it.)

My voice tends to go up when I'm speaking to people I don't know, and sometimes I raise the end of every word in those situations. When I'm tired, my voice drops lower than usual.

I usually have the Midwestern American accent, but I must still pick up the Southern accent every once in awhile, as people comment on it (usually when I'm telling a story).

And for whatever reason, everyone assumes that I'm my mother over the phone. My mother and I sound nothing alike, especially on the phone.

I'm sometimes told that I talk too loudly and too fast. I jumble words together and can't seem to find the correct speed for talking to someone.