I just phone-interviewed someone who’s a regular blog reader! Apparently my voice sounds nothing like people to expect it to sound. I wonder what people think I will sound like — very gruff, I’m guessing. (The truth is that I sound like a 13-year-old girl, I’m sorry to say.)
I told her about how when I first shed my anonymity, after about a year of blogging anonymously, a bunch of people were shocked because they’d thought from my writing that I was a man.
I find this all fascinating.
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When I heard your voice on your wonderful interviewing guide, I have to admit, I was also taken aback. You sound so sweet and not as "take no prisoners" as I thought. Then you semi-curse and I cracked up.
I didn't mean to make it sound like I expected you to have a man voice! I wouldn't even say gruff. I was expecting feminine, but a little deeper. Just slightly. And I'm basing that on your Twitter picture, not your writing.
Ha, I know you didn't imply you expected a man voice :)
One of my friends once told me I sound like "a child prostitute," so there's that too.
Hmm… child prostitute is actually a pretty good description. Kind of high pitched, but knowledgable. Wink wink, nudge nudge, say no more.
To be honest, I thought you sounded like Joan Holloway from Mad Men.
I heart Tracy Tran!
I had kind of imagined you sounded like this lady, only a little more… serious sounding.
Here is a video clip of her talking for Windows Media Player.
You are a woman?!
"…a bunch of people were shocked because they'd thought from my writing that I was a man…"
I'm shocked! I don't know what constitutes "man writing", but I thought you were a man too :-)
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p.s. I love your writing
I was thinking a 12 year old, not 13, but it's all good. I just realized the interview guide was probably the first time most of your people have ever heard your voice!
Pretty cool. :-)
Most people probably think this site is written by a man, because most people equate being a manager with being a man.