Melanie Makes A Good Point

[Guest Lizzie McTrucker]

The segment of her videos that focuses on making certain words multi-syllable was spot on.

I believe her example was "down" v "dow-wwwn". I couldn't help but smile since I do that type of thing now without realizing it.

I also noticed in listening to talk radio and in my personal experience that a certain phrase can have a different emphasis on certain words depending on how often you talk to someone and/or how excited you are to see them.

"How are YOU?" (again draw out the "uuu" part a tad)

vs

"How ARE you?"

oh and I find myself sometimes over-enunciating the "T" in words like "left", "right", "correct" etc. I heard a female show host doing it so I thought "hmm, I bet that would help in the 'talking like a woman' department. "

and I think somewhere I ended up raising the pitch of my normal speech. I can get lower if I try but it's not my normal speaking tone now.

Just thought I would add my two cents to the forum. I was doing the Melanie Speaks video series and trying it myself and wasn't having much luck raising tone or pitch and at the end of the exercise I thought "I'll bet I'm looking for something I already found." kind of like when you're looking for your car keys and then realize they were in your pocket the entire time.

[Guest Lizzie McTrucker]

For some odd reason I thought I would work on my voice but then when I'd get out in public I'd go back to what I have been considering my female voice and ya know, I've talked to women on the phone and I've talked to women out in stores and it's really been a non-issue so I figure if it's not broken, don't fix it. It may not be a stereotypical female voice but it's not the deep male voice I used to have.

[TassieTiff]

Lizzie,

you have the sort of dedication that Guarentees success. You have the right attitude and an eye for detail. On top of that you have the "look" down Pat....Don't try too hard and it will all fall into place.

Regarsds, Tiff XOXOX

[Guest Joanna Phipps]

I have noticed one thing about myself, I am talking to men differently than I do to women. With men Im starting to be a bit more deferential (submissive might be a better word) with women I relate more as equals but a bit defferential since they are guests in the hotel I work at. It happened kind of automatically and having a somewhat submissive personality helps (it didnt as a guy but does now).

[Guest Lizzie McTrucker]

I have noticed one thing about myself, I am talking to men differently than I do to women. With men Im starting to be a bit more deferential (submissive might be a better word) with women I relate more as equals but a bit defferential since they are guests in the hotel I work at. It happened kind of automatically and having a somewhat submissive personality helps (it didnt as a guy but does now).

Amazing isn't it? I noticed that myself that when I talk to other women it's more like I'm talking with them and relating and sharing.

and naturally my conversations with women last longer than those with men.