Why is everyone talking at once?

Call me old fashioned, but I want to hear what other people have to say, which is why I hate it when I hear voices talking over each other.  It’s disrespectful.  It’s impolite.  It’s deafening. But, of course, that’s the point.  Those voices don’t want to hear other voices.  They think theirs is the only…

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How to describe a voice

Is it high, low, rough, smooth, creaky, musical, or child-like? Does it have an accent? Think about it.  If you were describing the sound of your voice, what words would you use?  What does your husband’s voice sound like?  Your father’s?  That of the little boy next door? And Brian Williams, on whose every word…

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