How would you characterize this woman's pronunciation? Can you detect any specific regional influences in it?

[nipawomset]

Hello all, I have a cultural-linguistic question to ask of you. I'm curious how you would characterize this woman's pronunciation and intonation? Can you detect any specific regional influences in it? Does it seem to you that there is anything "off" about it?

 

[DGS49]

I hear generic American. Is he AI?

 

[nipawomset]

I hear generic American. Is he AI?

No, that’s a very real person, a professional voice actress. I was just wondering if she sounds perfectly natural to you, or is there anything difficult to place or jarring about her manner of speaking.

 

[Chuz Life]

Hello all, I have a cultural-linguistic question to ask of you. I'm curious how you would characterize this woman's pronunciation and intonation? Can you detect any specific regional influences in it? Does it seem to you that there is anything "off" about it?
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Other than my wanting to punch her in the throat for starting a sentence with "SO" her cadence seems a little off (over presenting sales pitch), given the context.

It's some sort of mechanical mount. Not a sex ed class to 6th graders.

 

[Admiral Rockwell Tory]

Other than my wanting to punch her in the throat for starting a sentence with "SO" her cadence seems a little off (over presenting sales pitch), given the context.

It's some sort of mechanical mount. Not a sex ed class to 6th graders.

So, why do you have a problem with that?

 

[Admiral Rockwell Tory]

No, that’s a very real person, a professional voice actress. I was just wondering if she sounds perfectly natural to you, or is there anything difficult to place or jarring about her manner of speaking.

You do realize that there are sales and training videos produced using AI using voice and actors to provide content? Right?

 

[nipawomset]

You do realize that there are sales and training videos produced using AI using voice and actors to provide content? Right?

Yes, I do, but - at least for the time being - I think I can recognize those quite reliably.

 

[Chuz Life]

So, why do you have a problem with that?

So, like, ya know, it's just. . . like, unintelligent and stuff?

 

[Admiral Rockwell Tory]

So, like, ya know, it's just. . . like, unintelligent and stuff?

So, you know what they say about people who do that, don't you? It gives you time to think of something to say without a long pause at the beginning of your statement or sentence. It actually indicates intelligence, rather than ignorance. It fills the silence. Ronald Reagan was known for using the word "well" to start his sentences when answering a question so it made him appear to be instantly ready to answer the question.

 

[Mack The Finger]

She is from Iceland !

 

[nipawomset]

She is from Iceland !

Because of the way she looks or the way she sounds?

 

[Mack The Finger]

Because of the way she looks or the way she sounds?

The way she holds her hands !

It is a national thing.

My friend from Iceland to me.

 

[Darkwind]

Other than my wanting to punch her in the throat for starting a sentence with "SO" her cadence seems a little off (over presenting sales pitch), given the context.

It's some sort of mechanical mount. Not a sex ed class to 6th graders.

So... You know people do that on occasion, right?

 

[Chuz Life]

So, you know what they say about people who do that, don't you? It gives you time to think of something to say without a long pause at the beginning of your statement or sentence. It actually indicates intelligence, rather than ignorance. It fills the silence. Ronald Reagan was known for using the word "well" to start his sentences when answering a question so it made him appear to be instantly ready to answer the question.

Reagan followed his "well" with actual intelligence in his following words. I can't say the same about most of those I see and hear starting every other sentence with "so."

 

[Chuz Life]

So... You know people do that on occasion, right?

So, like yeah... like of course.

 

[Admiral Rockwell Tory]

Reagan followed his "well" with actual intelligence in his following words. I can't say the same about most of those I see and hear starting every other sentence with "so."

So, you think it lacks intelligence? I find it indicates amazement that the question is inherently stupid for even being asked! But that's just me. Your mileage may vary!

 

[Admiral Rockwell Tory]

The way she holds her hands !

It is a national thing.

My friend from Iceland to me.

I do that and I'm not from Iceland.

 

[Mack The Finger]

I do that and I'm not from Iceland.

I'm willing to bet you have Icelander DNA in you.

 

[Seymour Flops]

Reagan followed his "well" with actual intelligence in his following words. I can't say the same about most of those I see and hear starting every other sentence with "so."

Correct, and I also am in agreement with the Admiral for once.

Saying "Well . . . " gave Reagan a split second to think, which was all he needed due to the fact that he was very consistent with his beliefs and not trying to change his stance constantly without appearing to ever change it at all.

"Mr. President, are you not concerned about women who will die in illegal abortions?"
"Well . . . there is a person whose life you are not concerned about in an abortion - the person being aborted."

Also, it is an actor's method that does two things: 1) it signals the audience to listen, so that the first part of the sentence is not lost due to a side conversation or a mental distraction and 2) it stretches out the actor's screen time in a medium in which a second counts.

The other actors complained about William Shatner speaking in choppy sentences for the same effect. "Spock. This is. A replica. Of Earth. Circa 1930.

 

[Admiral Rockwell Tory]

I'm willing to bet you have Icelander DNA in you.

I probably do. My Ancestry map almost exactly reflects the areas conquered by the Vikings in just about any history text. I recognized it before I looked at the areas listed by location. I am mostly English with a healthy dose of other northern European influences and Scandinavia.