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DodgyJammer
Aug 25, 2012, 05:50 AM
Hi I'm a 14yr old boy, I don't drink or take drugs but I have a deep and boring voice. I've been told its deep and having listened to it, it is. I'm embarrassed to talk aloud in front of people, some of my classmates laughed/sniffled when I did a presentation one time. I was at subway and had to repeat my order twice because they couldn't understand me. I hate my voice so much, what can I do?
Curlyben
Aug 25, 2012, 08:14 AM
Nothing I'm afraid, this is all part of growing up.
Wondergirl
Aug 25, 2012, 08:27 AM
It isn't because it is deep. Deep voices are sexy to girls.
Apparently, you are sloppy in how you say words. Maybe you talk too fast (nervousness?).
Google to find a page of tongue twisters. Print it out. Every day, twice a day, go to a quiet place and slowly read the tongue twisters out loud and like you are telling someone the tongue twisters (make them sound interesting). Do it facing a mirror so you see your face. Watch how your expression is. Watch how your lips move.
After two weeks, do the same for another week but not in front of a mirror, but with a good friend or your mother or someone you trust. Ask for an evaluation of your speaking.
Here are some tongue twisters to get you started --
English Tongue Twisters | 1st International Collection of Tongue Twisters (http://www.uebersetzung.at/twister/en.htm)
This is what my friend Irene does with a new student. She is a speech therapist.
DodgyJammer
Aug 25, 2012, 10:21 AM
Great thanks I will, anyone else with suggestions please do post.
Wondergirl
Aug 25, 2012, 10:41 AM
great thanks i will, anyone else with suggestions please do post.
Please report back on how it's going. I have more suggestions.
DodgyJammer
Aug 26, 2012, 12:25 PM
I'm trying them now, but please post all your suggestions
Wondergirl
Aug 26, 2012, 12:38 PM
Go to the library and check out a bunch of children's picture books, the kind that have an illustration on each page and a sentence or two under each illustration. Good choices would be If You Give a Pig a Pancake (http://www.amazon.com/If-You-Give-Pig-Pancake/dp/0060266864) and others by that author, Giant John (http://www.amazon.com/Giant-John-Arnold-Lobel/dp/0805082956/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1346009533&sr=1-1&keywords=giant+john), Alexander and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day (http://www.amazon.com/Alexander-Terrible-Horrible-Good-Very/dp/1416985956/ref=sr_1_fkmr0_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1346009781&sr=1-1-fkmr0&keywords=alexanders+hrrible+no+good+very+b0ad+0day Amazon.com:Alexander and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day (9781416985952): Judith Viorst, Ray Cruz: Books).
Read these out loud, first alone and then to a child. Ask the child to critique your reading and vocal expression.
Wondergirl
Aug 26, 2012, 02:17 PM
Look at this site for similar and additional ideas --
Speech lessons for improving communication skills (http://sbinfocanada.about.com/od/speakforsuccesscourse/Speak_For_Success_Course.htm)
DodgyJammer
Aug 27, 2012, 07:19 AM
I'm not keen on children's books but OK :D
Wondergirl
Aug 27, 2012, 07:41 AM
im not keen on childrens books but ok :D
I don't care. The point is the process, not the content. You want to begin this effort with simple words and sentences. :)