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?

Nothing I'm afraid, this is all part of growing up.

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

This is what my friend Irene does with a new student. She is a speech therapist.

Great thanks I will, anyone else with suggestions please do post.

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Originally Posted by DodgyJammer

great thanks i will, anyone else with suggestions please do post.

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Please report back on how it's going. I have more suggestions.

I'm trying them now, but please post all your suggestions

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 and others by that author, Giant John, Alexander and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day.

Read these out loud, first alone and then to a child. Ask the child to critique your reading and vocal expression.

Look at this site for similar and additional ideas --

Speech lessons for improving communication skills

I'm not keen on children's books but OK :D

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im not keen on childrens books but ok :D

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I don't care. The point is the process, not the content. You want to begin this effort with simple words and sentences. :)