first podcast: No Beloved Sister

[kattahj]

I went on a shopping spree today (note to self: next time, don't start by buying 11 glassware dinner plates and having to haul them around town) and among other things bought a new headset, since Daisy chewed through the last two

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[catecumen]

I'm catecumen on Skype, although I'm not on very often.

[kattahj]

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[kattahj]

*g* I'll look forward to it!

[kattahj]

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[sarcasticwriter]

*just finished listening to podcast*

Wow. That was...not what I was expecting.

This is going to sound idiotic, but your writing style has never struck me as feminine, so I was quite startled to hear how obviously female you sounded. I mean, I know you're a woman, of course, but it's disconcerting to hear how sweet and gentle your voice is.

Also, your delivery was polished and overall very lovely. As a performance piece, it was better than most Americans could do reading their own work in their native tongue.

[kattahj]

I mean, I know you're a woman, of course, but it's disconcerting to hear how sweet and gentle your voice is.

*grin* Tell me about it. It surprises me too, every time I hear myself on the answering machine - or on this podcast, indeed.

At least you chose the terms "sweet and gentle" rather than "girly". :-)

Also, your delivery was polished and overall very lovely. As a performance piece, it was better than most Americans could do reading their own work in their native tongue.

Thank you! It was harder than I thought it would be, trying to sound natural while reading out loud in English. There's this brief moment of disconnect between brain and tongue that isn't there in Swedish - and, for that matter, isn't always there when I write!

[sarcasticwriter]

At least you chose the terms "sweet and gentle" rather than "girly"

Huh..."girly" never even occurred to me. Your voice doesn't sound like that of a frivolous or silly person, which is what "girly" sort of implies.

There's this brief moment of disconnect between brain and tongue that isn't there in Swedish - and, for that matter, isn't always there when I write!

Well, I couldn't hear it. The only criticism I might offer is that your pacing was a little fast, and that the tone of your voice tended to sort of "roll downhill" on many sentences, going from a higher tone to a lower - I'm not sure if that's a function of spoken Swedish or the nature of the performance.

But seriously, that's pretty nitpicky.

[kattahj]

Huh..."girly" never even occurred to me. Your voice doesn't sound like that of a frivolous or silly person, which is what "girly" sort of implies.

I was thinking mostly in the sense of "I sound like a giiiiirl!"

I would love to sound like Lauren Bacall, but alas, it is not for me. :-)

The only criticism I might offer is that your pacing was a little fast

Noted!

and that the tone of your voice tended to sort of "roll downhill" on many sentences, going from a higher tone to a lower

I hadn't thought of this, but I suspect it's a local thing. I have mostly escaped the accent of my province, but have certain hints of it, and one of those things is a tendency to, as you say, go lower at the end of a sentence. Huh. Well, if I practice my spoken English some more, maybe it will go away.