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Hmmmm, I think there is more to gendered speech than pitch or frequency. It's about subject and delivery. Anyone a fan of The Venture Bros.? Dr Girlfriend is a female character voiced by a male actor (Doc Hammer) Although the given voice is that of a woman with an incredibly exaggerated smokers voice; think patty and selma from Simpsons multiplied by each other. The characters voice is obviously male but the delivery is effeminate which is why it works so well. At least I always heard it as a very exaggerated voice of a woman who smoked heavily.

My take on the voice? Sorry, to me it's an effeminate male voice. I hear a british woman overlaid with Fez from that seventies show. In fact I was on a flight yesterday with a very obvious gay male flight attendant who sounded very similar to this. Think man's voice with a little helium in the air.

parent MisterTea 7 years ago

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