Susan's Place Transgender Resources

Okay, I have good and bad news about my voice. The good news is I can do a PERFECT female voice. The bad news is I can only do it with a British accent.

The problem with this is I was born and live in the US, and as far back as I know there are no British people in my family, so some random British accent would be a bit odd. My American version absolutely sucks LOL.

So, should I move to London or something, or...? Lol

iiMTF

Go with it and just tell people you watch a lot of Dr Who.

American guys live British accents / it adds to the mystique so enjoy it. >:-)

Quote from: Monkeymel on September 01, 2014, 01:03:48 AM
American guys live British accents / it adds to the mystique so enjoy it. >:-)

There's no such thing as a British accent.  Accents change pretty much every 20 miles or so - meaning there are MANY different British accents just in England alone!

As an example, the area I'm from sounds nothing like the usual accent that Americans think of!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tAt77z10CL8 (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tAt77z10CL8)

I have lived all over the UK and my British accent has changed so much over the years that the people I work with have no idea that I originally came from a far flung part of the UK with a very regionalised British accent unless I tell them (usually to much disbelief). When I return back to that part of the UK I have to try very hard to speak in my original accent, in order to not raise too many eyebrows.

Strangely enough, when I practise my fem voice I sometimes sound like an American valley girl with the inflections and change of pitch in the voice.

It took me twice as much effort to speak my "new" voice in my native language than to speak it in English. So there must be sth to it :)

Quote from: crowcrow223 on September 01, 2014, 01:47:38 AM
It took me twice as much effort to speak my "new" voice in my native language than to speak it in English. So there must be sth to it :)

Lol, the other way around for me :). I can pull off neutral, but very leaning towards female voice in my native language, but when switching to English, it gets too nasal for some reason. I also noticed that it is much easier to isolate "chest voice" than remove that nasal sounding...

Quote from: iiMTF on September 01, 2014, 12:05:36 AM
Okay, I have good and bad news about my voice. The good news is I can do a PERFECT female voice. The bad news is I can only do it with a British accent.

iiMTF

If you can say "Aluminium" and "Nuclear" the way it is spelled, I would not worry. I would call it progress.  :P

Quote from: nikkit72 on September 01, 2014, 06:15:16 AM
If you can say "Aluminium" and "Nuclear" the way it is spelled, I would not worry. I would call it progress.  :P

I can say "Nuclear", but I can't say "Aluminium" xD

iiMTF

Quote from: Kaylee on September 01, 2014, 01:11:50 AM
There's no such thing as a British accent.  Accents change pretty much every 20 miles or so - meaning there are MANY different British accents just in England alone!

As an example, the area I'm from sounds nothing like the usual accent that Americans think of!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tAt77z10CL8 (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tAt77z10CL8)

Okay, then it that case, I can do one of many, many, many "British" accents. xD

iiMTF

I can relate, I can't do my female voice without putting on a Canadian accent but I love it and I think it's awesome. :) Don't worry what others think even if it's weird or different, just be you!