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"For people who only ever heard the same internal reading voice, this was usually their own voice, but it was often different in some way from their speaking vo
by 13of40 11y ago
"For people who only ever heard the same internal reading voice, this was usually their own voice, but it was often different in some way from their speaking voice, for example in terms of pitch or emotional tone."
I hear a voice when I read, and it's always the same one, but I don't think of it as my own voice. An interesting side effect of that is, even though I read posts from hundreds of people on the internet every week, they're all in the same voice, so I basically imagine all of you as, like, one person.
- fixermark 11y agoWhy is that person such a jerk all the time, right? What's their problem? ;) I have the "voice when I read" thing too; I've actually always thought of it as some kind of "true voice." I haven't perceived that it's changed since kindergarten (though, of course, change could be so slow that I don't notice it, since it's not like I have any external recordings to compare it against).
- 13of40 11y agoFunny about kindergarten: You just reminded me that when I was growing up, the voice would get mushy and garbled when I was reading cursive writing.