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Japan likes their cutesy little-girl voices.
by AdmiralAsshat 3mo ago
Japan likes their cutesy little-girl voices.
- Keyframe 3mo agoHow infantile then
- altairprime 3mo agoComparing our culture to others, women in the U.S. are raised to do much the same. Ask anyone woman constantly misgendered for not having a high-pitched woman’s speaking tone (e.g. pacific islanders) and they’ll confirm. Best not throw stones from glass houses.
- Keyframe 3mo agoI don't know, I don't live or am from US.
- altairprime 3mo agoWell, rephrased then in more literal speak: being less dismissively-judgmental and more observational will go a long way in this community.
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- Keyframe 3mo agoSure, I've been here for almost 20 years. It doesn't change a fact it sounds stupid. I asked two colleagues from Japan and they both agreed this probably wasn't done by a japanese person.
- vlian2088 3mo agothat's just how their women sound to us. cutesy anime girls are voiced by aunties over 30.
- kridsdale1 3mo agoSo are cartoon boys in the west.
- redwall_hp 3mo agoAs an addendum: Japanese isn't as all-in on pitch having semantics as Chinese, but pitch is very important. Words have "pitch accent" rather than "stress" the way English has, and overall pitch is strongly politeness-coded. Speaking higher is politer, and noticeably dropping your pitch is threatening. You probably would pitch-up when speaking to your boss, and people working in shops or restaurants nearly sing welcome/thank you for coming type things.
- kanbankaren 3mo agoHow would you pitch-up? Does the entire Japanese population learn these things while growing up?
- smilespray 3mo agoI think it's called learning to speak.
- kanbankaren 3mo agoDon't be smartass. My question was how to change pitch? Most people can't change their pitch unless they have been trained. I can't speak with the pitch of child or woman. Neither are most people.
- smilespray 3mo agoIt's all relative. Nobody expects a grown man post-voice change to speak with the pitch of a child.