Sunday, January 27, 2008

Squeaking or Leaking?

If you encounter women who speak in a high-pitched, breathy, sickeningly sweet, accommodating vocal tone, run for your life! Women who speak to you in high-pitched, little-girl tones usually think they are being cute, girlish, and coquettish. This voice pattern usually reflects a great deal of inner hostility and passive aggressiveness.
If you hang around these people long enough, don’t be surprised to hear the pitch of their voice drop down a few octaves. Watch them spew forth verbal lava from their once-delicate mouth.
A woman’s high-pitched squeak can be extremely annoying and elicit a hostile reaction from others. I have witnessed this on several occasions. On one occasion, a squeaky-voiced store manager kept saying things over the loudspeaker until a patron screamed out “shut up, you’re getting on my nerves. You sound like a damn chipmunk.” Everyone who heard this bold man was in stitches. They felt the same way about her, but they dared not say anything.
When you hear the pitch of the voice (especially a man’s voice) rising, you may want to consider the veracity of what the man is saying. This is often a “leakage” of one of the factors that constitutes whether a person is lying or telling the truth.

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