Straight or Gay? Vowels in Speech May Give it Away

U.S. News and World Report Health ^ | May 20, 2011 | HealthDay

[2 Kool 2 Be 4-Gotten]

I think a lot of what they do is talk with clenched teeth which produces something that’s almost like a lisp but not quite. Not uncommon for women to do this as well. For a common reference point listen to Mary Matalin. She does this. Course it doesn’t sound gay when a woman does it LOL.

Why do they talk that way? It’s a tribal thing. There are tons of sub-cultures that talk a certain way and gay is only one among many IMHO. Try -

- Airplane pilots (they’ve all got that Chuck Yeager thing going on).
- Football announcers (Keith Jackson?)
- Anyone having anything to do with Nascar.
- Radio Announcers - different sounds depending on the format. For NPR btw see above - the males all sound gay to me.
- Blacks
- etc. etc. etc.

[Windflier]

Why do they talk that way? It’s a tribal thing. There are tons of sub-cultures that talk a certain way and gay is only one among many IMHO.

I think you're right. There's definitely something to that.

[TheDingoAteMyBaby]

Tammy Bruce and Portia Di Rossi, for examples.

[Gondring]

Dude, the references are real.

(Though I actually had meant to post this URL: http://nymag.com/news/features/33520/index1.html)

[dixiechick2000]

ROTFLOL!

You are so funny!

It’s so good to see you. ;o)

[null and void]

Tammy Bruce and Portia Di Rossi, for examples.

Jodie Foster for another.

[null and void]

Thank you. I had some stiff competition...

[dixiechick2000]

Ha! Stiff competition...lol!

You’re funny. ;o)

[a fool in paradise]

More junk science.

[a fool in paradise]

Does this mean pubic schools are also going to have to teach gaybonics now?

[a fool in paradise]

Manner of speech, as with clothing choices, are based upon social conditioning.

There are regional dialects (or “gay clique” dialects even) that are not at all genetic.

The more listeners emulate the speakers around them, the more they will “sound the same”.

You could do the same “study” in gangbangers and find that the slack tones in their manner of speech are different from someone working on Wall Street too “biyotch”. “idn’t tha so? are’ight?”

[a fool in paradise]

Anybody check out Obamas vowel sounds?

[fwdude]

And I thought it was the conthonanths.

[fwdude]

Good points. I had a boss who worked with a man for years before the man “came out” as “gay” and left his wife and family. My boss said there was a distinct progression of speech changes when the guy converted.... or should I say, perverted.

[massmike]

-The gay guys pick up that ‘vowel’ accent from watching too much Bravo TV - or maybe it’s a ‘bowel’ accent (sorry for the visual - in advance)-
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Zorro:The Gay Blade
Vowels
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wd3qkKpb0VI

[Slings and Arrows]

They don’t already?