[jmacusa]

Churchill had a good speaking voice but rumor has always abounded he had a stand-in doing his radio broadcasts. RFK was a horrible speaker, shows you how bad a Boston accent could be. Tone of voice alone isn't all there is to it. Good grammar and a good vocabulary are important as well. Two of the finest speakers of the English language in my opinion were the actors Walter Pigeon and Ronald Coleman. I don't know.. for me Serling borders on the monotonic, although his customary diphthong delivery usually pulled him away from being too monotonic. "Standing on the outskirts(inflection up an octave and hold)about to enter(drop and accentuate down/soto voce) The Twilight Zone''.

[2 Kool 2 Be 4-Gotten]

I’m actually talking about RFK *JR*. If you listen to this guy it sounds like he’s literally crying all the time - like someone just beat him up and took his lunch money. Apparently this type of voice is traceable to some actual disease or physical defect - not sure which one.