Feel the voice

I don’t know what to call this. I don’t know whether this is happening to everyone. I don’t know if there is a medical tem for this. All I know is that I am feeling a person’s voice.

I read a number of blog posts, mails, text messages daily. I have a weird feeling of reading these in the other person’s voice. When I get acquainted with a person, I keenly watch how the person speaks and try to feel his voice. For example, when Umesh writes something new, I read it in his voice. I feel as if he is explaining in his own voice with his strong Mallu accent. Like….

Therrrrrrrrr  is a Fundaaaaaaaaah in this.

The other day, I got a text message, a teaser, from a good friend. I really enjoyed it and laughed for minutes together. Thinking about it later, I found that I was feeling the voice of the sender and reading the message. So, it made such a difference to a normal teaser message. Was discussing the same with her, over chat, and found that this is the first time she is hearing of something called ” feeling the voice “. After a week or so, she told me that she also started feeling the voice. ;-)

This does not happen with people I have not spoken to in person. Is this something weird? Is this because I was doing a bit of mimicry earlier? Someone please explain.

Disclaimer :- The mentioning of the words Mallu accent does not mean that I have grudge towards people of any region in particular. Remember that my english accent is tamilish. :-P

6 Responses to “Feel the voice”


  • I think this is because you have seen the movie mozhi in which the hero prithviraj hears the voice of jo. :mrgreen:

    jokes apart. I think this happens with everyone. when I read your post I could hear you narrating it for me. But while I was typing the reply for the post i could hear my own voice just like replying to you over phone. Can you hear your own voice while typing the reply for this comment? :?:

  • Hmmmm! When I can feel the other person’s voice, it goes without saying that I feel mine. :grin: And by the way, have you felt this before or my post rang the bell? :idea:

  • I have felt it before. But i didnt experiment on it as i thought it usually happens with all. :wink:

  • Hi Karthick,
    :grin: nice to be back here.
    Feeling the voice is experienced by everyone.This phenomenon is called “Thought Pacing”.When reading the script of an acquainted person, your right brain is at work.Right brain is where our creativity is involved.We improvise those scripts and bring a life to it. :grin: When u are reading a news paper / book (where u dono the voice of the author) ur left brain does the work by narrating it in ur inner voice.Intresting na :smile:

  • Badri,
    Great inputs and realy interesting. There is a beautiful article on thought pacing. The article also explains me the use of ellipses (the three dots…). :grin: By the way, was showing your comments to my friend and the next moment she asked me was, ” Is Badri a psychotherapist or something? ” :shock:

  • :smile: I wish to be one, and I can charge more than US dentist :wink:

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