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About vocal feminisation and changes to accent. (lemmy.world)
submitted 2 months ago by Scott_of_the_Arctic@lemmy.world to c/asktransgender
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An acquaintance who I knew in highschool has since transitioned. Before publicly identifying as a woman she had a relatively neutral British accent with a some with a slight hint of Scottish. Since transitioning she has a full on lilting highland accent. Which i found odd. I have a similar accent to her original accent and decided to try doing a girl voice to see what it would sound like. And i too developed a strong Highland accent. Why? I was specifically trying not to.

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[-] renegadespork@lemmy.jelliefrontier.net 1 points 3 weeks ago

Voice training (specifically vocal weight) literally requires changing the shape of vowels to achieve a more masculine/feminine tone. It’s understandable that a perceived change in accent might arise from that change in pronunciation.

It could also be the result of the example they are targeting in voice training. Maybe the woman they want to emulate is Scottish, so she naturally took on her accent too. Our brains literally learn language by emulating other speakers close to us, which is why accents are regional to begin with.

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