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Post by Ace on Feb 18, 2006 12:59:29 GMT -5
Connery and Ford top sexy voice survey2/18/06 ACTING legend Sir Sean Connery and newsreader Anna Ford have topped a poll to find the sexiest voice in the country. Research among 1,000 adults by computer giant MSN Messenger showed that older people had the sexiest voices. Manchester United footballer Wayne Rooney came bottom of the poll, while Tory leader David Cameron was more popular than Prime Minister Tony Blair. Celtic accents were voted the most attractive, with East Anglian, Mancunian and Scouse among the worst. BBC newsreader Ford was named as the person with the sexiest voice by almost half the 500 men questioned, followed by actress Joanna Lumley. Women voted for Connery, followed by fellow actor Pierce Brosnan."We are more aurally sensitive and stimulated than we think," said behavioural expert Judi James. "Both women and men prefer a lower register and find deeper notes sexually attractive."
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Post by sparklingblue on Feb 18, 2006 16:08:37 GMT -5
No offence, but I tend to think that the younger Connery's voice was more attractive than the one he has now.  As for Pierce: I'm not surprised!  |
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Post by IcyCalm on Feb 18, 2006 22:58:20 GMT -5
Pierce has a voice like black velvet.
I notice a remarkable change in his voice, however, since the days of Remington Steele. I would describe Remington's voice as being FULL BODIED, whereas, say, Daniel Rafferty's voice is TEXTURED, it has aquired a reedy-ness. In quiet times, Remington could make his voice silky. But could Rafferty make his voice booming? In other words, could Pierce today sound like Remington?
Some people's voices change over time, while other's don't change a bit. I myself still sound like I did as a teenager. I wonder why this is so.
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Post by SaltheGal on Feb 19, 2006 16:22:54 GMT -5
Our accents aren't that bad  |
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Post by sparklingblue on Feb 19, 2006 17:00:01 GMT -5
Pierce has a voice like black velvet. I notice a remarkable change in his voice, however, since the days of Remington Steele. I would describe Remington's voice as being FULL BODIED, whereas, say, Daniel Rafferty's voice is TEXTURED, it has aquired a reedy-ness. In quiet times, Remington could make his voice silky. But could Rafferty make his voice booming? In other words, could Pierce today sound like Remington? Some people's voices change over time, while other's don't change a bit. I myself still sound like I did as a teenager. I wonder why this is so. IcyCalm Your remarks make me think of his appearance on Ellen: They were showing a Remington Steele clip and he said he hadn't understood a word he said. Too bad she didn't ask him to talk like that; then we would have known.  |
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Post by Ace on Feb 19, 2006 17:40:51 GMT -5
I think his RS voice was lighter and more chirpy, but then that was in character. He's also using less of his natural Irish accent when playing Steele and he hadn't been in America for 25 years.
Almost everyone's voice deepens when they get older or changes just because vocal chords change. He's also a smoker so that will deepen the voice as well. His voice is deeper now and more textured and yes sexier.
Connerys voice to me sounded sexier in his 50s than his 30s as well, and as Bond he supressed a lot of his Scottish accent moreso than in later films. His voice in his 70s is now weakening but it's still a great voice.
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Post by sparklingblue on Feb 19, 2006 18:21:38 GMT -5
"Chirpy" is such a cute word to describe his RS voice.  But you are right, that's what it sounds like. |
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Post by IcyCalm on Feb 19, 2006 21:40:49 GMT -5
I have a question for all you British-Islers. It has not to do with Pierce's voice, but rather his speech - his particular ACCENT.
I'm aware your charming group of islands boast as many different accents as our much more sizable US mainland. Even London has a broad range from cockney to the Queen's English. So where, in your estimation, does Pierce's accent fall? How is it called?
Discount the way this Irish creeps in when he gets excited (refusing to pronounce the letter "g" in all words ending in "ing." for instance). He must have been trained in classic speech in drama school, and he did spend from 11 to 29-ish in London proper.
Consider my question. ALso, does anybody know whether son Sean has speaks in the British way or does he hold on to his Californian patterns? The step-children?
I always wondered exactly what accent Cary Grant affected. I suspect it was all his own. In the words of Tony Curtis in Some Like It Hot, "Nobody talks like that!"
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But you are right, that's what it sounds like.