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Re: Reading the Phone Book

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Chrysi Cat <chrysicat@gmail.com> wrote in
news:xqXSy.18617$9H3.7417@fx44.iad: 

> On 4/22/2016 6:56 PM, peterwezeman@hotmail.com wrote:
>> The human voice can be enjoyable to listen to in and of itself,
>> regardless of what it's saying. A phrase that people sometimes use to
>> describe a person such a voice is "I'd listen to them read the phone
>> book." For me, one such person is Fiona Ritchie, creator and host of
>> _Thistle and Shamrock_, a one hour long radio program syndicated
>> around the world that, as the name implies, features Irish and
>> Scottish music (although they did at least one show on Viking music).
>> I listen to the program for the music, but I am glad to hear whatever
>> Ms. Ritchie cares to say about the featured artists, the Celtic music
>> scene, or anything else. 
>>
>> I would be interested to hear of any other favorite voices.
>>
>> Thank you in advance for any replies.
>>
>> Peter Wezeman
>> anti-social Darwinist
>>
> 
> Give me Keith David. Preferably his Goliath/ US Navy Voiceover voice, 
> though his natural voice isn't _bad_ either.
> 
> Also seconding Dorothy's nomination of Alan Rickman.
> 
> And let's add Pierce Brosnan (for whom I might conceivably get some 
> agreement) and Jerry O'Connell (for whom I /won't/ because he's too 
> young for everyone in here but me) :-P
> 

I find it interesting that most of the speakers nominated in this
thread are male. Perhaps this is related to the tendency to cast
males as narrators, but I'm not too sure on that.

pt

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Reading the Phone Book peterwezeman@hotmail.com - 2016-04-22 17:56 -0700
  Re: Reading the Phone Book Kevrob <kevrob@my-deja.com> - 2016-04-22 18:46 -0700
    Re: Reading the Phone Book Cryptoengineer <treifamily@gmail.com> - 2016-04-22 21:56 -0500
  Re: Reading the Phone Book "Brian M. Scott" <b.scott@csuohio.edu> - 2016-04-22 22:25 -0400
  Re: Reading the Phone Book Joe Bernstein <joe@sfbooks.com> - 2016-04-22 20:45 -0700
    Re: Reading the Phone Book Cryptoengineer <treifamily@gmail.com> - 2016-04-22 23:49 -0500
      Re: Reading the Phone Book Cryptoengineer <treifamily@gmail.com> - 2016-04-22 23:50 -0500
    Re: Reading the Phone Book "Sea Wasp (Ryk E. Spoor)" <seawasp@sgeinc.invalid.com> - 2016-04-23 10:08 -0400
      Re: Reading the Phone Book djheydt@kithrup.com (Dorothy J Heydt) - 2016-04-23 16:54 +0000
    Re: Reading the Phone Book 103134.3516@compuserve.com - 2016-04-25 10:04 -0700
  Re: Reading the Phone Book David Mitchell <david.robot.mitchell@gmail.com> - 2016-04-23 05:59 +0100
  Re: Reading the Phone Book Chrysi Cat <chrysicat@gmail.com> - 2016-04-23 21:52 -0600
    Re: Reading the Phone Book Cryptoengineer <treifamily@gmail.com> - 2016-04-23 22:58 -0500
      Re: Reading the Phone Book djheydt@kithrup.com (Dorothy J Heydt) - 2016-04-24 13:14 +0000
  Re: Reading the Phone Book Robert Carnegie <rja.carnegie@excite.com> - 2016-04-24 18:41 -0700
    Re: Reading the Phone Book djheydt@kithrup.com (Dorothy J Heydt) - 2016-04-25 05:49 +0000
    Re: Reading the Phone Book Robert Carnegie <rja.carnegie@excite.com> - 2016-04-25 14:25 -0700
      Re: Reading the Phone Book djheydt@kithrup.com (Dorothy J Heydt) - 2016-04-26 13:43 +0000
        Re: Reading the Phone Book Peter Trei <petertrei@gmail.com> - 2016-04-26 08:36 -0700
  Re: Reading the Phone Book Greg Goss <gossg@gossg.org> - 2016-04-25 01:22 -0600
  Re: Reading the Phone Book lal_truckee <lal_truckee@yahoo.com> - 2016-04-25 07:55 -0700
  Re: Reading the Phone Book Wayne Brown <fwbrown@bellsouth.net> - 2016-04-25 16:46 +0000
    Re: Reading the Phone Book Kevrob <kevrob@my-deja.com> - 2016-04-25 14:45 -0700

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