Extra Blog

Just a short blog about technology and language! I was listening to a tape-recorded conversation that I created while working on my ethnography. A while ago I recorded a group having a conversation over lunch, and was on the recording a few times myself. What hit me while I listened to it was how different I come across from how I think I come across! Hearing my recorded voice, my tone is so much different than I imagine I sound when I'm talking. I sounded so much younger and more soft-spoken than I thought. It cracked me up hearing myself say "oh my gosh" and "ooooh!" and some of the other little phrases I say all the time. It was kind of cool to be more aware of what others hear when I talk!