Amir Blumenfeld's Articles

1 total in March 2006

  • Girly Phone Voices: A Doctoral Dissertation



    Imagine this scene: You and you're friends are in your living room. Video games are being played, alcohol is being consumed, pizza is being smelled. Imagine this scene: You and three friends are in your car. Fast food is being played, jokes are being consumed, farts are being smelled.

    But then, out of nowhere, a ringtone. Polyphonic, Monophonic, Megaphonic, it doesn't matter. It's all the same, really. Your friend picks up his phone (for some reason) and emits a girly greeting. The high pitch at which he speaks cuts through the usual low grunting your buddies emit. Yes, your friend is using what I refer to as a "Girly Phone Voice." The rest of you now instantly deduce, that on the other end of that phone conversation, is none other, than a dirty, smelly, girl.
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