Voices can transmit personality

To the editor:

Interests vary among people. Some can be surprisingly strange. Give it a thought, and you just might agree.

Did you know a voice can be related to one's personality? That is indeed true, believe it or not. That, in part, is what has prompted me to write.

Few voices, I feel safe in saying, are entirely natural. Many require practice to arrive at a preferred sound.

Not until I started watching the late movies on television did the sound of voices really make an impact on me. Today I feel it has practically become an obsession. I do find it interesting, however.

Entertainers in various fields today often find it difficult at times to reach a suitable voice. Movie stars find this to be true.

Orators often spend hours in making a talk impressive as well as convincing.

Many today use a voice quite different from their natural one.

A sales talk can serve as an example. Mary-Ann Maloney would say, "It isn't what you say. It's how you say it."

I feel sure of one thing, however. Joe Sullivan's dignified and polished voice is as natural today as it was the day he was born. And I bet it had a pretty good sound then.

PAULA E. KEMPE, Cape Girardeau