Heh, yeah, I always cringe when I hear myself recorded. Though what's really odd is that my mother and my sister and I all sound so similar. As in so similar that Mom and I were once entirely unable to figure out which of us had left an old phone message on my grandparents' machine. We never did decide.
We sound lower to ourselves because of bone conduction -- we're hearing more parts to the sound than get transmitted through the air because our ears are physically connected to the source of the sound. Notice how different people's voices sound if you have your ear against their chest or back while they're speaking? (Well, maybe you wouldn't.) Or if you put your ear down on your schooldesk, every noise which is made from something tapping on the floor or on your desk and whatnot sounds different and louder.
Re Cartwright, I may be misremembering -- I read the book a few years ago. (Tried to borrow it from Dad to reread, and he couldn't find it and gave me Rush Limbaugh is a Big Fat Idiot instead.) But as I recall it's because she doesn't own the character, and can't do unlicensed performances as Bart. Something like that.
We sound lower to ourselves because of bone conduction -- we're hearing more parts to the sound than get transmitted through the air because our ears are physically connected to the source of the sound. Notice how different people's voices sound if you have your ear against their chest or back while they're speaking? (Well, maybe you wouldn't.) Or if you put your ear down on your schooldesk, every noise which is made from something tapping on the floor or on your desk and whatnot sounds different and louder.
Re Cartwright, I may be misremembering -- I read the book a few years ago. (Tried to borrow it from Dad to reread, and he couldn't find it and gave me Rush Limbaugh is a Big Fat Idiot instead.) But as I recall it's because she doesn't own the character, and can't do unlicensed performances as Bart. Something like that.
