Re: TRANSLATION: Grandfather and the dragon

On Sat, 17 Jul 1999, Sally Caves wrote:

> I'm going to try teaching by keeping my voice low.  No higher than
> low E or F.  And see if this reduces my exhaustion after class.
> And maybe, they'll strain to listen to me!!!  ;-)  I took speech
> long years ago, and have forgotten its best principles.
>
>
> Sally
> http://www.frontiernet.net/~scaves/teonaht.html
I'm always exhausted after teaching, no matter how low I pitch my voice.
I find sitting and meditating outside for five or ten minutes helps -- and
so does coffee!

My "teaching voice" is a little lower than my speaking voice, I think.  I
think it might be a subconscious attempt to establish authority for
myself, considering that I'm fairly young.

I do notice when stumbling through Spanish like the clusy oaf that I am,
that I speak it a tiny bit higher than English.  It's really noticable
when I say an English word (say, my name) in the middle of a Spanish
sentence.

--Patrick