What the hell is up with the little-girlie-voiced women in commercials?

[SeattleGirl]

I've heard several of them today, both on the radio and on TV. Grown women who sound like they're 12 and should be nicknamed "Snookie". Yeesh! Do ad producers think we can't handle hearing a real woman with a grown-up voice? x(

[bridgit]

1. they must be thinking that baby talk sells...

but i'd rather hear it from a baby x(

[SeattleGirl]

2. Me too.

[Maddy McCall]

3. I had a friend...35 year old woman...

Normal voice when she was around girl friends. But let her get in a group of guys, and her voice would turn all Shirley Temple-ish. And she not only spoke in baby voice, but she used baby words... It was irk-inducing.

Last time I saw her, her daughter was 11, and had already learned to do the baby talk to manipulate her father.

Gawd, some women.

[SeattleGirl]

4. Ugh!

I hate that! Teaching girls that the only way to get something is to manipulate and act like a little girl, even when you're an adult.

[Oeditpus Rex]

9. Sounds like Dad needs to cop a Marxist 'tude

i.e. Groucho.

In "Horse Feathers," the femme fatale (Thelma Todd), who was working for a gambler who'd bet on the opposing team, was trying to "charm" Groucho out of the Huxley College football team's signals. They were on a lake in a canoe, and she lapsed into baby talk:


"Is the big, strong man gonna tell icky baby all about the baaaad football signals?"

"Was that you or the duck? Because if it was you, I'll finish this ride with the duck."

"If icky baby doesn't learn about the football signals, icky baby's gonna cwy!"

"If icky girl keeps talking that way, big, strong man's gonna kick all her teef wight down her fwoat."

:D

[SeattleGirl]

10. ROFL!!!!!

"....big, strong man's gonna kick all her teef wight down her fwoat."

:rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :yourock:

[Oeditpus Rex]

11. And he added a pantomime kick

for emphasis. :D

Wanna see? I'll do a screen grab from the DVD.

[SeattleGirl]

12. Please!

I could use a laugh!

[Oeditpus Rex]

13. Okay, I'm an idiot

I have it on VHS, not DVD. :blush:



Oh, well — at least you got your laugh.

At ME. :cry:

[SeattleGirl]

14. Aw, that's okay.

:pals:

[Oeditpus Rex]

15. Well, wait

Y'know that clock I hung on the wall a few days ago? I said it keeps great time? Well, it does — but it chimes two hours later than it actually is.

I keep waiting for 14 o'clock. :crazy:

[Wapsie B]

16. I knew a guy who'd do that.

God that was disgusting. :puke:

[Wetzelbill]

5. I heard a woman in her mid twenties, baby talking on the bus

to her boyfriend. It was so bad that for an instant, I actually thought about punching her. Not that I ever would, but it crossed my mind. It was the most annoying thing I have ever heard in my life. "Dooo you wuv me, babeeee?!?!" "Don't beeeee soooooo meeeeeaaann!"

Ugh... :puke:

[SeattleGirl]

6. Yeah, I can see how that could turn a guy on -- NOT!

Not to mention what it says about the woman, probably not feeling secure enough about herself that she thinks she has to be the little girl to hang on to her guy. (And what does it say about the guy?)

[Wetzelbill]

7. he acted like nothing was going on at all

I kept hoping he would say something. Or pretend to be embarrassed. Maybe just tell her to tone it down a bit. He seemed immune.

Yeah, baby talk. That's pretty much the anti-Viagra. :)

[SeattleGirl]

8. Hell, maybe he likes it, or maybe he just learned to tune it out.

The anti-Viagra -- that's a good one!

[LaraMN]

26. I empathize- that kind of thing makes me feel violent, too.

It's truly nauseating.

[bbernardini]

17. What would you prefer, women that sound like Bea Arthur?

;)

[Deja Q]

18. They think this tactic to buy more Welch's Grape Juice(tm) will work...

:eyes:

Commercials actually do any good?!

[RFKHumphreyObama]

19. It's an international phenomenon SeattleGirl

Believe me, we have this in Australian advertisements as well -women either trying to sound like young girls or trying and failing miserably to put on some sort of sexy or exciting voice that instead makes them sound all the more irritating. It DRIVES ME INSANE and often forces me to turn off the radio or TV when the ads are on to avoid listening to them. But they seem to be EVERYWHERE and I find them SO ANNOYING. This is one of my major pet peeves at the moment

Whatever happened to treating your audience as mature people and with respect? To me, a lot of the time it just sounds incredibly rude to me

[buddhamama]

20. what the hell is up with little-girlie-voiced women?-

good question. i think we should put these younger sounding women through some rigorous training program to teach them how to be and sound like REAL Woman. let's get them smoking and find other torturous ways to make their girlie voices sound more mature. :sarcasm:

i am often mistaken for a kid over the phone. if i had a dollar for every time i've been asked, 'may i speak to your Mom or Dad', i'd be a wealthy WOMAN. i don't make it a habit either to talk baby talk when answering the phone, so i can only conclude i have a younger sounding voice.

one fact i am 100% certain of: I am a Real Woman.

snookie that.

[Guava Jelly]

28. You definitely are a real woman!

And I have heard your voice so i know this for a fact.
It is a softer voice true but anyone who talked to you for over a minute can easily tell you are mature and a very intelligent full grown woman!
:hug::pals:

[JoDog]

21. My sister/roomie does that

everytime anyone is being critical with her. I guess she thinks it will help her make people leave her alone. Or she has never learned how to act like an adult when getting feedback, no matter how constructive it is. I understand that she even does it at work!

One of the many reasons why I'm looking for a new place.

[Chan790]

22. I know...

it appeals to some men in very much the same way as a supermodel selling pick-up trucks.

IOW, it makes them think with the "other" head. The one that lacks a brain and acts impulsively.

[realisticphish]

23. in all fairness

A friend of mine has a real life little-girl-voice. She can curse like a sailor, but that's just her voice. It's actually caused problems for her, along with her short stature. She got hit on by the students at the middle school where she was student teaching

[mikeytherat]

24. We call 'em "Helium Suckers" or "Cartoon Voicers"

mikey_the_rat

[blondeatlast]

25. Yesterday I heard a mom talking to her kids in that voice--she talked to the saleswoman

in a normal voice. GAAAAAAAAAAAAAH!

[quiet.american]

27. It's pervasive today -- even 40-year-olds often sound fifteen.

No one wants to grow up? The end result of a youth-based society? An epidemic of immature people? I dunno.

[Forkboy]

29. They should all sound like Bea Arthur.

I prefer women that don't sound like Johhny Cash,tyvm. :shrug: