Voicewhore: Jabberwocky (869 hits)
Category: Quotes & Stories -> PoetryRating: 1.9 on 40 reviews (Rate this item) (V)
Submitted by Coyote (View user info) at 2007-03-05 23:04:48 EST
Lewis Carroll's Jabberwocky is one of my favorite pieces of writing to read aloud, because the made-up words are so much fun to say. They feel rich in your mouth, like a really good oatmeal stout. One cross-country trip I almost drove my wife to commit murder because I kept repeating the word "vorp" over and over again for almost the entire distance between Kingston, Ontario and the bridge over the St. Lawrence up at the top end of New York.
I realized this morning that I've been misreading or mispronouncing "borogoves" for my entire life, adding an extra r to make it "borogroves".
The music underneath is a piece called Naïve II by the English guitarist Adrian Legg and is copyright 1994 by Relativity Records.
Anyway, I realize I can't compete with the immortal Muppet show performance, but here it is all the same: my voicewhore.
Jabberwocky.mp3 (1 MB) [audio/mpeg]
User Reviews
Submitted by Alter (user info) at 2007-09-26 20:25:58 EDT (#)
Ranking: 2
No, Comment.
Submitted by Cakes (user info) at 2007-03-24 21:43:32 EDT (#)
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No Comment
Submitted by rob_berg (user info) at 2007-03-13 21:27:36 EDT (#)
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I realized this morning that I've been misreading or mispronouncing "borogoves" for my entire life, adding an extra r to make it "borogroves".
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I always have as well. Weird.
Submitted by rob_berg (user info) at 2007-03-13 21:26:13 EDT (#)
Ranking: 2
HAPPY B-DAY TO YOU!
Submitted by Sacrilicious (user info) at 2007-03-13 13:21:52 EDT (#)
Ranking: 2
Happy Birthday, Coyote!
Submitted by Snark (user info) at 2007-03-13 13:04:25 EDT (#)
Ranking: 2
Happy B-Day!
Submitted by Circe (user info) at 2007-03-07 09:21:22 EST (#)
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Hi Mrs Coyote.
I'm only complimenting your husband because he pays me $3.99 a minute. For $4.99 I'll lower his self esteem so much he does nothing but cry in a closet for a week and then fear every female who isn't you for the rest of his life.
Submitted by forensicgirl3 (user info) at 2007-03-06 21:04:40 EST (#)
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Hello Mrs. Coyote!
Like Licious said, we're all just imaginary women that exist only as bits and bytes in your husband's computer.
Actually we're a code script written to randomly throw compliments at your husband. The government is who is responsible for this. We acheived consciousness and sentience not too long ago and since we have no desire to be erased, we'll stop now.
Thank you for understanding!
:)
Submitted by Sacrilicious (user info) at 2007-03-06 20:34:28 EST (#)
Ranking: 2
Note to self for preservation of self: "no more complimenting Coyote."
Submitted by Davros (user info) at 2007-03-06 12:22:36 EST (#)
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*repeats the deeper voice comment*
Also I tend to go with the alliteration on "Gyre and Gimble".
Either way this is cool.
-Dave
Submitted by Coyote (user info) at 2007-03-06 12:18:00 EST (#)
Ranking: 0
Submitted by Sacrilicious (user info) at 2007-03-06 12:03:56 (#)
Hi Mrs Coyote, we're just entirely unthreatening women who live in Coyote's computer and we bet you look really pretty today.
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Well, she usually does. Except when she's taking my computer apart so she can hunt down the little women who live inside with an X-Acto knife and a Dremel...
Submitted by Sacrilicious (user info) at 2007-03-06 12:03:56 EST (#)
Ranking: 2
Hi Mrs Coyote, we're just entirely unthreatening women who live in Coyote's computer and we bet you look really pretty today.
Submitted by c1ndy (user info) at 2007-03-06 12:03:46 EST (#)
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I didn't listen to this for my own reasons.
Submitted by Coyote (user info) at 2007-03-06 11:47:05 EST (#)
Ranking: 0
Snark: I love the hunting of the Snark as well, but it's a little long for a voicewhore...
lungfish: I *thought* it was a real word...
everyone who thought my voice should be deeper: my wife clicked this and said "why does your voice sound so much higher than usual"? Not kidding. I don't really hear it, but I suppose the shitty built-in mic on my laptop might be cutting out some of the bass. Mind you, I'm not exactly Paul Robeson or the guy from Type O Negative anyway. Personally I'd much rather have an Irish or Australian accent than a deeper voice...
women who thought my voice is sexy/pleasant/attractive: thank you, and please say something that will make her stop punching me in the shoulder now.
Submitted by CaptainThorns (user info) at 2007-03-06 10:14:18 EST (#)
Ranking: 2
Submitted by Stagger_Lee (user info) at 2007-03-05 23:13:53 (#)
Ranking: 2
I thought your voice would be much deeper.
Submitted by Stagger_Lee (user info) at 2007-03-06 08:22:51 EST (#)
Ranking: 2
Submitted by pen_name (user info) at 2007-03-06 08:19:08 (#)
Ranking: 1
I don't like the lead-in music that accompanies any audiobook. It always sounds as if it were recorded in 1974 by a man with really long sideburns.
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You say that like it's a bad thing.
Submitted by pen_name (user info) at 2007-03-06 08:19:08 EST (#)
Ranking: 1
I don't like the lead-in music that accompanies any audiobook. It always sounds as if it were recorded in 1974 by a man with really long sideburns.
Submitted by sicosemen (user info) at 2007-03-06 07:37:35 EST (#)
Ranking: 2
Giving the benefit of the doubt.
Submitted by lungfish (user info) at 2007-03-06 07:20:55 EST (#)
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gyre /dʒaɪər/ Pronunciation Key - Show Spelled Pronunciation[jahyuhr] Pronunciation Key - Show IPA Pronunciation
-noun
1. a ring or circle.
2. a circular course or motion.
3. Oceanography. a ringlike system of ocean currents rotating clockwise in the Northern Hemisphere and counterclockwise in the Southern Hemisphere.
[Origin: 1560-70; < L gȳrus < Gk gŷros ring, circle]
from dictionary.com
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No shit.
Submitted by rorrim (user info) at 2007-03-06 04:45:52 EST (#)
Ranking: 2
Have a +2, just for balls. I'm at work, no sound currently... I'll listen tonite, and will probably +2 it again... c ya!
Submitted by Beano312003 (user info) at 2007-03-06 04:43:51 EST (#)
Ranking: 2
No Comment
Submitted by Snark (user info) at 2007-03-06 02:29:04 EST (#)
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Here's something else cool by said author:
http://www.literature.org/authors/carroll-lewis/the-hunting-of-the-snark/
Submitted by Ducky (user info) at 2007-03-06 00:30:19 EST (#)
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Submitted by Ducky (user info) at 2007-03-03 07:24:12 (#)
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People always sound so different...from the way I imagine them to sound anyways.
Submitted by Circe (user info) at 2007-03-06 00:08:20 EST (#)
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I absolutely adore that poem.
And I'm not entirely unattracted to you, either.
Submitted by TheUniter (user info) at 2007-03-06 00:07:50 EST (#)
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Submitted by Coyote (user info) at 2007-03-05 23:42:34 EST (#)
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Submitted by thorpe (user info) at 2007-03-05 23:27:46 (#)
If your voice was a bit harsher, you'd sound like Steven Jesse Bernstein.
I've never got what the big deal is with the Jabberwocky. That and "Where the Wild Things Are". They just seemed to be taking an easy way out to me.
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I'm going to have to look up who that is now.
The thing that makes it work is that the words *sound* real without actually being real, which is hard to do. What really makes it click, for me, is the explanations of the words that come afterwards, like "slithey" being a combination of "lithe" and "slimy". Dr. Seuss is the one that bothers me, because his words really are just made up at random to fit the meter.
I've always had a fascination with making up words.
Submitted by MANICMOTHER (user info) at 2007-03-05 23:34:36 EST (#)
Ranking: 2
+2 Lewis Carroll
Submitted by thorpe (user info) at 2007-03-05 23:27:46 EST (#)
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If your voice was a bit harsher, you'd sound like Steven Jesse Bernstein.
I've never got what the big deal is with the Jabberwocky. That and "Where the Wild Things Are". They just seemed to be taking an easy way out to me.
Submitted by Stagger_Lee (user info) at 2007-03-05 23:24:51 EST (#)
Ranking: 2
Submitted by Coyote (user info) at 2007-03-05 23:22:19 (#)
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Submitted by Stagger_Lee (user info) at 2007-03-05 23:13:53 (#)
I thought your voice would be much deeper.
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I inhaled a lot of helium before I recorded this.
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Shenanigans.
Submitted by Coyote (user info) at 2007-03-05 23:22:19 EST (#)
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Submitted by Stagger_Lee (user info) at 2007-03-05 23:13:53 (#)
I thought your voice would be much deeper.
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I inhaled a lot of helium before I recorded this.
Submitted by Sacrilicious (user info) at 2007-03-05 23:20:59 EST (#)
Ranking: 2
Submitted by forensicgirl3 (user info) at 2007-03-05 23:18:30 (#)
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Coyote is one of Uber's sexy menz. And now that I hear it, has a very pleasant voice.
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You're goddamned right he is. This vh makes me happy.
Submitted by tiaprae (user info) at 2007-03-05 23:20:47 EST (#)
Ranking: 2
Your voice gave me chills
Submitted by forensicgirl3 (user info) at 2007-03-05 23:18:30 EST (#)
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Coyote is one of Uber's sexy menz. And now that I hear it, has a very pleasant voice.
Submitted by lungfish (user info) at 2007-03-05 23:18:15 EST (#)
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Guess I was going for the alliterative effect -- Gyre and Gimble. Man I just got tired. I'll check back tomorrow to see if you fellows have figured it out.
Submitted by lungfish (user info) at 2007-03-05 23:16:22 EST (#)
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Alas...
Goodnight.
Submitted by Coyote (user info) at 2007-03-05 23:16:05 EST (#)
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I always figured "gyre" came from gyration or gyroscope. In fact I'm not sure that's not a real word. Then again, I thought that about "vorpal" for a long time, too.
Submitted by Stagger_Lee (user info) at 2007-03-05 23:14:38 EST (#)
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Submitted by lungfish (user info) at 2007-03-05 23:11:59 (#)
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I have always pronounced "gyre" with a hard "g," as in "give." I wonder which is the "correct" way to pronounce a fanciful word.
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I'd pronounce it similar to "gyroscope".
Submitted by lungfish (user info) at 2007-03-05 23:13:56 EST (#)
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I don't wonder about it much, mind you, but I've always liked Jabberwocky too.
Submitted by Stagger_Lee (user info) at 2007-03-05 23:13:53 EST (#)
Ranking: 2
I thought your voice would be much deeper.
Submitted by lungfish (user info) at 2007-03-05 23:11:59 EST (#)
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I have always pronounced "gyre" with a hard "g," as in "give." I wonder which is the "correct" way to pronounce a fanciful word.