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by Charlie Warren

 

Can we TalkCAN we talk?   (Put hand on chin like Jack Benny).  I'm not so sure that we can?  Did you know that there is a difference between how men and women communicate? Women talk, men talk too-uuuuuo, (pause), buuuutttt men talk diff-ER-ently.   Men talk more non-vocally like Tim the Toolman, (Urrph!), or maybe like the Fonz, (Haeee-y!!!!),

Let me show you an example.  Suppose that there were a group of out in the parking lot and another guy drives up in  a  fiinneee au-to-mob-ile.    Woo-Eee! You going to be hearing some of dis an' some o' dat, as the fellows, say, "whoaa", and "whoo-a", "whooooaah". Then they'll all just look at each other and go, "umph". 

Here let me show you what I mean in this example. A wife asks her husband, "I'm going to fix supper... because that's what we do in the South.  We fix supper, not that supper is broken or in need of repair, but we fix supper.  So the wife is fixing supper, and she says to her husband, "I'm fixing supper, would you rather have rice or potatoes?" "Umph", He responds. The wife, thinking that he hasn't answered, repeats the question, "Would your rather have rice or potatoes?" Again the man responds, "Umph". The wife says, "welllllllel"! "Umph", comes the reply. So, she repeats the question, "Would your rather have rice or potatoes?" So, the wife asks the third time, to which the man responds, "I already told you I don't care, whatever you what will be fine with me". The woman, by this time is mad as a wet cat says, "Weeeell did I marry a man or an An-i-maL".

(Talk with an Cajun Accent).  I just wonder if the females in this ve-erry rooom speak differently when alone with other fee-males than they do when with men. Somebody can bring in a small baby, and the females might gather around, and say, aaaahhhh, she's so precious. Well, the guy hears the aaah's and thinking that he has missed something looks over at dat baby, and makes a puzzled face. He looks at another male, and the other male shrugs his shoulders and says, the sounds that resemble "idono".

(Talk with an English Accent).

You see ole chap, that's my point. Men & Women do communicate quite differently from one another. A guy could come up to a cat and trying to be the friendly sort of fellow, might say, (change voice to Deep bass), "I Love You" (pause), (talk normal), and the cat would run away. (Talk with an English Accent). While quite on the other side of the coin, a female talking in coothing, soothing voice could say, (change voice to sweet), "I haaaate you softly", and the cat would purr. 

 And that brings me to another point. Why are there not a lot of female sports announcers? What if instead of Harold Bugg saying "BOOM-O", we could hear a woman saying, "Boooooom-Ooohhhh, that was such a good play". Or can you  what it would be like if we did not have differences in our way of talking.  How boring NASCAR race would be if instead of hearing, (Talk with an Excited Race Car Announcer's Voice), "Jeff Gordon is on Mark Martin's bumper, and as they come out of turn three, Jeff Gordon is making his move and dives to the bottom of the race track and blows pass Mark Martin to take the W IN ston Cup Championship Race for NineTEEN NINety EIGht.  Jeff Gordon is the CHAMP-i-on!  "BOOM-O". (pause)

"We see that men and women do say things differently, however, I think we are suppose to.  God made us to be a compliment one another.  What one lacks, the other one makes up.  There are times when a quiet spoken voice is appropriate, and there are other times when a deeper more masculine voice or even a grunt is enough.  We as humans need to appreciate our differences and learn to use them to their greatest potential."  Urrph!