Straight or Gay? Vowels in Speech May Give it Away

U.S. News and World Report Health ^ | May 20, 2011 | HealthDay

[jmcenanly]

How many “straight” females wear flannel shirts, and have mannish haircuts? Another stereotype. Which brings me to this question: why are TV-show lesbians so pretty?
Who would tune in if they all looked like Rosey O'Donnell or Chaz Bono?

[April Lexington]

E nunciate! Bye the bye, is April Lexington referencing the first battle of the Revolutionary War, April 19, 1775?

BINGO!

[flowerplough]

The word “that”, stretched out ‘til it’s almost two syllables, that sounds gay to me.

[TheOldLady]

Isn’t old linseed married? With children?

[Disambiguator]

So, what's the reason they speak with a lisp? That's always been a mystery to me.

And why does it happen only AFTER they "come out?"

I think they have a super-secret finishing school they go to, where they learn "the talk" and "the walk" and the rest of the affectations of flamerdom.

[cartan]

It’s not exactly a lisp. It’s a distinct accent or something. I can’t describe it, but I know it when I hear it.

Perhaps it’s Austrian?

[Windflier]

The question never coalesced in my brain.

Really. Not once in your whole life did you ever wonder why homos talk so weird?

Now that's pure.

[Windflier]

This is an advantage to gays trying to make their orientation evident to other gays, so perhaps it's something in gay culture that's picked up.

I guess its an affectation they pick up from other gays. I doubt they grow up talking that way.

[going hot]

Nah, just assumed that they talk with a lisp, never wondered why.

I never wondered why snakes bite, either.

[null and void]

*groan*

[Windflier]

And why does it happen only AFTER they "come out?"

I suppose they don't know many other gays until after they're emancipated as young adults, then flock to their own, and begin picking up the 'culture'.

[null and void]

Anybody check out Obamas vowel sounds?

I plan on staying as far away from Obama's bowels as possible, thankyouverymuch...

[null and void]

dixiechick2000 ~ Keep up the good work...

Slings and Arrows ~ Will do, ma’am.

On this thread, you could have given the exact same answer if she'd said "Keep it up"...

*nully, ducking and running for cover*

[Slings and Arrows]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lindsey_Graham#Personal_life

Lindsey, you’re *not* helping.

[TheOldLady]

There’s the test for homosexuality. Just ask if the man is upset about the fact that linseed “ain’t gay.”

After all, he’s so attractive.

[kalee]

No, he is single and has said he is not gay, but I doubt many believe the not gay part. ;)

Graham has never been married and when asked by Robert Draper of the New York Times said “I know it’s really gonna upset a lot of gay men—I’m sure hundreds of ’em are gonna be jumping off the Golden Gate Bridge—but I ain’t available I ain’t gay. Sorry.”
^ Draper, Robert (June 28, 2010). “Lindsey Graham, This Year’s Maverick”. The New York Times Magazine. pp. MM22.

[TheOldLady]

You're right. I did exclude my </sarc> tag, but in posts from me, Slings and Arrows doesn't need it, LOL!

[Slings and Arrows]

Oscar Wilde had a wife and two kids. Grahamnesty is a lifelong bachelor. G-d, I love irony.

[kalee]

If he was straight, his Southern Mama would have been nagging for grandbabies and gotten them or only given up nagging for them when finally she realized he was destined to be “the eccentric uncle”, (the one who never married, but adored his nieces and nephews and would look after her in her old age, wink, wink).

[grey_whiskers]