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Apparently Abe Lincoln has a shrill, high pitched voice
Posted on 3/21/19 at 4:34 am
Posted on 3/21/19 at 4:34 am
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While many people expect that Lincoln must have had a deep, stentorian tone, Lincoln’s true voice was high pitched and reedy. It was this voice that Daniel Day-Lewis used to portray Abraham Lincoln in the 2012 film “Lincoln,” and which provides a close approximation of the real Abraham Lincoln’s voice.
A number of Lincoln’s contemporaries left accounts of his voice and speaking style. Journalist Horace White described Lincoln as having “a thin tenor, or rather falsetto, voice, almost as high-pitched as a boatswain’s whistle.” Others described it as “shrill” and “sharp,” which the New York Herald noted in February 1860 had “a frequent tendency to dwindle into a shrill and unpleasant sound.” For most listeners, however, the power of Lincoln’s words soon outweighed any discordant note in his delivery.
I’m having such a hard time envisioning this.
While many people expect that Lincoln must have had a deep, stentorian tone, Lincoln’s true voice was high pitched and reedy. It was this voice that Daniel Day-Lewis used to portray Abraham Lincoln in the 2012 film “Lincoln,” and which provides a close approximation of the real Abraham Lincoln’s voice.
A number of Lincoln’s contemporaries left accounts of his voice and speaking style. Journalist Horace White described Lincoln as having “a thin tenor, or rather falsetto, voice, almost as high-pitched as a boatswain’s whistle.” Others described it as “shrill” and “sharp,” which the New York Herald noted in February 1860 had “a frequent tendency to dwindle into a shrill and unpleasant sound.” For most listeners, however, the power of Lincoln’s words soon outweighed any discordant note in his delivery.
I’m having such a hard time envisioning this.
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Posted on 3/21/19 at 4:39 am to DavidTheGnome
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Posted on 3/21/19 at 4:34 am
Posted on 3/21/19 at 4:44 am to DavidTheGnome
Just watched a scene from lincoln on youtube..never would have guessed 
Posted on 3/21/19 at 4:51 am to SEClint
I’ve been up for almost an hour it sucks 
Posted on 3/21/19 at 4:54 am to DavidTheGnome
I find it similar to OP’s moms voice.
Posted on 3/21/19 at 5:01 am to DavidTheGnome
Was he of the reprobate mind?
Posted on 3/21/19 at 5:02 am to DavidTheGnome
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Apparently Abe Lincoln has a shrill, high pitched voice
Dude took a bullet to the dome 150 years ago and is still living. Impressive.
Posted on 3/21/19 at 5:09 am to LasVegasTiger
Well he has help
Posted on 3/21/19 at 5:10 am to DavidTheGnome
Please go to sleep.
Posted on 3/21/19 at 5:14 am to dyslexic
Nah I’ve given up. My back hurts and I think I’m awake at this point. About 2 o’clock this afternoon I’ll regret it but for now
Posted on 3/21/19 at 6:37 am to DavidTheGnome
I prefer to think of a deep booming voice coming from the ol' railsplitter.
Posted on 3/21/19 at 6:42 am to DavidTheGnome
Psst so did George S Patton
Posted on 3/21/19 at 6:50 am to DavidTheGnome
Many people think Barack Obama was the first gay president but it was actually Lincoln
Posted on 3/21/19 at 6:53 am to el Gaucho
You may be right
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The sexuality of Abraham Lincoln (1809–1865), the 16th President of the United States, has been questioned by some activists. Lincoln was married to Mary Todd from November 4, 1842, until his death on April 15, 1865, and fathered four children with her.
Psychologist C. A. Tripp's book, The Intimate World of Abraham Lincoln (2005,) described Lincoln as having a detached relationship with women, in contrast to a close male friend with whom he allegedly shared a bed (this was not an unusual practice at the time).[1] Dale Carnegie, better known for books on influencing people, wrote in Lincoln the Unknown (reissue 2013), that Lincoln chose to spend several months of the year practicing law on a circuit that kept him living separately from his wife. In 1928, a prominent writer[who?] had suggested that a close male friend of the young Lincoln was a possible lover, which was denounced as absurd at the time.
Lincoln wrote a poem that described a marriage-like relation between two men, which included the lines:
For Reuben and Charles have married two girls,
But Billy has married a boy.
The girls he had tried on every side,
But none he could get to agree;
All was in vain, he went home again,
And since that he's married to Natty.
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The sexuality of Abraham Lincoln (1809–1865), the 16th President of the United States, has been questioned by some activists. Lincoln was married to Mary Todd from November 4, 1842, until his death on April 15, 1865, and fathered four children with her.
Psychologist C. A. Tripp's book, The Intimate World of Abraham Lincoln (2005,) described Lincoln as having a detached relationship with women, in contrast to a close male friend with whom he allegedly shared a bed (this was not an unusual practice at the time).[1] Dale Carnegie, better known for books on influencing people, wrote in Lincoln the Unknown (reissue 2013), that Lincoln chose to spend several months of the year practicing law on a circuit that kept him living separately from his wife. In 1928, a prominent writer[who?] had suggested that a close male friend of the young Lincoln was a possible lover, which was denounced as absurd at the time.
Lincoln wrote a poem that described a marriage-like relation between two men, which included the lines:
For Reuben and Charles have married two girls,
But Billy has married a boy.
The girls he had tried on every side,
But none he could get to agree;
All was in vain, he went home again,
And since that he's married to Natty.
This post was edited on 3/21/19 at 6:55 am
Posted on 3/21/19 at 7:00 am to DavidTheGnome
Actually the reason he was gay is because he was a yankee
Posted on 3/21/19 at 7:03 am to el Gaucho
James Buchanan
Posted on 3/21/19 at 7:15 am to DavidTheGnome
Dude was a giant for his time. Freakishly strong. Basically did a 1000lb standing leg press.
But he's still a racist little bitch who tore this country apart and deserved every bit of what JWB gave him.
But he's still a racist little bitch who tore this country apart and deserved every bit of what JWB gave him.
Posted on 3/21/19 at 7:18 am to DavidTheGnome
Worst facial hair of any POTUS ever.
This post was edited on 3/21/19 at 7:18 am
Posted on 3/21/19 at 7:20 am to X123F45
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Dude was a giant for his time. Freakishly strong. Basically did a 1000lb standing leg press. But he's still a racist little bitch who tore this country apart and deserved every bit of what JWB gave him.
Posted on 3/21/19 at 7:22 am to jackmanusc
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Psst so did George S Patton
Yep, I've heard audio of Patton's speeches and his voice surely wasn't like the one George C. Scott spoke when he starred in the movie "Patton".
People who have never heard a person speak tend to put a voice in their heads of how they feel that person should sound. Patton's voice came off more like Wally Cox and had a real nerdy quality to it.
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