cape horn voice

chained_bear See also foghorn voice. Nov 14, 2008

super-logos A great cape, for us, can't be expressed in longitude or latitude alone. A great cape has a soul, with very soft, very violent shadows and colours. A soul as smooth as a child's, as hard as a criminals's. And that is why we go.

From the book, The Long Way, by Bernard Moitessier. Aug 27, 2008

chained_bear Well, imagine 26 or so 18-pound cannons going off on the gundeck a couple of times each. Then you try to talk to someone standing next to you. An after-broadside voice would be about that quiet.

The description here makes it sound pretty loud, but I would guess it's just the standard "I'm in artillery!"-level voice of someone who doesn't hear very well talking louder than necessary to someone right next to him (or her). (See Robin Williams in Good Morning, Vietnam for an example, or that guy playing Col. Alexander Porter (is that name right...?) in Gettysburg.) Aug 27, 2008

super-logos Exactly how quiet? :-) Aug 27, 2008

chained_bear I forgot about the after-broadside voice, which is a Cape Horn voice for those occasions when you aren't actually rounding Cape Horn. (it's a bit quieter) Aug 27, 2008

chained_bear *still wishing she could ever get to use her Cape Horn voice* Aug 15, 2008

super-logos a Cape Horn voice would be continentalstentorian. Aug 15, 2008

reesetee Or centastentorian.

But no, that would be 100 times louder....

*thinking* Aug 15, 2008

milosrdenstvi Making Capt. Aubrey distentorian, then? Perhaps supradistentorian? Aug 15, 2008

reesetee I'd wager a Cape Horn voice is as loud as one hundred men. Aug 15, 2008

chained_bear They say Stentor had a voice as loud as fifty men. Aug 15, 2008

reesetee I would say that if you sound as loud as a klaxon, then you're probably on the right track to using a Cape Horn voice. Anything less loud and it's just regular old bellowing. Feb 27, 2008

chained_bear You know, there has to be a difference between generic bellowing, and using a Cape Horn voice. I do bellow around my family--if only to be generally acknowledged amid all the obnoxiousity--but there has to be a difference between general family-style bellowment and Cape Horn voice. Feb 27, 2008

reesetee Well, I can't really use a Cape Horn voice in the office. It's deadly quiet. Then again, that may be a good way to shake things up.... *reconsidering*

How about around your family? You know, those people who came up with these at Christmas? ;-P Feb 27, 2008

chained_bear Aw, man, I can't imagine when I'd ever get to use a Cape Horn voice. The last time was more than a decade ago, working at a Renaissance Fair, when I had to be heard over the jousters and the kettle drums. Not even on those rare occasions when bellowing an order to the ranks, or shouting the next tune title over the snare drums.

Bloody hell. Now I'm mad because I'll never get to use my Cape Horn voice! *pouts* Feb 27, 2008

reesetee This is splendid. I aim to use it as often as I can in the office. Feb 27, 2008

chained_bear A very very loud voice. See mooncalves for a usage note. Feb 27, 2008