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The sound of voice is largely a result of things happening behind the mouth, in the throat. I think most of what people refer to when they say mouth noises is lips and cheeks.


I thought that only vowels were considered to be "throat" sounds, and that most consonants came from the mouth? I guess a lot of them from tongue and teeth (like "s", and "t"), but I'm not sure how I could make an "m" or a "p" sound without using my lips


When you make a noise from the voicebox, the noise is what's heard. It's modulated by the lips and tongue but the lips and tongue don't add noises, they just envelope them.

You have a point about "s" and "th" which is a whistling between tongue and palate.


Munching sounds, those can... Be distracting. Some super sensitive microphones seem to pick up those a lot more than a human ear


Your username is hilariously appropriate for someone commenting on what the most significant part of human speech is!




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