Thursday 4 December 2008

Discovery: Youthful posher accents operate at lower frequencies

Whilst doing work with the free software Audacity, we discovered that music and voices at 41khz sound distinctly different at 48khz. It would appear that when you adjust the khz frequency voices sound a) younger and b) more towards a posher postcode. We discovered this playing U2's 'Stuck in A Moment'- when played at 44khz Bono's voice resembles a 14 year old, and a very well spoken one at that!

If we transpose this into real life one *could* say that some of Dublin's more posh accents are simply the norm, at a lower frequency. Other hypotheses welcomed.

It's quite hilarious really so try it out for giggles.

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