Dogs don’t have voices

Posted by Pak Guru on April 23rd, 2016 | 0 comments | EAP, IELTS, speaking, suara, vocabulary, writing

Moving on to look at the various factors irritating theatregoers, six include undesirable voice including sneezing, whispering, snoring, rustling sweet papers, mobile phones and coughing.

Indonesians stop and think the next time you want to translate ‘suara‘!
None of the sounds in the above example represent an attempt to ‘voice’ (v) speech or song, and so they are not examples of ‘voice‘ (n), they are simply examples of ‘sounds‘. Note that whispering, which is a form of speech, is nevertheless not ‘voiced‘ (your larynx does not vibrate when you whisper):

• Moving on to look at the various factors irritating theatregoers, six include undesirable sounds including sneezing, whispering, snoring, rustling sweet papers, mobile phones and coughing.

When you are sick with a heavy cold or flu you sometimes ‘lose your voice‘, so that people cannot hear very easily what you are saying, and singing becomes impossible. However, only humans can lose their voices. All other animals, vegetables and minerals simply make ‘sounds‘.