A Little Help From You Creative Folks, If You Please!

Sydewinder · Jun 21, 2009

Hi Guys,
Need a little help here – I’m looking for a metaphor or simile to describe a grating female voice. Like “Her voice was like nails on a chalk board”, only one that is not so cliché.

If this isn't the right place for my question I do apologise.

Thanks for the help guys!

Salis · Jun 21, 2009

Do you really need a metaphor?

"Nasal" works.

alleycat · Jun 21, 2009

"Her voice reminded me of Joan Rivers."

"Her voice had the nasal twang of a bad country music singer."

"Her voice was like that of a bullfrog, if a bullfrog could talk."

"Her voice had the coying sweetness of a beauty pageant contestant."

The Lonely One · Jun 21, 2009

And that's how she became, the nanny.

NeuroFizz · Jun 21, 2009

A cigarettes-and-whiskey voice is a cliche, but it gives an idea on how to (possibly) construct a literary description from personal characteristics or activities of the character, to double-dip--description of the voice and adding a little to characterization (or reinforcing it).

Red-Green · Jun 21, 2009

Well, I'm often told that my voice will cut through sheetrock. I don't think it's a compliment.

Cyia · Jun 21, 2009

A rough hewn voice with a bite like raw cedar.

Matera the Mad · Jun 21, 2009

bandsaw
burned my ears like a welding torch
mosquito whine
needs oil

Pesimisticus · Jun 21, 2009

"Her voice was like a million Fran Drescher clones all screaming in slightly different keys."

Nix · Jun 21, 2009

"Her voice was a persistent caw, like a raven that thought it was a nightingale."

And maybe something about wishing to share her "gift" with the world

Sydewinder · Jun 21, 2009

You guys are awesome! please keep 'em coming - these are great!

Dale Emery · Jun 21, 2009

Fran Drescher's squeeky sister.

Ruv Draba · Jun 22, 2009

A dentist's drill in a migraine.

A fishmonger's mother-in-law.

A cockatoo on a bandsaw.

A chalk-truck crashing into a blackboard factory.

An elephant-seal with a sinus infection.

School-bus brakes.

A crockery fight in a sawmill.

Dale Emery · Jun 22, 2009

She sounds like Gilbert Gottfried played at 78 RPMs.

Ruv Draba · Jun 22, 2009

A chalk-board, Thunderbird emphysema whine.

A fruitmarket, stockbroker nosebleed holler.

A diamond-saw, cement-shredding bagpipe drone.

A red-faced, thin-lipped, bug-eyed screech.

A tooth-ache, migraine bleach-and-pumice grate.

Apsu · Jun 22, 2009

Matera the Mad said:
mosquito whine

I love the mosquito whine.

{edit} I mean it's a great metaphor, not that I love to hear it.

Bmwhtly · Jun 23, 2009

Her voice bypassed my ears and instead went straight to the pain-centre of my brain and started poking stuff.

Calla Lily · Jun 23, 2009

Bmwhtly said:
Her voice bypassed my ears and instead went straight to the pain-centre on my brain and started poking stuff.

Dawnstorm · Jun 23, 2009

Her voice ripped through me as if I had run eardrum first into a bungee-jumping porcupine.

megan_d · Jun 23, 2009

Poor Fran Drescher.

Phaeal · Jun 23, 2009

Bmwhtly said:
Her voice bypassed my ears and instead went straight to the pain-centre on my brain and started poking stuff.

Oooh, nice one. Perfectly describes certain Rhode Island vocal types.

Phaeal · Jun 23, 2009

Dawnstorm said:
Her voice ripped through me as if I had run eardrum first into a bungee-jumping porcupine.

Another nice one. Ouchies.

JJ Cooper · Jun 23, 2009

How about that woman from 'So You Think You Can Dance'. More annoying, and more recent, than Fran.

JJ

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