Well, my diction has improved a LOT in recent years thanks to British osmosis. :)
I dunno, apart from myself I think I mainly remember boys being criticised for inarticulation, if not speed; 'you're talking too fast' seems to be directed at enthusiastic people regardless of gender. 'Too loud' might be more commonly aimed at girls, but higher frequencies are perceived as louder even when actual decibel levels are the same* so they may legitimately and objectively be perceived as louder even without taking gender bias into play, especially when you bring bright American vowels into it. I certainly remember hearing high school boys asked to speak up, and more clearly.
* Just as light at the blue end of the spectrum is more energetic than red – if higher pitches were blasted at the same level as bass, in a passing car with a souped-up stereo system, we'd all go deaf.
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Date: 2017-09-25 09:39 pm (UTC)I dunno, apart from myself I think I mainly remember boys being criticised for inarticulation, if not speed; 'you're talking too fast' seems to be directed at enthusiastic people regardless of gender. 'Too loud' might be more commonly aimed at girls, but higher frequencies are perceived as louder even when actual decibel levels are the same* so they may legitimately and objectively be perceived as louder even without taking gender bias into play, especially when you bring bright American vowels into it. I certainly remember hearing high school boys asked to speak up, and more clearly.
* Just as light at the blue end of the spectrum is more energetic than red – if higher pitches were blasted at the same level as bass, in a passing car with a souped-up stereo system, we'd all go deaf.