MetaFilter posts tagged with talking

Duncan can't have his cake and eat it, too.

not_on_display — Mon, 24 Aug 2009 13:34:50 -0800

"My name's Duncan. I was just a lonely 13-year-old with a rapid aging disease until I met..." Cakey! The Cake from Outer Space! [ episode 2 • 3 • 4 • 5 • 6 • 7 ; each episode 4-5 minutes. Borderline NSFW. Must like talking cake. ]

I'm just an animal.

miss lynnster — Fri, 24 Jul 2009 13:21:59 -0800

This Must Be The Place. For fans of The Talking Heads and American Psycho. NSFW.

I hear the secrets that you keep...

damn dirty ape — Mon, 02 Feb 2009 17:11:47 -0800

Rich Jones has been told that he talks in his sleep quite a bit. The next logical step, of course, was to record his sleep talk and post it on the web.

The name of this post is Talking Heads.

nebulawindphone — Fri, 28 Nov 2008 15:19:42 -0800

The Waseda Talker has been turning heads (har har) lately. It's a mechanical simulation of the human vocal tract, from the motion of its synthetic lips down to the hypnotic undulation of its rubbery vocal folds (compare the genuine article here). Think this is new? Well, these days we do most of this stuff electronically — but talking simulacra have a long and weird history, starting back when electronic synthesizers were just a pipe dream. Here's a talking pair of bellows from 1791, and a head you can play like a trumpet as recently as 1937. The granddaddy of 'em all are the Kratzenstein resonators (not Frankenstein, Kratzenstein!) from 1779. Make your own with pipe insulation and a duck call.

puppy love

nickyskye — Sun, 21 Jan 2007 14:16:25 -0800

Talking dogs. I love you pug. Smart pooch. [all videos]

Trashtalking - German Style

gregb1007 — Sun, 23 Nov 2003 22:07:22 -0800

Trashtalking - German Style. Forget talking dolls, Berlin's speechifying its trash cans to thank pedestrians after they dump their litter. But is it appropriate to have immaterial things tell you how to use them? [More Inside]

Quiet Party

hammurderer — Thu, 24 Apr 2003 11:53:05 -0800

Come to the Quiet Party. No loud music, no yelling, no cell phones and one designated area where there is no talking AT ALL!!

jeb — Tue, 30 Apr 2002 13:44:19 -0800

Spanish dogs say "guau guau". Did you ever read comics or something in a language other than your cradle tongue and notice that onomatopoetic words, particularly for animal sounds, are different in different languages? This webpage has animal sounds from loads of languages, organized by language and animal. Indonesian dogs say "gonggong".

bwg — Fri, 27 Apr 2001 08:48:14 -0800

Motorists who park in disabled spaces are to be shamed into moving by a talking meter
it's a good idea, but sad that able-bodied people still park in handicapped spaces.

perhaps it would work better if the meter announced, "if you aren't disabled when you park here, you will be when you leave."