It's also before widespread use of corrective lenses and good indoor light. So it's not *as* ridiculous as it would be now. I can recognize some of my relatives by voice, but I can't *distinguish* them from each other. My aunt had to live in Ohio for 15 years before I could tell her voice from Grandma's on the phone. With most people living near their relatives, I'd expect less variation. (And projecting so the people in back can hear tends to flatten out some of that variation. It should not be a major plot point that voices sound different if the audience can't hear the difference over background noise.)
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Date: 2006-06-26 03:16 am (UTC)