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Thread #75415   Message #1325797
Posted By: GUEST
13-Nov-04 - 02:00 PM
Thread Name: 'twee voices'
Subject: RE: 'twee voices'
My dear countess, you are missing the point entirely.

This isn't about who one knows, it is about the air of superiority with which one speaks about those whom one knows...

As I stated above, there are 2 similar definitions of the word 'twee'. One is specific to things associated with femaleness, one to things mawkishly sentimental, which is often gender neutral.

It is in the latter category where I would place the voices of Gaughan and Steele. Mawkishly sentimental describes their voices perfectly, IMO.