September 30, 2007

Cough. Burp. Who is that?

Do you think you can tell who a person is by the sound of his/her cough or burp?

For example, if you're sitting on the john at work and someone walks in, and without seeing the person or hearing him/her speak, can you tell who it is if s/he cough, burps, or sneezes?

2 comments:

Ben said...

Uh ... nope.

Kevin said...

I think it should be possible however. A female's cough and a male's cough sound different. The air should still come up through the vocal chords, and you will still get different low and high cough sounds.

In some way, I think hawking a loogie should be distinguishable too.