indoor voice

[jasonlulu_2000]

George Prochnik would like would like the world to put a sock in it. He makes his case in a new book,Listenning for Meaning in a World of Noise. Here he explains himself (using his indoor voice)

What does "indoor voice" mean?

Jason

 

[emsr2d2]

It's not a term I'm familiar with so I would guess that it's a term from the book.

 

[Rover_KE]

Parents of small children often use the term indoor voice when they want them to stop shouting.

Rover

 

[BobK]

George Prochnik would like would like the world to put a sock in it. He makes his case in a new book,Listen[STRIKE]n[/STRIKE]ing for Meaning in a World of Noise. Here he explains himself (using his indoor voice)

What does "indoor voice" mean?

Jason

Do you understand the idiom 'put a sock in it' (which refers to the nearest thing to volume control on an old gramophone with a horn)? If you did, you would probably have been able to guess.

b