It’s not always what you say, but how you say it. The phonebook, an artifact of a simpler epoch, is often cited as a fair verbal test for the truly mellifluous. Ticking off a list of Polish plumbers sounds easy enough. But does it sound beautiful? Voicemails harken back to when people were unreachable. Out and about and nowhere to be found. A nice voice can make the caller forget the reason they were calling in the first place.
You can read the menu in silent desperation while the waiter waits patiently for your decision. Or you can belt out each ingredient like an opera star.
A great voice can cut through birdsong, propellor song and other examples of manmade or natural noise pollution. A great voice is not a voice of a single generation, but a voice for every generation. Leaf blowers, lawnmowers, chainsaws and many things not used by professional landscapers are no match.
Each piece of incomprehensible fine print is typically ignored by the average tax preparer. There are those who can utter any old piece of tax code minutia and render the room speechless. And not because of the temerity to claim extra dependents. Coming out the right mouth, nutritional facts can almost sound good for you.
Oh, and a great voice is also nice in the movies or on stage, too
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