Japanese Speaking Club | Ken on Instagram: "How Speaking Japanese Changes Your Voice 👨🏻: I love pineapple on pizza! 🕶️: What? That’s gross! 👨🏻: What do you mean? 👨🏻: Ah it’s my boss. Give me a sec. 👨🏻: あ、もしもし、おつかれさまです。 🕶️: WTF (Woah why is his voice so high all of the sudden?) 👨🏻: はい、わかりました、しつれいいたします。 👨🏻: Anyways, pineapples is good on ANYTHING 🕶️: WTF Explanation When you speak Japanese in formal settings, it is polite to raise the pitch of your voice because it’ll make you sound

Diana Hadwiger | Business and Social Etiquette Consultant on Instagram: "Your tone of voice is a crucial tool in shaping how others subconsciously perceive you. Long before we learn a language, tonality is what we perceive—even in the womb—and serves as one of the earliest indicators we pick up on to understand people’s emotions as children. In discussions, the way you end a sentence with a high or low pitch can greatly influence the level of authority you project. For instance, if you tell your