What’s more annoying: Julia Gillard’s voice or a vuvuzela?

Jacquie Butterfield says:

08:08pm | 24/06/10

Laughing too much at the idea to comment.  Give me a moment.

Lin says:

08:17pm | 24/06/10

Can’t decide, but lucky for us we only have to listen to either for a month or so….

Phil says:

08:23pm | 24/06/10

David I will take the Vuvuzela any day.

As I said to a mate today, Joolia is just like Helen Clark only very marginally better looking, and with a similar nausiating accent.

John says:

08:31pm | 24/06/10

Your comment: do us all a favour and stay in South Afrca if this is the best you can write on a day such as this

Grant says:

08:58pm | 24/06/10

Definitely the vuvuzela, Penbo. Loud & offers little variation or nuance, doesn’t answer questions or skilfully assemble a cogent argument like Julia & that, by decreasing degrees in recent times, raspy voice. Not much raspi-ness apparent in her interview with KOB @7.40

Julie Coker-Godson says:

09:17pm | 24/06/10

There is nothing to discuss - the vuvuzelas are the worst sounds on earth. I would much prefer listening to Julia Gillard than those awful trumpets any day.

Waz says:

12:05am | 25/06/10

Have you noticed we have a triumvirate of monotonal, slightly croaky, start-stop speeches? The Vuvu driving us mad of course - but with both Gillard and Abbot! Seriously, how close in speaking style are our 2 leaders? Although, I think Julia can get a whiny over-the-top strine effect going sometimes.
Both are far more engaging and effective when not trying to remember the scripts or structure sentences like lawyers….

Brian Taylor says:

12:23am | 25/06/10

One good thing about the good old remote control…with the mute button, I don’t have to listen to either of them lol BTW her voice gives me nightmares

FountainGate Bouffant says:

04:30am | 25/06/10

Do you know something,we wont have to put up with it for long

Ian Moses says:

08:18am | 25/06/10

Thank you for providing the bee trumpets and Gillard clips for a comparison. When played simultaneously, I couldn’t hear Mrs. Gillard’s voice over the trumpets, perfect! However I could still see here, so I just shut my eyes. The trumpets won.

Kordez says:

09:00am | 25/06/10

Julia’s voice is similar to Pauline Hanson’s, just with less red neck and more pompusness.
I’d still choose Julia’s voice, a rush of anger runs through me whenever those horns go off.

Dave Sag says:

09:27am | 25/06/10

Best punch article ever

Andrew says:

09:43am | 25/06/10

At least there is a filter for the vuvuzela. Gillars is just plain annoying, and good to see she adopted Rudd’s stilted delivery in Parliament yesterday, very soon she’ll be habing tanties with people who don’t give he what she wants.
Good news though, we won’t have to listed to either noise for too long. Vuvezula gone by the end of the month, Gillard in October.

Crowsister says:

10:25am | 25/06/10

What a strange comparison.  Gillard’s voice is simply an Australian voice.  You don’t like the Australian accent, mate?  Too bloody bad! 

The vuvuzsela is a noxious buzzing monstrosity.  You obviously put this up as a joke that meant YOU didn’t actually have to write anything of substance - well done!  Your cunning ploy worked and a load of strange people actually bought into your specious argument and chose one sound over the other, thus creating your article for you. 

Bloody good dodge, well done!

Andrew says:

10:25am | 25/06/10

Every time I watch the action on the TV that infernal noise drones on and on, I try to make sense of what’s happening but I can’t concentrate, then I figure I’ll just mute it but you lose all the atmosphere and by play so I put up with it on and on and on until I can take no more, I just end up changing the channel and putting on the world cup, that soothing vuvu sound sure beats a Joooliia interview. Ahhhh! Peace at last.

Janeen says:

11:34am | 25/06/10

I thought I hated the vuvuzula.  But after watching a fellow workmate kick Mr Rudd in the guts.  So much for work place relations.  Who does Julia think she is?  I thought Abbott was also annoying but he is nothing compared to Julia.  Today I am no longer proud to call myself Australian, and for the first time in my life I will no longer to support this party.

chris says:

01:58pm | 25/06/10

I almost died when I saw Joolias hairdo on a replay of her maiden speech. It was worse than the ABC makeup department were able to provide Kath.

Dennis says:

02:11pm | 25/06/10

Oh!  Julia is way out in front on this vote - and unfortunately it seems we will hear a lot more of it now Australia’s “Brass Lady” (not ‘Iron’ in deference to Maggie Thatcher) has assumed power.  ‘Brass’ sounds more appropriate for our Julia!

Brad Coward says:

04:08pm | 25/06/10

President Obama, may oi intraduce moi boifriend.  He’s moi hairdresser !

Sam Chowder says:

05:08pm | 25/06/10

I think with Julia GiIllard, there will be some knockers

Daniel says:

06:13pm | 25/06/10

Listening to that video how couls you not love Gillard? I hope she does well but im fearful of the Sussex st assasins like Joe Tripodi.

Farmer says:

07:45pm | 25/06/10

Had a problem with parrots eating the fruit on the trees in my orchard. Got a tape of a Julia speech. When they appear, I hit the play button. Result, no parrots, lots of fruit.

The Daily Magnet says:

10:38pm | 25/06/10

I hope the election’s early - at least the world cup finishes in a few weeks.

But seriously, her accent is an asset to the Labor party - she doesn’t have a selfish bone in her body this woman - but someone’s gotta move for increases to parliamentarians’ health benefits so she can afford a good sinus scrape. Anybody remember a ‘70s show called Welcome Back Kotter?

Peasant #3167 says:

07:52am | 26/06/10

With all the problems we are facing as a country people focus on the most shallow of issues. What relevance is it about her voice, hair colour or even that Abbott wears Speedo’s? If people really sway their votes on that type of issue I would consider them too stupid to vote.

Darryl Price says:

08:34am | 26/06/10

This is an easy one. One sounds like a cross between a whipper snipper and a chainsaw. The other one is a toy plastic horn.

chris says:

02:18pm | 26/06/10

Gillard’s voice, Keneally’s hair…. think the Walkleys are out of the question this year David, I’d be setting my sights on the Gold Ernie.

Andy says:

02:48pm | 26/06/10

I would rather listen to someone dragging their nails down a blackboard than Juila Gillards nasal monotones. If you close your eyes she actually sounds like Kath out of Kath and Kim, but she’s not funny!
Picture this…. Swannie look at meee, look at meeee.

Shelley says:

04:26pm | 26/06/10

Answer has to be the voice.

At least the blowers of the vuvuzela horn eventually run out of hot air.

Jools will still be blowing the ALP horn with her last breath on her deathbed!

MickG says:

08:51am | 27/06/10

It’s got to be Gillard.  I can never understand it when people applaud her on her question time performances.  She had got a delivery style that is reminiscent of a telex machine with a head cold and more “twang” than tune up time at a country and western festival.  The only thing worse would be the JuJuzela - Julia playing a vuvuzela.

Casimir Gregory says:

11:11pm | 28/06/10

Julia Gillard’s voice makes my underwear curl up.

Joe Rossi of RPData says:

01:50pm | 30/06/10

I’m not into watching soccer so I can avoid the vuvuzela but I like watching the news so unfortunately I can’t avoid the nauseating drone of Julia Gillard’s voice. It really does make the hair on the back of my neck stand up.

Andrew Glencross says:

03:52pm | 30/06/10

Spot on about the “Labor sisterhood line” .. I’d add the execrably voiced Jenny Macklin to that list too. Please keep the delightful Kate Ellis away from these ex union hacks and harpies because she still sounds quite natural. Back to Julia though .. her voice is just plain unlistenable .. so it’s never mattered to me WHAT she’s saying because it’s coming from a turn-off factor. Her vocally agonising performances on Lateline with Tony Jones bear this out the most for me—the patronising monotone .. the oh so careful choice of words….ALL THAT! .. And someone tell her to speed-up…..She is not the primary school headmistress addressing Grade 5’s .. but that’s what she sounds like….The only thing worse than people who speak too fast is those who speak too….......slowly…......like ............Julia…..In fact I’d say too slowly is worse because it implies that you’re too stupid to keep-up…Then again maybe the bogans will love her .. because shoy sounds loik wun ov us…. Julia….please get a voice coach!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!....Oh, and yeah .. it’s the vuvuzela for me…...For some bizarre reason I’m now finding that din quite comforting.

Amanda says:

12:30pm | 01/07/10

I agree with whoever referenced Alexander Downer’s voice. Actually, we have some really annoying voices here in SA - Christopher Pyne (agggghhhh!), and Mike Rann - which, unfortunately, we are subjected to rather often, on account of the fact that he is the Premier and all…..As for Julia’s voice, maybe I am used to it?  And anyway, the vuvuzela wins hands down - it’s like a swarm of mutant bees! You know it’s bad when you are longing to hear to hear English football fans start up their singing…..

Babette says:

09:57pm | 06/08/10

Joolya sounds like an extremely badly played bagpipe…with apologies to pipers everywhere. I’ll take the vuvuzela, any day! It has far more range than she does.

Rob says:

06:58am | 01/02/11

I don’t even have to watch the clips to answer:

Gillard’s Voice is by far the most annoying!

What an embarrassment to a country to have her as it’s ‘leader’!

Monika says:

03:14am | 17/11/11

I heard her today, for the first time, on Al Jazeera - I immediately had to google “Gillard + annoying voice”.

rickl says:

11:50am | 05/09/12

As an American, I kind of like Julia’s voice…as long as I ignore what she’s actually saying.