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Originally Posted by Gwen Morse
I do occasionally hum to myself in a reading tone when reading (another kind of sub-vocalization). I do that with very dry technical books. It tends to annoy people around me. In those cases, I hear my own mental voice reading the books aloud. The audible noise I make is sort of "Mmm mmm MUH...hmm...MMMmmmnnnn...." Yes, it does annoy the heck out of people around me.
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I do that sometimes with a particularly onerous email. My boss, who sits in the cube next to me will ask me what I said, and I’ll tell her “I’m just talking to myself; I’m the only one who listens to me, you know!”