@variablepulserate Take your voice down as low and soft as it'll go, you'll end up with a croaking sound that…kind of sounds like low-frequency humming from an electrical line…. Vocal cords aren't vibrating "normally" in this position. There seems to be more women than men who speak with a lower-than-average-for-their-body voice — I've heard it suggested somewhere that it's related to assertion of power.
The Brummie accent actually was a consideration when I was looking at Birmingham and Manchester. I think I could find a way to live with Mancunian English, given a nice enough house with sufficiently sized gates to keep them all out.
// @hazardwarning