Telephone Voice Volume

On reading further in my favourite book ENQUIRE WITHIN UPON EVERYTHING (published some time between the world wars I guess), I discover that shouting into phones is not just a problem of the mobile age:


2266. Telephones.

It is surprising that so many people cannot believe that you should talk into a telephone as you would to a friend, enunciating the words clearly and somewhat more slowly than in ordinary conversation. Some think they must shout into the instrument, forgetting that it is as sensitive to speech as a normal ear.


I'll print that point out and distribute it on public transport!