barking_vs_growling_etc Growl Master BARKING involves treble or bassy yelps of a brief duration. The form is: VOWEL-consonant, with diminuation near the end. GROWLING is a tenor or bass event only, but the duration is variable. Some growls are as short as a bark, yet other growls may outlast the universe itself. The form is also various, and may include accenture on vowels, consonants, or both, or neither. Various effects may be included in a growl. Growls, in general, are much more complex than barks, howls, or grunts. HOWLING may occur anywhere from bass to contra-soprano. Duration must be longer than that of a bark; howls cannot be less than 2.25 seconds or they do not meet qualifications. Additionally, howls are vowel-only events. Howls may not include consonants, not even if it is a Y. GRUNTING may also occur in various pitches, but is generally lower than alto. Grunts also must be brief; prolonged grunts may or may not become growls but after 1.1 seconds a grunt is no longer a grunt. Grunts are consonant heavy, and may only involve the vowels O, U, and a soft E. GROANING, BAYING, and other gutteral expressions vary similarly, but these mostly fall outside my area of expertise, and so I shall refrain from commenting upon them here... for now. 080617 ... ancient beast uuuurrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrRRRRRRgh! except for the fact that it makes my throat hurt for days afterwards anymore, i can occasionally produce a simultaneous growl/scream/roar that registers at about 95dB when i was young i could sustain it at 112-115dB for 30 seconds at a time i can also draw air backwards through my voicebox and make it resonate in a very low, prolonged growl similar to the audible portion of the noise some alligators and crocodiles make to call others 080617 ... Growl Master Pleased to meet another, A.B. 080617 ... somebody analysis knows no limits, apparently 080617 what's it to you? who go blather from