spanish voices, english voices

Okay, so here’s a funny thing. I spent the last four weeks in a Spanish class with this kid from Seattle. Mostly, we spoke all in Spanish. But then he came over to watch the McCain-Obama debate on Friday night and we spoke all in English. It was so funny to hear his voice in English—sounded totally different to me than his Spanish voice. The same thing is funny to me when the people who work at Instituto Intercultural switch over to English—like it’s a totally different voice, utilizing different vocal chords even. 

Is that even possible?