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[lu]

Dear all,
Does the voice refer to the people only? How about the animal?
Can we say the voice of the dog? Or the sound of the dog?

[Guest]

Lu,

In my opinion, "voice" has a connection to speech and language. It
would only be appropriate to refer to a dog's voice if you wish to
suggest the dog was somehow "speaking".

It might be useful in poetry, but less appropriate for natural-sounding
"business English". In fact, I would use a more specific term for most
situations: I would describe hearing a dog's bark, a cat's miaow or
(just to confuse things) a car's engine.

I hope this helps.

--
Robert Hunter
(random poster)