## When you mimic another voice, that voice is not "your own voice"

By necessity you must use your speech apparatus to mimic another voice, so you could argue that it just does not *sound like* your voice while it still is, but I think that is sophistry. It is not about how you *generate* the voice, it is about what it sounds like. 

5e is meant to be read as [idiomatic English][1], not as [a physics or biology simulation][2]. When you imitate another person's voice, in normal English one would say that you speak in their voice. When you have a bad cold, you say "My voice is gone", even though you can still audibly speak, using your vocal chords. So, when you make up or mimic another voice, you may be using your vocal apparatus, but you are not speaking in your own voice.


 [1]: https://rpg.stackexchange.com/q/135039/75095
 [2]: https://rpg.stackexchange.com/questions/196846/is-there-a-citation-for-dd-is-not-a-physics-simulation