Herb Caen

A city is where you can sign a petition, boo the chief justice, fish off a pier, gaze at a hippopotamus, buy a flower at the corner, or get a good hamburger or a bad girl at 4 A.M. A city is where sirens make white streaks of sound in the sky and foghorns speak in dark grays. San Francisco is such a city.

American Journalist

Georgia Toffolo

My voice is so recognisable. I'm like a foghorn walking round shops on my phone.

English Celebrity

Foghorns are vital for navigation and collision avoidance on ships in poor visibility.

Maritime Safety

The sound of a foghorn can imply bad weather conditions nearby, even if you're not on the sea.

Weather Indicator

Foghorns are commonly heard in port towns and are part of the local soundscape and culture.

Harbor Soundtrack

Describing someone as a 'foghorn' can suggest they're attention-grabbing or overpowering.

Loud Personality

Used for people, 'foghorn' emphasizes the deep and resonant quality of their voice.

Vocal Texture

Calling a voice 'foghorn' could be positive, indicating a strong or powerful speaker.

Not Always Negative

 further away than it really is so we have tools called fog horns that work by the same principle the attenuation or reduction of the sound instead of the light over the distance hearing a foghorn sound very quiet tells you it's far away another tool that we all use