Or it makes your question sound like a question. I hate it when people talk like that.
One thing that let’s me know I am now Mr. Mushnik (”You! Urchins! OFF THE STOOP!”), is how I just can’t tolerate the things kids say. The big thing now is them saying “No Problem” or “Not a Problem” when conducting business.
There is a beautiful young woman that works as a barrista at the café in my town on the weekends when she is home from college. She graduated High School last year as the class valedictorian. On Saturday I happened to be downtown and stopped in for a cup of coffee... and so I pay for the coffee and she give me the change and I say “Thank You” and instead of “You are Welcome”, she always says “No Problem”... it’s off-putting... like she is reversing the roles like there is absolutely some way in this situation the she could possibly have “a problem”.
One time I dropped change in the jar for a tip and she thanked me... I smirked and said No Problem!
Related to the “uptalking” I heard recently on a Canadian radio station that kids up there are moving away from the stereotypical Canadian way of ending a sentence with the upspeak word “eh?” and are using the word “right?” instead.
“It’s pretty cold outside today, eh?” is now “It’s cold outside, right?” spoken like a question when it is a statement.