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More men speaking in girls' 'dialect', study shows
BBC ^
| December 6, 2013
| Melissa Hogenboom
Posted on 12/07/2013 2:07:50 PM PST by pluvmantelo
More young men in California rise in pitch at the end of their sentences when talking, new research shows. This process is known as "uptalk" or "valleygirl speak" and has in the past been associated with young females, typically from California or Australia. But now a team says that this way of speaking is becoming more frequent among men.
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TOPICS: Miscellaneous; Science
KEYWORDS: australia; california; likeyouknow; valleygirls; valleyspeak
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OMG!
To: pluvmantelo
To: pluvmantelo
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posted on
12/07/2013 2:09:48 PM PST
by
Nervous Tick
(Without GOD, men get what they deserve.)
To: pluvmantelo
Like, that’s really, like, bad, like, you know?
To: WeatherGuy; KC_Lion
Men should never call other men “oppa”
lol
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posted on
12/07/2013 2:11:16 PM PST
by
GeronL
(Extra Large Cheesy Over-Stuffed Hobbit)
To: pluvmantelo
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posted on
12/07/2013 2:12:00 PM PST
by
wastedyears
(The Ender's Game movie was a stupendous, colossal, galactic failure to me.)
To: pluvmantelo
Whatever! Gag me with a spoon!
Signed,
28 Year Old Male.
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posted on
12/07/2013 2:12:29 PM PST
by
ConservativeTeen
(Proud Right Wing Extremist)
To: pluvmantelo
Not surprising. There's this grotesque fad known as 'manscaping' too.
Feminists will have it all their way one day soon.
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posted on
12/07/2013 2:12:51 PM PST
by
skeeter
To: pluvmantelo
I know right. So the psycholinguistics of this is under review. *Fabulous*
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posted on
12/07/2013 2:13:05 PM PST
by
Dysart
(Obamacare: "We are losing money on every subscriber-- but we will make it up in volume!")
To: pluvmantelo
I do it sometimes for effect. If I ever start doing it all the time, shoot me.
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posted on
12/07/2013 2:15:30 PM PST
by
RichInOC
(No! BAD Rich! (What'd I say?))
To: pluvmantelo
Going to learn to speak like yoda, I am! Really confuse the media minions, that should. Yes, hmmm.
The Yoda Speak Generator
Cool it is.
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posted on
12/07/2013 2:17:20 PM PST
by
higgmeister
( In the Shadow of The Big Chicken!)
To: pluvmantelo
A lot of those “semi-men” (girly boys - Arnold speak) got to talk the talk before they do the walk.
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posted on
12/07/2013 2:17:43 PM PST
by
RetiredTexasVet
(Some people might call it a confidence game or swindle, others call it ObamaCare!)
To: pluvmantelo
You mean like how it sounds like they are always asking a question.
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posted on
12/07/2013 2:19:30 PM PST
by
LukeL
(Barack Obama: Jimmy Carter 2 Electric Boogaloo)
To: pluvmantelo
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posted on
12/07/2013 2:20:07 PM PST
by
Boojum
To: pluvmantelo
Dialects are funny. How and why they stick or don’t.
If black people move here from the south, they keep the accent for generations. I love the southern drawl. But white people come here, and a year or two later, their kids have already lost it. Maybe because media keeps using the southern accents to mean dumb. But only on whites. Either Southern education is unfair and only educates the blacks, or the media is raciss. Wonder which? Some of the smartest and most educated white people I’ve ever met were from the south.
And here at the beach there are still surfers speaking that Spicoli surfer accent, dude.
I’m not personally hearing males around here speaking like valley girls? But if I did, I’d tell you?
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posted on
12/07/2013 2:20:21 PM PST
by
Yaelle
To: skeeter
That’s a new one to me. I think my wife would be happy if I just kept the nose hairs under control.
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posted on
12/07/2013 2:20:29 PM PST
by
pluvmantelo
(Obamism=Chavism)
To: pluvmantelo
"Ah, you talk like a fag, and your #$@#'s all retarded."
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posted on
12/07/2013 2:23:27 PM PST
by
dfwgator
(Fire Muschamp. Go Michigan State!)
To: y'all
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posted on
12/07/2013 2:23:54 PM PST
by
Dysart
(Obamacare: "We are losing money on every subscriber-- but we will make it up in volume!")
To: pluvmantelo
California is gay whats the news???
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posted on
12/07/2013 2:24:07 PM PST
by
bikerman
(Obama! if his lips are moving he's lying.)
To: pluvmantelo
>> I think my wife would be happy if I just kept the nose hairs under control.
ROFL! +1
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posted on
12/07/2013 2:24:12 PM PST
by
Nervous Tick
(Without GOD, men get what they deserve.)
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