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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

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To: TruthWillWin

He was singing it in falsetto. It allows men to reach much higher notes. It was pretty popular during the doo-wop days.


41 posted on 12/07/2013 2:59:58 PM PST by wastedyears (The Ender's Game movie was a stupendous, colossal, galactic failure to me.)
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To: pluvmantelo

All I know how to speak is Texan!


42 posted on 12/07/2013 3:00:29 PM PST by basil (2ASisters.org)
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To: Boojum

Loved the video—watching it was like being with old friends.


43 posted on 12/07/2013 3:01:17 PM PST by basil (2ASisters.org)
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To: pluvmantelo

As Rush would say...The chickification of men.


44 posted on 12/07/2013 3:06:06 PM PST by AlexW
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To: Boojum
and part 2... the belly laughs continued...

  "You're not hangin' another deer in my house."

45 posted on 12/07/2013 3:07:01 PM PST by Rodamala
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To: AlexW

look on the bright side... men and women are actually communicating... or something


46 posted on 12/07/2013 3:08:43 PM PST by GeronL (Extra Large Cheesy Over-Stuffed Hobbit)
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To: Zeneta

Why come you don’t have a tattoo?


47 posted on 12/07/2013 3:14:42 PM PST by Rodamala
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To: LukeL
“You mean like how it sounds like they are always asking a question.”

I always thought it sounded like the speaker was seeking approval or confirmation of what he or she just said. For example, like someone who gets called on by the teacher and is not sure if their answer is correct. The folks I hear talking like this are all big libtards.

48 posted on 12/07/2013 3:27:36 PM PST by beef (Who Killed Kennewick Man?)
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To: Rodamala

I don’t practice Santeria

I ain’t got no crystal ball


49 posted on 12/07/2013 3:29:38 PM PST by Zeneta
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To: pluvmantelo

I’ve been noticing LOT’s of people speaking Valley talk lately, men included.
I almost wanted to strangle my 20 yr old niece over thanksgiving she was so frigging annoying.....and they think that they’re being “cute”....
Ugh


50 posted on 12/07/2013 3:33:07 PM PST by mowowie
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To: Zeneta

If he had a million, he’d spend it instead of investing it.


51 posted on 12/07/2013 3:33:35 PM PST by wastedyears (The Ender's Game movie was a stupendous, colossal, galactic failure to me.)
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To: mowowie

Ok,

Have you noticed how some people, usually younger, pronounce words like, important ?

There are dozens of similar words in which they enunciate each syllable.

Im..port..........ant.

This drives me crazy.


52 posted on 12/07/2013 3:39:31 PM PST by Zeneta
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To: Zeneta

He continues:

“My first wife was a retard. Now she’s an airline pilot.”


53 posted on 12/07/2013 3:40:09 PM PST by DManA
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To: DManA

You just made me laugh.


54 posted on 12/07/2013 3:41:45 PM PST by Zeneta
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To: kaehurowing

Part of this may be the homosexual dominance in fashion and trend setting, just like they are the reason fashion models are overwhelmingly women starved to look like adolescent boys and why a “androgynous” man (with plumbing) is being heralded as one of the hot new models.
Another reason would be the rise of neoteny, the worship of youth. I was struck by the difference between new and old Christmas songs. Bing Crosby and other classic male voices were deep. All of the newer songs had higher pitched boys’ voices, approaching the female range. So even the boy band celebrities have higher voices than the musical stars 50 years ago.


55 posted on 12/07/2013 3:42:14 PM PST by tbw2
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To: pluvmantelo

What the hell are they talking about, I was born and raised in Southeern California and have lived here all my life and have never heard a girl or women speak in such a fashion and I’m 76.


56 posted on 12/07/2013 3:43:22 PM PST by dalereed
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To: Zeneta

I hear it all of the time.
I thought the “Absolutely” fad drove me nuts but this new dialect annoys me to no end.


57 posted on 12/07/2013 3:45:34 PM PST by mowowie
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To: GeronL; BCW
Sunny can call me anything she wants.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dmy5Dcg5ZfQ

58 posted on 12/07/2013 3:46:48 PM PST by KC_Lion (Build the America you want to live in at your address, and keep looking up.-Sarah Palin)
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To: pluvmantelo

It was hilarious on Megyn Kelly’s segment on this. She had a gay guy hissing on the panel


59 posted on 12/07/2013 3:56:52 PM PST by School of Rational Thought
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To: dalereed

Its all BS - more agenda driven research done by academics with an axe to grins paid for with grant money from who knows where.


60 posted on 12/07/2013 4:04:40 PM PST by skeeter
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