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More men speaking in girls' 'dialect', study shows
BBC News ^
| December 5, 2013
| Melissa Hogenboom
Posted on 01/19/2014 2:48:36 PM PST by EveningStar
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: Science; Society
KEYWORDS: australia; california; genderwars; highrisingterminal; hollyweird; hrt; language; lofan; metrosexuals; sanfernandovalley; savethemales; surferlingo; teevee; tv; uptalk; valleygirlspeak; valspeak; waronboys
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Wikipedia article"Uptalk is an American English dialect wherein ostensibly declarative statements are uttered on a rising note of query or apology."
It's annoying enough when
women do it.
Sean Hanity. It’s why I can’t listen to him.
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posted on
01/19/2014 2:50:56 PM PST
by
Rio
(Proud resident of the State of Jefferson)
To: EveningStar
To: Berlin_Freeper
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posted on
01/19/2014 2:53:19 PM PST
by
Misterioso
(All life is a purposeful struggle, and your only choice is the choice of a goal. - Ayn Rand)
To: Berlin_Freeper
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posted on
01/19/2014 2:53:39 PM PST
by
melsec
(Once a Jolly Swagman camped by a Billabong.)
To: EveningStar
Sorry, what I’ve been hearing and it has been noted in articles, is the lowered pitch at the end of the sentence in young women’s speech patterns.
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posted on
01/19/2014 2:53:41 PM PST
by
Revolting cat!
(Bad things are wrong! Ice cream is delicious! We reserve the right to serve refuse to anyone!)
To: melsec; KC_Lion
This is just sad. Societal collapse is just not pretty
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posted on
01/19/2014 2:55:12 PM PST
by
GeronL
(Extra Large Cheesy Over-Stuffed Hobbit)
To: EveningStar
I think it’s also a southern country speech inflection.
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posted on
01/19/2014 2:55:38 PM PST
by
fwdude
( You cannot compromise with that which you must defeat.)
To: EveningStar
I’ve noticed that too and it drives my nuts!
Dear Lord we are losing masculinity in this country!
We are so Doomed!
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posted on
01/19/2014 2:56:35 PM PST
by
DivineMomentsOfTruth
("Give me Liberty or I'll stand up and get it for myself!")
To: Misterioso
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posted on
01/19/2014 2:58:43 PM PST
by
Yorlik803
( Church/Caboose in 2016)
To: EveningStar
I heard a 2 or 3 star General do it and I wanted to cry.
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posted on
01/19/2014 2:58:50 PM PST
by
TalBlack
To: EveningStar
Gag me with a spoon. LOL!
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posted on
01/19/2014 3:02:02 PM PST
by
FlingWingFlyer
(Where are Holder's "po folks" getting the I.D.s to sign up for ObamaCare?)
To: EveningStar
Men are talking like girls, and girls are putting each other in the hospital.
“But you tell me
Over and over and over again, my friend
Ah, you don’t believe
We’re on the eve
of destruction”
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posted on
01/19/2014 3:03:06 PM PST
by
bigbob
(The best way to get a bad law repealed is to enforce it strictly. Abraham Lincoln)
To: EveningStar
Can’t expect much from Gay old California.
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posted on
01/19/2014 3:03:30 PM PST
by
Politicalkiddo
(Forgiveness is the fragrance that the violet sheds on the heel that has crushed it. -M. Twain)
To: EveningStar
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posted on
01/19/2014 3:07:19 PM PST
by
RckyRaCoCo
(Shall Not Be Infringed)
To: EveningStar
White men
Black men getting bigger
Still masculine
Unless too much wood exposure
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posted on
01/19/2014 3:07:37 PM PST
by
wardaddy
(wifey instructed me today to grow chapter president beard back again....i wonder why?)
To: EveningStar
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posted on
01/19/2014 3:12:59 PM PST
by
Huskrrrr
To: EveningStar
I’ve lived all my 76 year life in So. California and don’t have any idea what you are talking about!
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posted on
01/19/2014 3:14:19 PM PST
by
dalereed
To: Rio
I haven’t noticed this with Sean - or any of the conservative talk show hosts. Michael Medved has a very high voice but that doesn’t make him a metrosexual. His opinions do!
To: wardaddy
What wood you be talkin bout?
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