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.
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Sean Hanity. It’s why I can’t listen to him.
2 posted on
01/19/2014 2:50:56 PM PST by
Rio
(Proud resident of the State of Jefferson)
To: EveningStar
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.
6 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: EveningStar
I think it’s also a southern country speech inflection.
8 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!
9 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: EveningStar
I heard a 2 or 3 star General do it and I wanted to cry.
11 posted on
01/19/2014 2:58:50 PM PST by
TalBlack
To: EveningStar
Gag me with a spoon. LOL!
12 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”
13 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(The best way to get a bad law repealed is to enforce it strictly.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.
14 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
15 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
16 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
17 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!
18 posted on
01/19/2014 3:14:19 PM PST by
dalereed
To: EveningStar
21 posted on
01/19/2014 3:22:19 PM PST by
pallis
To: EveningStar
Rising in pitch at the end of sentences make you sound ‘insecure’
22 posted on
01/19/2014 3:23:01 PM PST by
SkyDancer
("How Can People Ask Forgiveness If They Won't Forgive Others?")
To: EveningStar
To: EveningStar
To: EveningStar
It’s not a dialect. It’s simply a speech pattern with some limited regional associations.
Drives me nuts, too. My father would say, “Let your voice drop: you’re done!”
27 posted on
01/19/2014 3:29:01 PM PST by
Tax-chick
(I don't want to set the world on fire.)
To: EveningStar
I might do it for effect. If I ever start doing it all the time...somebody shoot me.
28 posted on
01/19/2014 3:36:14 PM PST by
RichInOC
(No! BAD Rich! (What'd I say?))
To: EveningStar
I feel sorry for decent girls out there who are looking for real men among the eunuchs.
30 posted on
01/19/2014 3:39:59 PM PST by
CatherineofAragon
((Support Christian white males----the architects of the jewel known as Western Civilization.))
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