[Energizer45678]

Great Post. Not to mention the constant use of a voice inflection at the end of every statement that makes the speaker sound as if he or she is asking a question. Where did that come from? It drives me crazy.

[firebrand]

I recently heard a tiny little tot on the bus talking in perfect Valley Girl, complete with the "awesome," and the rising inflection (a sick form of pseudo-humility), and the "like" used every other word (a copout word, so you don't have to actually mean what you say).

Help. The Valley Girls are now raising children!

[hinckley buzzard]

"Not to mention the constant use of a voice inflection at the end of every statement that makes the speaker sound as if he or she is asking a question."

Oh. You're talking about "upspeak"? Where every sentence sounds like a question? How stupid kids and local yokels on talk radio go?"

"So this guy goes like "hey?"
"And I go, like, f* off? y'know?"

Yeah. A real treat to listen to.