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  • What's with this 'Beta-lilt'?

    06/09/2015 11:41:48 PM PDT · by upchuck · 24 replies
    american thinker ^ | June 10,2105 | Harold Harrison
    ...Building to a crescendo is a small thing that is now screaming at me, particularly when I tune into NPR and other lefty venues. Something doesn’t exist until you name it, so I am offering the term beta-lilt, which is the verbal affectation of ending a sentence a tone higher than the body of the statement. This normally is used to imply a question like an invisible question mark, which is perfectly fine in the sparse use of a normal conversation. However, it has somehow become the basis for all conversation among certain people. As a guess, I would say...