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grumpyduck

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13. Yeah, a lot of people here do that too.

Reply to femmocrat (Reply #11)

Thu Dec 17, 2020, 01:57 PM

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What's this new way of ending spoken sentences on an upbeat? [View all] grumpyduck Dec 2020 OP

it has been going on for several years and it drives me nuts too also. AllaN01Bear Dec 2020 #1

It is asking for affirmation that the speaker is right. Phoenix61 Dec 2020 #2

Valley Girl style? Arne Dec 2020 #3

Baskin Johns C_U_L8R Dec 2020 #4

It is a way of asking for agreement. Sanity Claws Dec 2020 #5

Vocal fry. nt bbernardini Dec 2020 #8

That's it! Sanity Claws Dec 2020 #12

I think the term you are referring to is "vocal fry" RockRaven Dec 2020 #9

I didn't want to bring it up, grumpyduck Dec 2020 #10

Young women & teenage girls in populations are usually the first to introduce... targetpractice Dec 2020 #31

It's commonly known as "upspeak". bbernardini Dec 2020 #6

It is called Upspeak or Upward Inflection and is so annoying. Irish_Dem Dec 2020 #7

I heard myself do it recently in a moment of stress soothsayer Dec 2020 #15

You must be hanging out too much with the kids. :) Irish_Dem Dec 2020 #17

I don't hear it much in PA. femmocrat Dec 2020 #11

Yeah, a lot of people here do that too. grumpyduck Dec 2020 #13

So? Liberal and Proud Dec 2020 #25

That's nothing new. I first noticed it in younger women years ago. Fla Dem Dec 2020 #14

Right, to my ear it sounds fake and put on. Irish_Dem Dec 2020 #18

This message was self-deleted by its author Fla Dem Dec 2020 #16

I work with a woman that does that. ZenDem Dec 2020 #19

Canadians have been doing it for years, eh!? MichaelSoE Dec 2020 #20

yeah, eh? rurallib Dec 2020 #22

If you think that's weird, my 12-year-old son and his online buddies EarlG Dec 2020 #21

reminds me of the old Victor Borge routine "Phonetic Punctuation" rurallib Dec 2020 #24

That guy could have made people roll in the aisles grumpyduck Dec 2020 #26

I have an 11 year old son who plays Fortnite with his online friends. CottonBear Dec 2020 #39

That drives me as nutz as people who ask 2naSalit Dec 2020 #23

It's not new VA_Jill Dec 2020 #27

As a ex-Californian (decidedly not the all important "Native") I noticed it 35 years ago. NNadir Dec 2020 #28

Perhaps I'm just old and in need of a comprehensive hearing test Cirque du So-What Dec 2020 #29

I'm 57 OriginalGeek Dec 2020 #30

Uptalk trackfan Dec 2020 #32

Goes back to Valley Girls. Irritating last couple of years, starting everything with, "So..." UTUSN Dec 2020 #33

Japanese is much like that yuiyoshida Dec 2020 #34

Wow, thank you for taking the time to explain that! grumpyduck Dec 2020 #35

My husband noticed in Korean Marthe48 Dec 2020 #37

I noticed it years ago Marthe48 Dec 2020 #36

It's called upspeak or uptalk, and it's been around for quite awhile among certain subcultures. tblue37 Dec 2020 #38