toddgrotenhuis
toddgrotenhuis

Is there a name for the speaking pattern where a person usually ends their sentences up, like a question, despite not being questions?

(I’m also not sure if this is a pattern outside English, but that’s another question.)

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rnv
rnv

@toddgrotenhuis Uptalk.

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toddgrotenhuis
toddgrotenhuis

@toddgrotenhuis from elsewhere: high rising terminal

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platypus@glammr.us
platypus@glammr.us

@todd I just call it Central Pennsylvanian.

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joshuapsteele
joshuapsteele

@toddgrotenhuis I’ve heard it called “uptalk”? (And that question mark would be how I would type out uptalk. Lol.)

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Cheri
Cheri

@toddgrotenhuis I've heard it described as Valley Girl talk.

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adamprocter
adamprocter

@toddgrotenhuis www.theguardian.com/books/200...

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