I do occasionally as a way of asking a question, often in repeating someone's statement back to them.

It's not a constant/normal way of speech for me. I hope.

I've noticed it more in foreigners... Aussies in particular. Not ALL of them.

Tried to watch a video by an Aussie guy describe how he set up a battery storage system, and couldn't stand how he'd raise pitch at the end of every sentence. It's like he's asking a question with every line, and it's confusing as fuck trying to listen to it.

ARE YOU ASKING A FUCKING QUESTION OR NOT, MATE? I CAN'T TELL!!


That and vocal fry. Yeah. If you could just stop doing that. All of civilization will be thankful.

Another good example of uptalking

This thread is more entertaining when you read the replies that way.

Here's an entire documentary called "Do I Sound Gay?" for your listening pleasure:



I watched a couple minutes and my ears are still ringing. The guy in the video seems to realize this contrived speech pattern he got in the habit of is just a way of signaling to others. He says it made him feel special and sophisticated when he was probably just coping with insecurity.

I've got a couple of female clients who do it constantly.  Drives me nuts, but their checks don't bounce so it's all good.