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Posted: 4/16/2017 9:59:59 PM EDT

uptalk: a manner of speaking in which sentences are uttered with rising intonation at the end, as if they were questions.

A quick example of uptalk

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pPZMy_JWsOU

Posted: 4/16/2017 10:01:50 PM EDT

[#1]

I do not. I alao don't suck dick, but I repeat myself.

Posted: 4/16/2017 10:03:30 PM EDT

[#2]

I had a boss that uptalked. I hated him for a myriad of reasons, his manner of speech was the cherry on the hate sundae.

Posted: 4/16/2017 10:03:30 PM EDT

[#3]

Do you updog?

Posted: 4/16/2017 10:04:10 PM EDT

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What's up dog?

Posted: 4/16/2017 10:04:45 PM EDT

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What's up dog?

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Nothing dog, what's up with you?

Posted: 4/16/2017 10:04:50 PM EDT

[#6]

Hell no.
I hate it, a female coworker with a queens accent does it after every sentence...I had no idea the queens accent could be made more painful

Posted: 4/16/2017 10:05:00 PM EDT

[#7]

What's up talk?

Posted: 4/16/2017 10:05:14 PM EDT

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Posted: 4/16/2017 10:12:18 PM EDT

[#9]

No because I'm not a homo.

Posted: 4/16/2017 10:13:52 PM EDT

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Nothing dog, what's up with you?

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Posted: 4/16/2017 10:14:40 PM EDT

[#11]

Are you mansplaining to us?

Posted: 4/16/2017 10:15:31 PM EDT

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No, just manspreading at my desk

Posted: 4/16/2017 10:15:36 PM EDT

[#13]

No, I speak in a gravelly monotone.

Posted: 4/16/2017 10:16:30 PM EDT

[#14]

Cuckold faggots talk that way

Posted: 4/16/2017 10:17:34 PM EDT

[#15]

No, Hell no! A woman that was assigned my account with one of my vendors does that and every other trendy vocalization. I avoid talking to her at all costs but somehow she even communicates that way via email, maybe I just read it in her annoying voice.

Posted: 4/16/2017 10:17:51 PM EDT

[#16]

Almost everyone I've met from Minnesota does this.

Posted: 4/16/2017 10:19:18 PM EDT

[#17]

I've noticed this type of speech is relatively common amongst Canadians.

Posted: 4/16/2017 10:19:29 PM EDT

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THIS.

Posted: 4/16/2017 10:20:14 PM EDT

[#19]

"Communication" is being taken over by "showing off".

Posted: 4/16/2017 10:21:06 PM EDT

[#20]

Even Australians sound stupid because of it.

Posted: 4/16/2017 10:22:39 PM EDT

[#21]

Nope. If I heard someone talk to me like that I would keep asking them "are asking me a question or are you retarded?"

Posted: 4/16/2017 10:23:03 PM EDT

[#22]

No and it's very annoying when people do. It seems to be the young folks that generally have this habit.

Posted: 4/16/2017 10:24:36 PM EDT

[#23]

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Seems most males under 30 talk this way now

Posted: 4/16/2017 10:24:42 PM EDT

[#24]

No, it's annoying. Causes men to sound like fags and women to sound like idiots. The people that do this repeat the habit in every. single. sentence. And no clue.

Posted: 4/16/2017 10:28:01 PM EDT

[#25]

Libtone, fagtone

Posted: 4/16/2017 10:30:57 PM EDT

[#26]

No. Uptalkers are annoying.

Posted: 4/16/2017 10:33:12 PM EDT

[#27]

no man

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jAwnbE2k9uw

Posted: 4/16/2017 10:35:15 PM EDT

[#28]

Nope, nor do I begin every reply with "So", nor have I ever uttered the phrase "I know, right?", because that shit is douchery of the highest degree.

Posted: 4/16/2017 10:40:29 PM EDT

[#29]

Relative of mine did a paper on how people uptalked on Jeopardy....

And yeah, once you know what it is, it's super fucking annoying.

Posted: 4/16/2017 10:41:52 PM EDT

[#30]

No. That shit drives me bonkers.

Posted: 4/16/2017 10:43:19 PM EDT

[#31]

Brandon Webb, SEAL. From sofrep. He is the uptalk fucking king.

Whats more fucking annoying is the way johnny depp and lisa marie presleys husband dress up. Those guys need a beatdown.

Posted: 4/16/2017 10:43:55 PM EDT

[#32]

fuck no. goddamn millennial hipsters.

Posted: 4/16/2017 10:45:52 PM EDT

[#33]

"Uptalk" is another way of saying "talk like a faggot".

No.

Posted: 4/16/2017 10:47:04 PM EDT

[#34]

Oh, good god, no.

I hate that shit, it drives me crazy and makes me want to punch things (and people).

Posted: 4/16/2017 10:48:30 PM EDT

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Posted: 4/16/2017 11:04:34 PM EDT

[#36]

Another speech pattern that bugs me is word dragging where the speaker hangs onto a word, and drags out it's pronunciation as if for emphasis. As in "it's a loooooong time".

Posted: 4/16/2017 11:07:25 PM EDT

[#37]

Is that like upselling?

Posted: 4/16/2017 11:14:58 PM EDT

[#38]

Very common with southern California millennials!

Posted: 4/16/2017 11:17:50 PM EDT

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Posted: 4/16/2017 11:19:57 PM EDT

[#40]

It's one of the easiest ways to fake empathy

Posted: 4/16/2017 11:25:39 PM EDT

[#41]

Jesse James and Paul Jr. do that, you know, like everything's a question? You know?

Posted: 4/16/2017 11:27:07 PM EDT

[#42]

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Posted: 4/16/2017 11:33:38 PM EDT

[#43]

uptalk and vocal fry are an epidemic.

here is what vocal fry is.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YEqVgtLQ7qM

Posted: 4/16/2017 11:42:08 PM EDT

[#44]

No?

Posted: 4/16/2017 11:43:45 PM EDT

[#45]

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uptalk and vocal fry are an epidemic.

here is what vocal fry is.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YEqVgtLQ7qM

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I hear that a lot too lately. I forgot what it was called (vocal fry)

Kardashians' "Vocal Fry" Fad's Effect on the Voice

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=txSSO4VglMI

Posted: 4/16/2017 11:44:14 PM EDT

[#46]

No, but almost every young female I hear speaking on the radio does it, and it drives me nuts.

Posted: 4/16/2017 11:55:28 PM EDT

[#47]

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No, Hell no! A woman that was assigned my account with one of my vendors does that and every other trendy vocalization. I avoid talking to her at all costs but somehow she even communicates that way via email, maybe I just read it in her annoying voice.

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People who do that often put a question mark at the end of statements.

Ex; I don't know why they speak that way?

Posted: 4/17/2017 12:08:07 AM EDT

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pretty much.

Posted: 4/17/2017 12:17:39 AM EDT

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uptalk and vocal fry are an epidemic.

here is what vocal fry is.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YEqVgtLQ7qM

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I am not sure which one is more annoying.

Posted: 4/17/2017 1:09:30 AM EDT

[#50]

My wife's sister uptalks to a whole new level. My wife is picking it up slowly. I've been on her ass about it too. It's highly annoying and sounds uneducated. And she is a very educated and smart woman. I hate it and can't stop it !

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