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High Rising Terminal is a thing and it has nothing to do with gender: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/High_rising_terminal http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/High_rising

High Rising Terminal is a thing and it has nothing to do with gender: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/High_rising_terminal http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/High_rising_terminal Edit: Heck, in the segment you link they even comment on the fact that the guy does it too, and it was one of the first things i noticed. Those are just valley people, that's it.

skj 12y ago
It's not gender-based, but the complaints about it are gender-based.
- Mithaldu 12y ago
  I can assure you i'll hate the fuck out of you for triggering my question recognition flag without asking a thing, regardless of what's hanging between your legs or what clothes you're wearing, and i know quite a few people who share my sentiments.
- brandonmenc 12y ago
  It's just as annoying when a guy does it. If anything, it's an ageist thing, since only young people seem to do it. It makes people sound young, inexperienced, and unsure.
aupajo 12y ago
It's worth reading this piece for context. Reactions to uptalk can belie underlying prejudices. http://www.slate.com/blogs/lexicon_valley/2014/12/16/uptalk_is_okay_young_women_shouldn_t_have_to_talk_like_men_to_be_taken_seriously.html http://www.slate.com/blogs/lexicon_valley/2014/12/16/uptalk_...
- Mithaldu 12y ago
  I read it and got this far: > But even if women did uptalk more than men, we've all > heard enough uptalk to know that its rising intonation > doesn't indicate a question. No one's actually confused. And as well-meaning as Marybeth Seitz-Brown might be, i do not appreciate the insinuation that i am lying when i, as a foreigner, state that i hate HRT* in men, women, americans, australians, anyone because it fucks with my parsing of spoken english, which is already one of hardest-to-parse languages on this planet. Should i read further? Does she at any point acknowledge that i might be saying the truth? * It's the only thing too, i don't mind excessive "like" usage, high-pitched voices, gravely voices, rednecks.

skj 12y ago

It's not gender-based, but the complaints about it are gender-based.

Mithaldu 12y ago
I can assure you i'll hate the fuck out of you for triggering my question recognition flag without asking a thing, regardless of what's hanging between your legs or what clothes you're wearing, and i know quite a few people who share my sentiments.
brandonmenc 12y ago
It's just as annoying when a guy does it. If anything, it's an ageist thing, since only young people seem to do it. It makes people sound young, inexperienced, and unsure.

aupajo 12y ago

It's worth reading this piece for context. Reactions to uptalk can belie underlying prejudices. http://www.slate.com/blogs/lexicon_valley/2014/12/16/uptalk_is_okay_young_women_shouldn_t_have_to_talk_like_men_to_be_taken_seriously.html http://www.slate.com/blogs/lexicon_valley/2014/12/16/uptalk_...

Mithaldu 12y ago
I read it and got this far: > But even if women did uptalk more than men, we've all > heard enough uptalk to know that its rising intonation > doesn't indicate a question. No one's actually confused. And as well-meaning as Marybeth Seitz-Brown might be, i do not appreciate the insinuation that i am lying when i, as a foreigner, state that i hate HRT* in men, women, americans, australians, anyone because it fucks with my parsing of spoken english, which is already one of hardest-to-parse languages on this planet. Should i read further? Does she at any point acknowledge that i might be saying the truth? * It's the only thing too, i don't mind excessive "like" usage, high-pitched voices, gravely voices, rednecks.