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By (user no longer on site) OP
over a year ago
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Inflection.....more and more people are using at the end of spoken sentences? Do you know what I mean, that sudden higher pitch emphasis on a word that turns a normal sentence into a "question".
It drives me fucking mental, so much so that if people talk to me doing it I walk away from them, no matter who they are!
I call it a "questiontive inflection" but what's it really called, apart from effing annoying?
Does it wind anybody else up? |
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By (user no longer on site)
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"Inflection.....more and more people are using at the end of spoken sentences? Do you know what I mean, that sudden higher pitch emphasis on a word that turns a normal sentence into a "question".
It drives me fucking mental, so much so that if people talk to me doing it I walk away from them, no matter who they are!
I call it a "questiontive inflection" but what's it really called, apart from effing annoying?
Does it wind anybody else up?"
Yup. Winds me up! |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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It’s the second tone in Chinese.
Often people do it when they’re Australian, unsure of what they’re saying or nervous.
Maybe you’re putting them off Doc. |
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By (user no longer on site)
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"Inflection.....more and more people are using at the end of spoken sentences? Do you know what I mean, that sudden higher pitch emphasis on a word that turns a normal sentence into a "question".
It drives me fucking mental, so much so that if people talk to me doing it I walk away from them, no matter who they are!
I call it a "questiontive inflection" but what's it really called, apart from effing annoying?
Does it wind anybody else up?"
Yes it does wind me up too, although I must confess. I am guilty of it occasionally.
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By (user no longer on site) OP
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"It’s the second tone in Chinese.
Often people do it when they’re Australian, unsure of what they’re saying or nervous.
Maybe you’re putting them off Doc."
It's invading everywhere, I had to stop watching the Royal Institute Christmas Lectures this year, a programme I normally watch religiously, because the presenter was constantly doing it. The politicians are doing it now, even that odious hypocrite Emily Thornberry was doing it on the Daily Politics the last time she was on it! |
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By (user no longer on site)
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"It’s the second tone in Chinese.
Often people do it when they’re Australian, unsure of what they’re saying or nervous.
Maybe you’re putting them off Doc.
It's invading everywhere, I had to stop watching the Royal Institute Christmas Lectures this year, a programme I normally watch religiously, because the presenter was constantly doing it. The politicians are doing it now, even that odious hypocrite Emily Thornberry was doing it on the Daily Politics the last time she was on it!"
I like Emily immensely. |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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Australian people do this a lot. It drives Marc crazy  We can't watch anything with Australian people in it because he just bitches about it the entire time.  |
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By *icketysplitsWoman
over a year ago
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The rising inflection started to invade the UK with Home and Away and Neighbours. Once you've grown up with it you have it forever.
I assume it's why written statements now sometimes have a question mark at the end? (As can be seen on threads, TwitTwat and other social media type thingies.) |
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By (user no longer on site) OP
over a year ago
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If I'm feeling that way I actually say to people talking to me: "are you asking me a question?" and when they say no, I say stop talking to me like that then! The insidious invasion tried to creep into my household but I quickly stamped it out!  |
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By (user no longer on site) OP
over a year ago
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"Not a fan of Australians then? "
Personally I think we should do what Pavlov did but in reverse! Every time someone dies they should get an electric shock to their genitals, which increases if they don't stop!  |
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"Inflection.....more and more people are using at the end of spoken sentences? Do you know what I mean, that sudden higher pitch emphasis on a word that turns a normal sentence into a "question".
It drives me fucking mental, so much so that if people talk to me doing it I walk away from them, no matter who they are!
I call it a "questiontive inflection" but what's it really called, apart from effing annoying?
Does it wind anybody else up?"
it's a massive Glaswegian thing |
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By (user no longer on site) OP
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"Inflection.....more and more people are using at the end of spoken sentences? Do you know what I mean, that sudden higher pitch emphasis on a word that turns a normal sentence into a "question".
It drives me fucking mental, so much so that if people talk to me doing it I walk away from them, no matter who they are!
I call it a "questiontive inflection" but what's it really called, apart from effing annoying?
Does it wind anybody else up?
it's a massive Glaswegian thing"
And I used to like Glasgow!  |
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By *alcon43Woman
over a year ago
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"Inflection.....more and more people are using at the end of spoken sentences? Do you know what I mean, that sudden higher pitch emphasis on a word that turns a normal sentence into a "question".
It drives me fucking mental, so much so that if people talk to me doing it I walk away from them, no matter who they are!
I call it a "questiontive inflection" but what's it really called, apart from effing annoying?
Does it wind anybody else up?
it's a massive Glaswegian thing
And I used to like Glasgow! "
Don’t know who you talk to in Glasgow but it’s definitely not massive here. |
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By (user no longer on site) OP
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"Inflection.....more and more people are using at the end of spoken sentences? Do you know what I mean, that sudden higher pitch emphasis on a word that turns a normal sentence into a "question".
It drives me fucking mental, so much so that if people talk to me doing it I walk away from them, no matter who they are!
I call it a "questiontive inflection" but what's it really called, apart from effing annoying?
Does it wind anybody else up?
it's a massive Glaswegian thing
And I used to like Glasgow!
Don’t know who you talk to in Glasgow but it’s definitely not massive here. "
Not me, poster before...innocent!  |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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Too many things wind people up. That winds me up.
I don't mind, it brings character to someone, I find it funny how people pick up peculiarities when visiting other people and return with a quirky accent.
Kids are the worst for it. It makes me laugh, not frown.  |
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By (user no longer on site)
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"The rising inflection started to invade the UK with Home and Away and Neighbours. Once you've grown up with it you have it forever.
I assume it's why written statements now sometimes have a question mark at the end? (As can be seen on threads, TwitTwat and other social media type thingies.)"
The question mark at the end of a statement boils my piss!! |
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By (user no longer on site)
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"Out of interest, and to spice this up a bit, what's the difference between getting wound up about this and getting wound up about poor written grammar?"
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By (user no longer on site)
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"The rising inflection started to invade the UK with Home and Away and Neighbours. Once you've grown up with it you have it forever.
I assume it's why written statements now sometimes have a question mark at the end? (As can be seen on threads, TwitTwat and other social media type thingies.)
The question mark at the end of a statement boils my piss!!"
I read everything with that tone in this thread. . |
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By (user no longer on site)
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"The rising inflection started to invade the UK with Home and Away and Neighbours. Once you've grown up with it you have it forever.
I assume it's why written statements now sometimes have a question mark at the end? (As can be seen on threads, TwitTwat and other social media type thingies.)
The question mark at the end of a statement boils my piss!!
I read everything with that tone in this thread. . "
I don't?
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"can i add to this, people who end a sentence with "so"
People from Hull say so so much "
They also say "bless" and "darl" far too much! (Worked there for 6 years, unfortunately my accent has a bit of Hull to it now) |
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By (user no longer on site)
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It's called upspeak and it should only be used when asking a question, inferring uncertainty, being sarcastic, or being the seductively delicate damsel.
I'm personally more annoyed with the increase in vocal fry. |
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