Comment on On Jeopardy, does getting the Who/What/Where/When/Why part of the response necessary?

• ininewcrow@lemmy.ca ⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  lol … I know several young people who practically speak as if everything they say is a question.

  Hello? … I went to the store? … in the car? … with my friends?

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  • protist@mander.xyz ⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    This is called “uptalk,” and it’s most famously associated with the “valley girl” culture of 1980s Southern California

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    • ininewcrow@lemmy.ca ⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      It might have originated there in the 80s but I live in northern Ontario in Canada and things tend to take a while to percolate through to our part of civilization.

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    • RichardDegenne@lemmy.zip ⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      What’s uptalk?

      Not much, what about you?

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