Comment on On Jeopardy, does getting the Who/What/Where/When/Why part of the response necessary?
ininewcrow@lemmy.ca 4 weeks agolol … 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?
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
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.
RichardDegenne@lemmy.zip 4 weeks ago
What’s uptalk?
Not much, what about you?