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Annoying voices

Hope

Are you irritated by some accents/voice intonations? I think I have posted before about this, but I have an extreme aversion to 'up-talk' or the high-rise terminal (HRT). Teenagers, particularly girls, speak like this a lot, but so do many 20 and 30 somethings now. Every statement is spoken as if it were a question, giving off an air of uncertainty, as if they expect you to disagree with them. As someone with Aspergers, I like certainty and formal speech, but up-talk leaves me feeling confused and unclear. I get stressed when people talk like this, and end up not believing what they say, because it is so vague. I understand that language and accents change, but I can't help opposing up-talk. It goes against the way my brain is wired: certainty is replaced by endless questions, which are not meant to be questions.

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  • Is HRT(Not hormone replacement treatment) a whining noise which increases,, yeahhhhhhhh,,,, alrighhhhhhhtttttt as a raising tone.

    I find that I dislike hissers, people who talk, but actually hiss as they speak at the end of each word,, like someone spraying aerosol at the same time,, a lot of newsreaders and woman do this. My ears hate it !

    People who talk too slowly. People who talk with high tones(william hague), people will booming low tones(james earl brown). People who talk in bytes,, stop and start,, (obama). When you have sensitive ears,, these off-keys hurt your mind.

    even the actors on eastenders and corronation street, voice annoy me... I think these actors are picked to annoy me..(not that I watch these programmes) as my rational mind starts screaming,, stop listening !

    It is a very interesting subject Hope Smile

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  • Is HRT(Not hormone replacement treatment) a whining noise which increases,, yeahhhhhhhh,,,, alrighhhhhhhtttttt as a raising tone.

    I find that I dislike hissers, people who talk, but actually hiss as they speak at the end of each word,, like someone spraying aerosol at the same time,, a lot of newsreaders and woman do this. My ears hate it !

    People who talk too slowly. People who talk with high tones(william hague), people will booming low tones(james earl brown). People who talk in bytes,, stop and start,, (obama). When you have sensitive ears,, these off-keys hurt your mind.

    even the actors on eastenders and corronation street, voice annoy me... I think these actors are picked to annoy me..(not that I watch these programmes) as my rational mind starts screaming,, stop listening !

    It is a very interesting subject Hope Smile

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