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Annoying voices

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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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  • I can see the point you are making. It would be racist if you argued that the speakers of a certain accent were less intelligent or inferior  due to their accent, but many people prefer certain accents to others. This is not objective, it is a subjective preference, based on the individual perception of sound, which is akin to music and melody. Uptalk  or HRT is indeed more common in some accents than others, notably Australian and certain American accents, but it has recently infiltrated the accents of many British people. I don't like it because the speaker sounds uncertain, and I like speech which conveys authority and certainty. This is just the way my brain works.

     

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  • I can see the point you are making. It would be racist if you argued that the speakers of a certain accent were less intelligent or inferior  due to their accent, but many people prefer certain accents to others. This is not objective, it is a subjective preference, based on the individual perception of sound, which is akin to music and melody. Uptalk  or HRT is indeed more common in some accents than others, notably Australian and certain American accents, but it has recently infiltrated the accents of many British people. I don't like it because the speaker sounds uncertain, and I like speech which conveys authority and certainty. This is just the way my brain works.

     

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