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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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  • Just noticed that this discussion from 10+ years ago has been resurrected.

    The word 'inflection' springs to mind. Within a year of Neighbours being broadcast in the UK, I became aware that my peers and myself would make statements that sounded like questions. It became a habit that I then worked hard to break.

    It doesn't bother me when Australians and Kiwis speak with an inflection (when they are not actually asking questions). It also doesn't bother me when people that have emigrated to Australia or New Zealand acquire the accent and speak with an inflection. What I do find mildly irritating is when people who don't fall into those categories speak with an inflection.

    At the risk of sounding like a grumpy fuddy-duddy, I find it equally as irritating when I hear people born and bred in the UK talking like they were born and bred in The Bronx.

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  • Just noticed that this discussion from 10+ years ago has been resurrected.

    The word 'inflection' springs to mind. Within a year of Neighbours being broadcast in the UK, I became aware that my peers and myself would make statements that sounded like questions. It became a habit that I then worked hard to break.

    It doesn't bother me when Australians and Kiwis speak with an inflection (when they are not actually asking questions). It also doesn't bother me when people that have emigrated to Australia or New Zealand acquire the accent and speak with an inflection. What I do find mildly irritating is when people who don't fall into those categories speak with an inflection.

    At the risk of sounding like a grumpy fuddy-duddy, I find it equally as irritating when I hear people born and bred in the UK talking like they were born and bred in The Bronx.

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