Uptalk

Fountain, president of the National Association for Self Esteem, points to "uptalk" as a particular culprit. ❋ Unknown (2010)

Whether or not Daniel's hypothesis is correct, the recent world-wide rise in "uptalk" can't be blamed on the Vikings, at least not directly. ❋ Unknown (2008)

Sharon Fountain, president of the National Association for Self Esteem, points to “uptalk” as a particular culprit. ❋ Unknown (2010)

They uptalk as if sentences had no end or conclusion. ❋ Unknown (2010)

Sharon Fountain, president of the National Association for Self Esteem, points to "uptalk" as a particular culprit. ❋ Unknown (2010)

Mostly I think it's funny to hear all of the uptalk on these snapvine recordings. ❋ StyleyGeek (2006)

Ha, I went to a talk at a linguistics conference last year where the speaker was presenting uptalk as a feature characteristic of Australian English. ❋ StyleyGeek (2006)

He raised his voice to a savage, lisping Valley Girlish uptalk. ❋ Jennifer Weiner (2005)

The feed was so popular that in December the pair released three videos featuring Sheppard wearing a wig and jewelry and modulating his voice into Valley-girlish uptalk. ❋ Megha (2012)

Aside from quality-control issues, some hauls drag on for more than 15 minutes with the girls gabbing in a nearly unintelligible uptalk about how cute and pretty and - teehee - fashion-forward but still school-sensible the products are? ❋ Unknown (2010)

[Read in uptalk] This is 'cause he didn't meet with him before? ❋ Bloodthirsty Liberal (2010)

Valley Girl uptalk, were started by young women from California. ❋ Unknown (2010)

Shorten those stentorian pauses, and maybe a little uptalk would help? ❋ Unknown (2010)

They uptalk a lot, putting a question mark at the end of a statement. ❋ Unknown (2009)

This association of uptalk with insecure women seems exemplify the complex of selective attention and confirmation bias that Arnold Zwicky has called the ❋ Unknown (2008)

Given the prevalence of uptalk in Australian English pronunciation, I wonder whether Smith? ’s Australian background played a decisive part in the name change. ❋ Unknown (2009)