JRE made me look up upspeak lmao

@olasplayground13

4 жыл бұрын

same! just paused the huberman podcast to google it

@juandelacruz1819

4 жыл бұрын

same

@bigturboweenie

4 жыл бұрын

lol that's why I'm here.

@dubuliezs3

4 жыл бұрын

Am i the only one who couldn’t tell the difference (upspeak or normal) from this video?? Here from JRE

@TexicanMr

4 жыл бұрын

Same

JRE made me look this up as well!! Hahahahah

@bbwsmashchamp235

4 жыл бұрын

Same

@ramonmartinez1345

4 жыл бұрын

Same

@dalaljaz7128

4 жыл бұрын

Me too 😂

@jackrogers1115

4 жыл бұрын

Bloody hell same

@arjeiobciana8954

4 жыл бұрын

Lol same here

Joe Rogan moves the internet..

@G-H-C

4 жыл бұрын

Lol. Just paused the podcast to come search this up

@FractalFreedom

4 жыл бұрын

Ethan Genser Same haven’t heard of this term before

@anonymous_4372

4 жыл бұрын

I move the internet nigga.

@ERROR204.

3 жыл бұрын

Shut up alux

@TracyGreenwood

3 жыл бұрын

Joe Rogan IS the internet (and he has some elk in the freezer). I love JRE. Never miss an episode, unless I'm on Spotify...... By the way, have you ever tried DMT?

It is fairly universal, those who don't use upspeak find it extremely annoying. Some have more patience than others, but we are all annoyed.

@ennbee2051

Жыл бұрын

More of a yank thing I'm afraid.

@happyhappy5829

Жыл бұрын

The english especially Londoners DON’T do it it is not universal it sounds dumb pathetic triggerin makes you sound like a total deekhead yea so FFS stop that it’s jarrin as FFFFF

@gnolan4281

9 ай бұрын

More of a Southern California thingy. Vast sections of America are appalled by how empty headed that habit sounds. Cringeworthy, yeah. @@ennbee2051

The examples of uptalk in this video are so mild that they're almost non-existent. This is not the kind of uptalk that drives listeners crazy and makes the speaker sound like a complete ditz.

@evabailey3860

4 жыл бұрын

I was thinking that same thing lol. He only goes up on the very last syllable and it's only a tone or so.

@rafaeterna1081

4 жыл бұрын

there's a video cheddar made about elevator where the narrator accidentally upspeak the whole time

@SaynaTheSpiffy

4 жыл бұрын

I feel like a large part of that has to do with the fact that he’s a man.

@miriamrobarts

4 жыл бұрын

I thought it was good to see a subtle example, since it's often over-exaggerated.

@sasha8664

4 жыл бұрын

@@miriamrobarts Yeah,but I think it's too suble to get his point across effectively..especially for non native speakers.

your voice sounds so relaxed and theraputic!

@tiedough7481

4 жыл бұрын

Like the opposite of me

@ProGaming6.

4 жыл бұрын

John Crogan why so he can lull himself

@Tutume1111

2 жыл бұрын

Agree. He does sound grounded which is a really nice quality

As an Australian KZreadr with a garden channel I get a number of comments about this. Thanks for this video.

Thank you very much Ashley, your videos are very useful because you don't just focus on pronunciation of words which most English Learning Channels do, but also intonation. Hope you do more videos like this. Thank you again. (You should have a podcast because it allows you to do various things while you listen)

I'm here cause of joe rogan

Argentinian English teacher here! It makes so much more sense now... we are upspeakers! Thanks.

I always wondered about this and specifically searched KZread for it. Very glad to have found your video!

Your beautiful voice and speaking manner is out of this world.

@ProGaming6.

4 жыл бұрын

Lol what

Im so pleased I have come across your channel. Its so much value in it and seems like its going to be one of my favs! Thanks a bunch and keep up the great work!😊👌

I just love the natural way you are speaking/talking.. =)

You just helped me understand Levon's article about London HRT. thanks, man!

oh i really love the sound of your voice , give me peace and confidence , thank you! a big huge from Argentina?

Thank you for your explanation in a soothing, calm way. To each his own, but I like and agree with your intonations for declarative sentences and questions.

Nice to hear some well spoken English, In the UK people seem to leave school these days seemingly uneducated in how to speak their native tongue

I've recently came across the most bezare accent on a video here on KZread with this title: "pastured egg farming Victoria Australia". And made me think what is going on??? So I researched it a bit and your video showed up. Very informative and useful. Thank you. But have a look at the video I mentioned. You will be astonished at how this lady talks! It does get slightly irritating after a while to be honest. But have a listen.

@GreatGazukes

6 жыл бұрын

kzread.info/dash/bejne/k2ekzqpsnpTgcqQ.html lol, I'm from Victoria Australia, and the woman's very pronounced up-speak is "not unusually" typical in rural areas. I can think of a lot of people who use it and have heard it for all of my over half a century. It is probably not quite so pronounced in urban areas, but is prevalent. And yes, I talk in it too. As an explanation of this cultural habit, the up-speak sort of makes the sentence "friendlier" , the statement less of a directive. When a statement doesn't use the up-voice, I would interpret it as a tone of censure, or exasperation or curtness. The irritation that you felt with the egg farmer, I think, is partly because of the editing of the video, the up-speak kind of modulates in general conversation, but yes the lady has very pronounced up-speak, and if she rang me on the phone I would guess she was from the country :)

@robertbrandywine

5 жыл бұрын

@@GreatGazukes Her sentences don't sound like questions though.

@KaraLey98

3 жыл бұрын

@@GreatGazukes this woman drives me crazy. I hear younger ppl talk like this, and I feel like they are very insecure or just,, reached a certain level of maturity and quit.

I'm here because of Joe Rogan also, Lol.

I upspeak when making statements, and lower my tone when I'm asking questions, but I don't speak like I am unconfident, I think the closest thing I could liken it to is halfway between doing vocal scales and talking. I think it is partly my Australian accent, partly over a decade of singing and partly that I am a ridiculously cheerful and bubbly person. I know people generally seem to find me cute and typically think I am younger than what I am, but people also respond very well to me. I work in healthcare and I am very good at calming down people with severe anxiety and people who are very angry and as a general rule people seem to find me likeable, albeit a bit odd.

I've just found your channel and now I think I'll spend the rest of my life listening to your voice and watching your lips 💜

@charliemarshaii6722

6 жыл бұрын

Elena Erroi, oh la la

Ha, thanks for the example! I'm texting with a friend who mentioned upspeak and your video helped a lot. :-) never heard of this before.

You'll be lucky to find many in the UK who use upspeak in this way today. After being away from the country for 15 years and returning, I was amazed how rising intonation is used here now. Back in the 90's it was a niche seemingly used by some students. Today it seems to have been adopted by virtually every person you speak to, especially if they are trying to speak professionally. They also use another strange form of intonation, interspersed within their conversations consisting of three tones which goes up, down and then slightly higher but not as high as the first tone. I always think it sounds like someone is constipated and straining at the end of each sentence. Rising intonation these days just makes people sound like they are condescending. In fact when people use it with me I always say are you asking me or telling me? You don't sound sure. In fact personally I just avoid people like this whenever possible. I do not like people who expect me to acknowledge their every utterance like a nodding dog and it highlights they watch too much mainstream broadcasting!

This form of speech makes one sound unsure of themselves, of their declaration. Upspeak is prevalent among newscasters and reporters.

@Whether-Man

4 жыл бұрын

I think newscasters and reporters use this as a method of keeping people engaged. They mostly emphasize every other word though.

@Graphomite

Жыл бұрын

Depending on the context, it also comes off as slightly demeaning, in a subliminal way. Particularly in the context of a newscaster. It's a kind of "informative babytalk." If you're trying to inform (or teach) someone, yet using an indirect/questioninng tone, it's kinda like verbally kneeling to a child's level to speak. Cloying for their attention by _"'submitting' yourself to their level"_ rather than just confiding in their equal intelligence and ability to pay attention to and understand what is being said. Cuz faux submissin is kinda offensive. We don't want a teacher that submits to us, we want a teacher that respects our ears. While I don't think any of this is intentional, I don't think it's coincidence that people who feel the least connected with their audience are the most likely to use upspeak.

Aussie here, there's a few of us that up speak. Its done more in casual conversations amongst females especially. Its a way we converse whilst signally to others they can contribute, agree/disagree with what we are saying openly and freely. If you talk in a more formal style you won't receive as much feedback and the convos will become stilted and statement like and very impersonal.

@stijnvandamme76

2 жыл бұрын

I have it from ozzie colleages in the business world, when they explain something in a zoom meeting.. guys do it too. it's irritating as hell.. an explanation of certain things it should be like this. this goes there. that goes there. then we did this. and then that happened. all i hear is question? question? question? question?

@rubyblu21

2 жыл бұрын

@@stijnvandamme76 I get the frustration, I hope they don't talk slow as well, that's the worst! if you nod or say yes after each rise your Aussie colleagues will think you are the most switched on, attentive listener👌

@thedolphin5428

8 ай бұрын

We? Speak for yourself. It's a Queensland thing. Too much sun and XXXX, thus fewer brain cells.

It has made me physically upset hearing upspeak. I heard it first on Australian television and I had no idea what was going on because every sentence sounded like a question.

@Tommyblueeyes

4 жыл бұрын

yeah Australians never USED to talk like that..it is more evident in the eastern states also

@user-de9te1kc2q

4 жыл бұрын

Shirleyanne Courtney Quinten Haaa I didn’t think I’d come across another human that hates it as much as I do😂

@grubbybum3614

4 жыл бұрын

I literally can't tell the difference between this guy's examples...

@mallbratgirl_3005

3 жыл бұрын

dude people can’t help their accent

@leandrog2785

2 жыл бұрын

@@grubbybum3614 You're tone-deaf. Do an online test.

Great video! Very informative!!! I am now a new subscriber.💖

Late to the game but I glad to find you and your good explanation!

Yep, the Valley Girl movie in 1983 was pretty much it. Also the song by Moon Zappa. Everyone started to imitate the accent then and uptalk. It was fun!

Very interesting. I find that adding the upspeak tone to the end makes the statements sound rather sarcastic, which is exactly how they would be intending the statements in many tv series (for example the new Gossip Girl series started in 2021). With the upspeak added to "I really like that hat you're wearing," it actually would fit perfectly in scenes where girls are actually criticizing and bullying other girls about what they are wearing. Actually, it is interesting that you mentioned it being associated with California and New York (fashion capitals) and the particular show, Gossip Girl, is supposed to take place in an elite New York School rampant with bullying of girls against each other for status. Standard American English also uses the same downward inflection at the end of declarative sentences, as you say is the norm in proper British speech, also.

I wondered why I loved Norwegian accents so much and I realised it's because many of them use upspeak and I actually think it's sounds adorable. It also seems to have a very sing song effect to it so that might also be why I love listening to it.

@CharGC123

11 ай бұрын

That's so amusing, I despise it! There is a British YT history channel and a cooking channel both with great content, but I just CANNOT listen to the guys without getting the same sensation as nails on a chalkboard!

Coming here after JRE? 🙋🏼‍♀️

I'm from the Isle of Man, when I moved to Plymouth for university I noticed my English friends (mostly from the South) spoke this way, and whenever I returned home for holidays I would be mocked savagely for having picked it up! To me it sounds uncertain, and implies the speaker is seeking approval of their statement from those around them, which might be why it is most common in younger speakers.

@jeanettedevereux7664

2 жыл бұрын

👏

This video clarifies what this type of inflection is. I reside here in California. I have to tell you that "upspeak" that has been growing in speech habits of Californians in recent years, is, for me, particularly annoying. It should be used when asking questions and not at the end of EVERY...DAMN...SENTENCE! Thank you for posting.

Im autistic and been wondering why people put their tone of voice up at the end of a sentance or when they are listing things verbally. It annoys me because i dont understand it but then i came across this video and it has helped me understand better. So i thank you a lot for making this video

@miss.l.1563

Жыл бұрын

What's your being autistic got to do with it? A lot of people think the same thing, that's why educational videos are made...... To explain all manner of things.

@keimaye

Жыл бұрын

Exactly the same here, I always wondered what it was about that particular rise at the end of sentences that was annoying me so very very much

@CharGC123

11 ай бұрын

There is a British YT history channel and a cooking channel both with great content, but I just CANNOT listen to the guys without getting the same sensation as nails on a chalkboard!

@crueljimi

6 ай бұрын

Really you shouldn’t have to understand it, the upward inflection at the end of declarative sentences is the equivalent of a smoke alarm low battery warning beeping in the background…for me anything said previously is instantly dismissed…

Great video. Thank you for sharing.

Omg that's amazing. Thanks for the class. I am subbing.

Perfect. Your voice is perfect. Thankssss

perfect explanation. thank you.👍

I feel like every last person who makes youtube videos needs to watch this video or just learn about upspeaking in general. It is the number one killer of a channel for me. If every single sentence has upspeak at the end of it I can't listen for more than a minute before I just leave the video behind. It's the most annoying thing one the planet when you hear upspeak not only at the end of every sentence but more so when the sentence is only four or five words. Rapid fire upspeak sentences are the bane of my existence.

Joe Rogan sent me. Mary Poppins is my new upspeak reference. Thanks, man!

Not sure why this was recommended to me but i liked it. Nice video dude.

Thanks for the explanation. I am not a native speaker and all this upward inflections are a big question mark for me. Now its a bit clearer to me. *like*

@shirleyannecourtneyquinten5462

4 жыл бұрын

hahaha

The horrible narrator from Cheddar brought me here

@mauriciorodrix

4 жыл бұрын

Same 🤣

@utetwo9709

4 жыл бұрын

Indeed

@blackassmagic

4 жыл бұрын

LMAO SAME

@paullyo2244

4 жыл бұрын

same lmao

@hamzaghori1076

4 жыл бұрын

a comment link from cheddar brought me here lol

I miss you on Late Night with David Letterman. I'm sorry man. Good video! Upspeak is apparently the new American accent now.

@matthewmcwane9569

4 жыл бұрын

Nah bruh

there is a name for the sound "yu" not u. It is used in words such as tulip. The sound is nearing extinction in usage. What is the name of this sound? Could you do a podcast on it? I heard it mentioned in a documentary of language once and , regrettably, I have lost it. I am glad to have language and sounds being explained and explored!

Damn you Joe Rogan you have me go all over the Internet with your vast array of guest

This was awesome!!!

Spontaneous physicality always speaks the truth, just like an involuntary tick in the face, or a shrugging of the shoulders when something is said. Your body always tells the truth. Words chosen are secondary, since they can only symbolize the concepts in our heads, and are filtered through the process of cognition. Inflections and their placement, unless pre-calculated say much more than the words themselves. Upspeak used in a declarative statement is a sign of incongruence between what the person is thinking, versus what he/ she is actually saying through their words. Either, that person is not 100% confident or congruent in what he/ she is saying (the more inflection up, the higher level of incongruence), or the person can purposely be saying the opposite of what they’re thinking, to be sarcastic (possibly as a shared joke), or to be condescending. To know the difference, just look at what the face and body are saying. At the core, it’s all an issue of psychology. What people really need to understand is what’s happening psychologically. Natural vocal patterns emerge from that internal state - cause and effect. Says a lot about the emerging psychology and social trends in our culture, or existing ones in others. Within our culture, there has been an explosion of infinite choices, with the emergence of the internet and instant fixes going in infinite directions, even being given the option to choose your gender preference, even to choose to identify with none at all. Our decision-making skills are becoming duller and duller with every new choice we are liberated to make...pair that with the deepening lack of sense of self, roots, and identity, and the emotional pain and disconnection we experience (and of course, it’s even more complex than that)...is how you get these annoying trends in speech emerging. That, at the core, is what irritates you when you hear undesired speech patterns. Even deeper than that, what irritates you when you repeatedly experience the trend of rising undesired speech patterns is the trend of media influence on the culture, and the consistent passive shaping of the brain that more and more people are allowing to let take place.

@Englishpronunciationroadmap

5 жыл бұрын

Christine Navarro Thanks for your very detailed post. What you say is clearly based on your experience, training or research. I would hope that IF one wants to change an aspect of oneself, that with the right support and guidance, it would be possible. In my experience, awareness is the first step, and that with time and practice, progress can be made. What are your thoughts about this?

Very interesting...thank you.

I'm watching this because I'm writing an essay on syntax and tone in a passage in 1984 and all of this "upspeak" and "uptalk" sounds like something straight out of Newspeak... lol

@jaloveast1k

4 жыл бұрын

I enjoy talking to you. Your mind appeals to me. It resembles my own mind except that you happen to be insane.

Very cool thanks! I've actually searched this topic because I am north American living in England and I noticed many British folks speaking with up speak where I haven't heard it before back home. Is it not very British then?

Cheers 😍Love you ❤ 😘

I've seen many explanations/definitions of upspeak/uptalk, but I don't recall anyone saying what is obvious to me. My observation is that there is a hidden, unspoken question the speaker implies with the inflection -- specifically, the inflection is a stand-in for "do you know what I mean?" Personally, I think it would be better if they'd simply ask that question out loud. Also, I need to correct something that was stated in this video. I'm a lifelong California resident (L.A. area) and I've never been an uptalker, nor have I personally experienced a conversation with anyone who spoke to me with the upspeak inflections. I mostly see it in Australian interview videos. It's definitely a cultural thing there, but not in California.

To me, repeated rising inflections at the end of statements tell me that the speaker needs you to confirm that you have understood what they are saying WITH EVERY FUCKING STATEMENT. It's a way of holding your attention thereby dominating a conversation. I also find it, at times to be conversational bullying.

@kidsindustryprepllc492

2 жыл бұрын

Agree

Upspeak drives me crazy but the video's version explaining upspeak the speaker's version is tooooooo subtle to really hear how aggravating it can be.

@jaybloomfield5082

2 жыл бұрын

It's driving me nuts, especially when I hear US politicians on the TV talking like this.

@SpencerLemay

2 жыл бұрын

@@jaybloomfield5082 I used to like NPR because they spoke well but now every talks like this and it ruined it completely

Thanks. Liked & subscribed. I know this question doesn't concern pronunciation, but it does involved speech patterns, so you might want to tackle it: 🤔How is it that we now have people asked something, and will start their reply with, "Yeah, no...", when it can't be both? Very strange, but this seems to have grown in usage and popularity.

What a delightful chap.

Thank you!

Thanks mate.

Thanks for the education!

@Englishpronunciationroadmap

4 жыл бұрын

Our pleasure!

Hi interesting, I grew up in Norfolk in England, in the 80s to mid 90s, as a kid and I am pretty sure many people with local accents had this upward inflection then.

I searched for this after listening to a group of people going through the greeting process prior to a meeting. Like an involuntary strutting ....

what about the glottal T and which regions in the UK usually use it ?

@Englishpronunciationroadmap

7 жыл бұрын

Great idea for a video Afnan, I'll add it to my list. Thanks.

6 жыл бұрын

Glottal English is not good English, it sounds awful.

@desmorgens3120

6 жыл бұрын

The so-called "glottal stop" is found found in many languages. In Literary Arabic, it is found in words spelled with a Hamza letter ء as in "laa ta'mannaa". In Standard Indonesian, glottal stop is found in many words that end in -k, like "tidak" /tida'/, "bapak" /bapa'/, "nenek" /nene'/...and also it functions to seperate two vowel sounds as in "keadaan" /ke'ada'an/. In German/Dutch, glottal stop also seperates two vowels as in "bearbeiten/bearbeiden" /be'ar-/. What about the glottal stop that appears in English? Well, as far as I know, glottal stop is a "trademark" of Cockney English, which has been a dialect of London for a long time. In Cockney we have glottal stops in words that end with "t" and also "t" in unstressed syllables, as in "not yet" /no' ye'/ and "water" /wa'ter/. Estuary English, a new accent of English among youngsters the term of which has been introduced by David Rosewarne in 1984, also uses glottal stops like Cockney. It is because Estuary English itself is a mixture between Received Pronunciation (RP) and Cockney. In RP (the spoken form of Standard British English) there is no obligation for us to employ glottal stops in speaking. You may decide to use a glottal stop or not in such words as "church, much, catch" /chur'ch, mu'ch, ca'ch/.

Thanks.

What do you all think about the insane amount of question marks being used after a sentence that is not actually a question? Example: "I don't know what time the concert starts tonight. ???" Put me on the crazy train now. It drives me nuts.

@woolrules

3 жыл бұрын

@@bgyw forget* Did *you* forget how to speak?

Very informative. Just makes sure to watch at 1.25x the speed

I find a bit of sunny up-speak helps to break the ice when meeting new people because it’s normally only amiable people who use up speak really, and it sets people at ease. Less open, less social people tend to be more monotone. This is only what I’ve noticed, but I’m 🇨🇦 so we (at least in the biggest 2 cities) have a bit of that California influence. 😊

@SolutionsWithin

11 ай бұрын

Oh, I should also add, I live in the most multi-cultural city on the planet. Many people here, usually young, are far away from home, new to everything, and even scared and missing home. Also, they often don’t have 100% English fluency, so I find, as probably many of us do, that up-talk or up-speak helps for warming up to people so they feel welcomed and can let down their guard and relax. Even if they don’t speak English but they see you smile and your voice tone goes upward, they can assume you are friendly. 🇨🇦😀✨

Love it

I really think you're being generous. Upspeak indicates that it's user is fundamentally insecure about what she just said. The sentence structure will be a declarative statement, but the inflection is upward, prompting the listener to reply as if it were a question. The reply will either affirm or deny the premise of the statement. Other times it is merely meant to confirm that the other conversant is really listening. Sometimes I withhold a reply if it wasn't a formal question. This will be awkward, try it. At the end of an upspoken statement there will be a pause taken for the listener to reply to the question that wasn't. For example, with upspeak she says: "I was at school today"........(Don't answer).......(She's still waiting, staring at you).........(She wants to hear "uh huh).....(Don't do it, try this instead) "Was that a question?"

"I really like this tutorial you're sharing".

JRE brought me here, but I stayed for the tone of voice thanks for the explanation

Thank god for British English

Do you have audiobooks? I could listen to you all day!!!!!! Hope you are a radio host!!

@crackerjack4833

5 жыл бұрын

please don't encourage him.

I'm not a native english speaker but I'm studying in Australia. I hated how Australian accent sounded and sometimes American accent too. Now I know why. This must be why I prefer British accent the most. It sound the most pleasant to ear and least annoying. After finding out this I looked at some of the videos for my school assignment and realized that I do this too.

What is the name of the American speech pattern where the speaker is making a list of declaratives that all end in an uptone?

I like the fact that the content "does what it says on the tin" . Well done! Good explanation.

@Englishpronunciationroadmap

4 жыл бұрын

Glad you enjoy it!

Great minds think alike.

I've noticed this up talk in a few people in my company ( relatively new thing I may add) I find it very patronising

As a GenX Australian, I'm inclined to regard upspeak as an Vally Girl and American tv/film influence but to go past my intitial reaction, it seems an awful lot like the way many people speak to small children. As if they'd heard this tone from parents&carers, and teachers in kindergarten (or even primary school), found it comforting, and then grew up using it when -being condescending- trying to be 'relatable'.

Hoping you can speak to something that's a bit off-topic from your video. More and more I'm hearing this 'questioning inflection' or 'uptalk' in the middle of longish statements a lot! I'm hearing more than a few speakers these days, even in normal conversation, doing this upspeak thing way too often? and to me it makes them sound unsure of themselves?, just like in this sentence I'm typing? and it really is getting on my nerves? It's not just young people either; older folks are doing it as well. Are these elders picking it up from the young ya think? Are you hearing this more often these days? Thanks

What about when it is made with giving advice? Here it does not produce the same effect instead it feels like it conveys more of an "I can't believe you would have thought otherwise" tone. What would that be termed?

Yes! JRE made me seek this out! Haha 😂

Oh gosh my 4 yo son is talking like this and he drags the intonation so bad and it drives me crazy! I always try correcting him with the proper intonation, but a kid being a kid he just doesn’t listen! It’s almost like he does it deliberately.

This is weird. Apparently I talk like this. My friends have pointed it out more than once, but I can hardly notice it. I supose it's because I'm, well, used to my own voice, but I just find it really strange.

Thank you, blond James Mcavoy.

@deborahtombs5774

3 жыл бұрын

exactly what I was thinking, I was looking for other people who thought the same haha

I am really like this video

Young women where I live (anywhere near California) who use "Upspeak," annoy the HELL out of me, and they sound like they have an I.Q. of about 80. (And that's being GENEROUS) They're usually little snobbish 'valley-girls,' or deliberately _try_ to sound like them, because they think guys think it's cute. It just gets worse and worse with every word--filling almost _every word_ with at least 4 to 5 stupid disfluencies in every...single...sentence. _"Like, oh, my gawd, like, uh, y'know, like, I saw this guy? And, um, like, uh, well, he was like, hot? Y'know? And, um, like, uh, like, he was like, y'know, good-looking? And, and, um, uh, he, like, like, um, um, uh, uh, was, like, um, was like, uh, he, he had...uh...nice car, and stuff? So, like, uhh, um...I uh...gave him my like, phone number? Y'know? Like, it was like, totally crazy? Y'know what I, what I like, mean? Oh, my gawd, let's like, totally go to the mall, and like, shop n' stuff, right? Like, oh, my gawd, yah!"_ "Disfluencies" are filler words: "Um, uh, uh-huh, mhmm, hmm," etc.) --WAY too many Americans use them FAR too much, and to me, it's a sign of unintelligence. I'm sorry, but it's true. Unless you have an actual speech problem or disorder due to some kind of disability in your BRAIN, there is no excuse to talk like morons. When I hear women around me talk like that, I have this nearly uncontrollable urge to just SMACK THEM in the mouth, and shout, *"TALK LIKE A FUCKING NORMAL PERSON, AND STOP SAYING, "LIKE, LIKE, LIKE, LIKE, LIKE, LIKE, LIKE, LIKE, LIKE!!!!!"* 😂

It actually comes across as really aggressive and dominating.

Do you do audiobooks?

Good video thanks. Ps I very much like your voice please read me bed time stories at night thank you 😂😂😂💜

I found this to be an interesting topic, I've notieced more women doing the uptalk than men. I never even knew it was called this! I just foud it irritating when people would talk and their intonation would go UP at the end of the sentence. Im gld i GOOGLED it and got to your channel. Much appreciated. BUT This is what I want to know...this has been going on for yrs now but why do so many people use the word SO during speaking? It doesn't irritate me when people use the word correctly, but if you're asking a simple question such as "where is your restrooms?", and they respond with "SOOOOO...the restrooms are...". Thats like nails on the chaulkboard for me. Any explanation would be appreciated.

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@Howard Black that’s so old of a response 😂😂😂. Gotcha.

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@Howard Black yes. I don’t mind when it’s used correctly as in joining a conjunction or as an adverb. But to start it at the beginning of a sentence-ESPECIALLY if they’re answering a yes/no question is what I find irritating.

I don't hear any difference between them but I do live a bit north of California and everyone says I always use it who's up speak all the time I'm mostly hear this from people that live far away. And you know it's rumored that the origin of up space is from Southern California so most places even just Slightly North of California thought that way soon places like Washington and Oregon but it would be most prominent in parts of Washington like Seattle and parts of Oregon like Portland and everyone in those areas are like chill hippies but they still do it they don't even know but I didn't know I did it either until one of my friends from the Deep South Portland it out while they were also laughing at me and wanted me to talk more so their friends could hear it and laugh "like" is used by me all the time as is "you know" and "right" people are always telling me what I sound like a 16 year old Valley Girl and I'm 32

In Sweden they always speak like this on the radio. From what I've heard explained it's supposed to be easier to listen to/understand somehow. Or that the normal "downward speak" is more likely to cause the listener to get tired while listenting. I dunno.

Kiwis are great at it! 😜

First best example I think always think of is from American Pie "This one time, at band camp,..."

Mark Cousins, who narrated “The Story of Film: an Odyssey” continually uses upspeak. Cousins comes from Northern Ireland.

Uptalk in questions is absolutely normal!

I felt like both your examples sounded like you were narrating a golf tournament. Lol. Very soothing voice though.