American men have started to talk like WOMEN: Californian study finds that males are rising in pitch at the end of sente

[malamute]

Originally Posted by ABQConvict

I always thought that 'uptalk' at the end of a sentence was a Latino vocal pattern in both genders. But I hardly see how Latino speech patterns could be having any effect in southern California where their numbers are so low.

j/k

It is, but it's natural in that language. I don't think that's what influences the valley girl and valley boy or the kardashian dull and whiney inflections.

[CravingMountains]

Oh! I might do this! I say the words "totally" and "right on" a LOT! I try to catch myself but it happens out of almost instinct. That might be vocal fry. Even if the words sound correctly it can still be annoying to the ears I bet.