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Date: 22 May 2007 18:05:11
From: Sandy
Subject: wusses !
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What's with all this soft, languid, feminine, vocal style with Americans?
The guys seem to like to let the end of sentences rise upwards, like little
girls asking questions, not like making statements.
I think that style, if it could not be corrected, would make me look for
another expert.
Wusses, the majority.
Incidentally, Atty Young does this a little, but after all, he is asking
questions, so it's a little more natural.
--
Bonne route !
Sandy
Verneuil-sur-Seine FR
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Date: 22 May 2007 21:03:53
From: bjw@mambo.ucolick.org
Subject: Re: wusses !
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On May 22, 12:10 pm, "Sandy" <leu...@frree.fr > wrote:
> Dan Connelly <d_j_c_o_n_n_e_l@y_a_h_o_o_._c_o_m> a r=E9fl=E9chi, et puis a
> d=E9clar=E9 :
>
> > Sandy wrote:
> >> What's with all this soft, languid, feminine, vocal style with
> >> Americans? The guys seem to like to let the end of sentences rise
> >> upwards, like little girls asking questions, not like making
> >> statements. I think that style, if it could not be corrected, would ma=
ke
> >> me look
> >> for another expert.
> >> Wusses, the majority.
>
> > It's a California thing. From New York, sentences are generally
> > ended with "and do you have a problem with THAT?"
>
> I think I get it.
> East Coast - scheisskopf
> West Coast - Dumbass
It's a way of, you know, making every, like, statement
sound like a question, you know? So that it seems like,
you're not, like, a know-it-all, and if someone challenges
you, you can kind of back away, without ever, like,
having to go back on what you said?
It's more, like, East Coast: "Dumbass" vs.
West Coast: "Dumbass?"
Ben
Speaker to Undergrads
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Date: 22 May 2007 17:43:50
From: derFahrer@gmail.com
Subject: Re: wusses !
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On May 22, 12:05 pm, "Sandy" <leu...@frree.fr > wrote:
> What's with all this soft, languid, feminine, vocal style with Americans?
> The guys seem to like to let the end of sentences rise upwards, like little
> girls asking questions, not like making statements.
> I think that style, if it could not be corrected, would make me look for
> another expert.
"uptalking" ...
http://www.guardian.co.uk/g2/story/0,3604,555379,00.html
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Date: 22 May 2007 18:47:01
From: John Forrest Tomlinson
Subject: Re: wusses !
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On Tue, 22 May 2007 18:05:11 +0200, "Sandy" <leurre@frree.fr > wrote:
>The guys seem to like to let the end of sentences rise upwards, like little
>girls asking questions, not like making statements.
I talk like that too.
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JT
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Date: 23 May 2007 08:27:46
From: Sandy
Subject: Re: wusses !
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Dans le message de news:bms6535a9l5ajro0jassflm74kbe14r2e0@4ax.com,
John Forrest Tomlinson <usenetremove@jt10000.com > a réfléchi, et puis a
déclaré :
> On Tue, 22 May 2007 18:05:11 +0200, "Sandy" <leurre@frree.fr> wrote:
>
>> The guys seem to like to let the end of sentences rise upwards, like
>> little girls asking questions, not like making statements.
>
> I talk like that too.
Wuss !
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Date: 23 May 2007 05:43:47
From: Ryan Cousineau
Subject: Re: wusses !
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In article <bms6535a9l5ajro0jassflm74kbe14r2e0@4ax.com >,
John Forrest Tomlinson <usenetremove@jt10000.com > wrote:
> On Tue, 22 May 2007 18:05:11 +0200, "Sandy" <leurre@frree.fr> wrote:
>
> >The guys seem to like to let the end of sentences rise upwards, like little
> >girls asking questions, not like making statements.
>
> I talk like that too.
Not that there's anything wrong with that, JT.
--
Ryan Cousineau rcousine@sfu.ca http://www.wiredcola.com/
"I don't want kids who are thinking about going into mathematics
to think that they have to take drugs to succeed." -Paul Erdos
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Date: 22 May 2007 13:24:00
From: RicodJour
Subject: Re: wusses !
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On May 22, 12:05 pm, "Sandy" <leu...@frree.fr > wrote:
> What's with all this soft, languid, feminine, vocal style with Americans?
> The guys seem to like to let the end of sentences rise upwards, like little
> girls asking questions, not like making statements.
> I think that style, if it could not be corrected, would make me look for
> another expert.
> Wusses, the majority.
>
> Incidentally, Atty Young does this a little, but after all, he is asking
> questions, so it's a little more natural.
> --
> Bonne route !
>
> Sandy
> Verneuil-sur-Seine FR
You pick up on the details, Mons Ferret! Remember, that's where the
devil is.
That rising inflection, colloquially referred to as a 'waszzat?',
indicates an implied post comment, as in, "..., waszzat, asshole?" So
you see, what might not seem like a question, is, after all.
R
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Date: 22 May 2007 12:25:39
From:
Subject: Re: wusses !
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On May 22, 12:05 pm, "Sandy" <leu...@frree.fr > wrote:
> What's with all this soft, languid, feminine, vocal style with Americans?
> The guys seem to like to let the end of sentences rise upwards, like little
> girls asking questions, not like making statements.
> I think that style, if it could not be corrected, would make me look for
> another expert.
> Wusses, the majority.
>
> Incidentally, Atty Young does this a little, but after all, he is asking
> questions, so it's a little more natural.
> --
> Bonne route !
>
> Sandy
> Verneuil-sur-Seine FR
What are you talking about?
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Date: 22 May 2007 21:39:39
From: Sandy
Subject: Re: wusses !
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Dans le message de
news:1179861939.403770.324680@p77g2000hsh.googlegroups.com,
daniel.simmons@gmail.com <daniel.simmons@gmail.com > a réfléchi, et puis a
déclaré :
> On May 22, 12:05 pm, "Sandy" <leu...@frree.fr> wrote:
>> What's with all this soft, languid, feminine, vocal style with
>> Americans? The guys seem to like to let the end of sentences rise
>> upwards, like little girls asking questions, not like making
>> statements.
>> I think that style, if it could not be corrected, would make me look
>> for another expert.
>> Wusses, the majority.
>>
>> Incidentally, Atty Young does this a little, but after all, he is
>> asking questions, so it's a little more natural.
>> --
>> Bonne route !
>>
>> Sandy
>> Verneuil-sur-Seine FR
>
> What are you talking about?
Sock puppet for Press ?
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Date: 22 May 2007 15:03:47
From: Curtis L. Russell
Subject: Re: wusses !
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On Tue, 22 May 2007 18:05:11 +0200, "Sandy" <leurre@frree.fr > wrote:
>What's with all this soft, languid, feminine, vocal style with Americans?
>The guys seem to like to let the end of sentences rise upwards, like little
>girls asking questions, not like making statements.
We're slowly going tonal. And anal. The jury is out whether it will
end up anally tonal or tonally anal.
And try to say THAT with a lilt...
But, seriously, this is California we're talking about. Landis wanted
the trial there because he figured most people in California associate
doping with only one substance. You're just hearing the end result of
years of trying to get mellow.
Curtis L. Russell
Odenton, MD (USA)
Just someone on two wheels...
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Date: 22 May 2007 22:19:43
From: Jay Hill
Subject: Re: wusses !
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Curtis L. Russell wrote:
> On Tue, 22 May 2007 18:05:11 +0200, "Sandy" <leurre@frree.fr> wrote:
>
>> What's with all this soft, languid, feminine, vocal style with Americans?
>> The guys seem to like to let the end of sentences rise upwards, like little
>> girls asking questions, not like making statements.
>
> We're slowly going tonal. And anal. The jury is out whether it will
> end up anally tonal or tonally anal.
That Valley Girl questioning-type rise has been going on for decades,
and it's gaining use through American English in general. It's been
commented on fairly often by better news sources, such as NPR, and in
academic papers. I'm not sure what label for it is gaining traction,
though.
I like to think I'm objective about something like that, but I do get
embarrassed when I hear a male do it.
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Date: 22 May 2007 19:57:50
From: Donald Munro
Subject: Re: wusses !
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Sandy wrote:
> What's with all this soft, languid, feminine, vocal style with Americans?
> The guys seem to like to let the end of sentences rise upwards, like little
> girls asking questions, not like making statements.
Its something you get used to if you've spent any time in there. They also
repeatedly say OK with a weird elongated pronunciation of the O.
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Date: 22 May 2007 17:34:46
From: Dan Connelly
Subject: Re: wusses !
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Sandy wrote:
> What's with all this soft, languid, feminine, vocal style with Americans?
> The guys seem to like to let the end of sentences rise upwards, like little
> girls asking questions, not like making statements.
> I think that style, if it could not be corrected, would make me look for
> another expert.
> Wusses, the majority.
It's a California thing. From New York, sentences are generally ended with "and do you have a problem with THAT?"
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Date: 22 May 2007 21:10:39
From: Sandy
Subject: Re: wusses !
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Dans le message de news:WQF4i.9632$rO7.2434@newssvr25.news.prodigy.net,
Dan Connelly <d_j_c_o_n_n_e_l@y_a_h_o_o_._c_o_m > a réfléchi, et puis a
déclaré :
> Sandy wrote:
>> What's with all this soft, languid, feminine, vocal style with
>> Americans? The guys seem to like to let the end of sentences rise
>> upwards, like little girls asking questions, not like making
>> statements. I think that style, if it could not be corrected, would make
>> me look
>> for another expert.
>> Wusses, the majority.
>
>
> It's a California thing. From New York, sentences are generally
> ended with "and do you have a problem with THAT?"
I think I get it.
East Coast - scheisskopf
West Coast - Dumbass
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Date: 22 May 2007 16:21:00
From: Curtis L. Russell
Subject: Re: wusses !
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On Tue, 22 May 2007 21:10:39 +0200, "Sandy" <leurre@frree.fr > wrote:
>I think I get it.
>East Coast - scheisskopf
>West Coast - Dumbass
Um, well, OK. I don't actually live near the water, so its not like
I'm on the coast.
Curtis L. Russell
Odenton, MD (USA)
Just someone on two wheels...
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