cwmbrancity Posted May 3, 2016 Share Posted May 3, 2016 Australians can sometimes have that upward inflection at the end of some sentences, but at least it sounds as if their brains are plugged in Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
doublename Posted May 3, 2016 Share Posted May 3, 2016 Strongly disagree Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Astro Tarot Posted May 3, 2016 Share Posted May 3, 2016 "as iffn' all these bitches because their so damn clueless" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LimpyLoo Posted May 3, 2016 Share Posted May 3, 2016 Every single one of my friends uses 'like' as a verbal stopgap. I've even met people my parent's age who do it. Oh and of course I do it most of all. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted May 3, 2016 Share Posted May 3, 2016 Australians can sometimes have that upward inflection at the end of some sentences, but at least it sounds as if their brains are plugged in What about Scouse? https://youtu.be/sWAUrHODRWM Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cwmbrancity Posted May 3, 2016 Share Posted May 3, 2016 Strongly disagree on the inflection or the brains plugged in? Australians can sometimes have that upward inflection at the end of some sentences, but at least it sounds as if their brains are plugged in What about Scouse? https://youtu.be/sWAUrHODRWM Liverpool is such a melting pot,,,,,, the influence of northern Welsh is massive with the ywch/throaty hacking twang, lashings of Irish accents from all over the Emerald Isle, plus previous Hiberno-Norse & then all of the later industrial port-era migration that flooded the city. A cunning linguist would give you a much more concise appraisal. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted May 3, 2016 Share Posted May 3, 2016 Strongly disagree on the inflection or the brains plugged in? Australians can sometimes have that upward inflection at the end of some sentences, but at least it sounds as if their brains are plugged in What about Scouse? https://youtu.be/sWAUrHODRWM Liverpool is such a melting pot,,,,,, the influence of northern Welsh is massive with the ywch/throaty hacking twang, lashings of Irish accents from all over the Emerald Isle, plus previous Hiberno-Norse & then all of the later industrial port-era migration that flooded the city. A cunning linguist would give you a much more concise appraisal. When I visit the UK, I want you to be my tour guide. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
doublename Posted May 3, 2016 Share Posted May 3, 2016 Strongly disagree on the inflection or the brains plugged in? The brains plugged in bit. No offense to our Oz-based WATMMoids. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lane Visitor Posted May 3, 2016 Author Share Posted May 3, 2016 The one I absolutely can't stand and has been tormenting me for 3 years now is "right???" with an outsized upward inflection as a confirmation response. "Everyone is talking like a Valley girl" "I know, riiiiight???" "It's annoying" "Riiiiiiight????". It's fucking everywhere. "Riiight?" and vocal fry are enough to makeep you want to throttle someone Yup.. "Riiiight??" is the worst of them all. I find myself saying it from time to time almost unconsciously and i die just a little bit each time i notice i said it. Wanna disgust yourself? Here try this: Keep your lips closed, and mutter just the faintest "wwww" that's more of a vibration like a millisecond long as a lip-propelling starting point of your "Riiight??", right before you say it, almost like "wwriiiight?" but sorta a silent ww.. you could also use the M consonant as mouth formation alternate if you'd like. Then your next task is to, one microsecond later, do an "rrrr" sound almost like a dog... then an "AHH" like your in the dentists office -- but not for long, like a half a millisecond.. followed immediately by "eeee" ... note: you may take as long as you'd like on this vowel as the "eee" can be anywhere from a millisecond to even several seconds.. go ahead try as long as 5 or 7 seconds to go for ultra valley girl.. the "T" at the end actually doesn't even matter.. most of the time, it's best to mute it as muting the "T" at the end actually accentuates the vowels which are by and far the most meaningful aspects of the word. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cwmbrancity Posted May 4, 2016 Share Posted May 4, 2016 Strongly disagree on the inflection or the brains plugged in? The brains plugged in bit. No offense to our Oz-based WATMMoids. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brisbot Posted May 4, 2016 Share Posted May 4, 2016 liek i know riiiiight? like, i don't know, but you know? you know? like... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ambermonk Posted May 4, 2016 Share Posted May 4, 2016 lok Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Trilobot Posted May 4, 2016 Share Posted May 4, 2016 Occasionally I'll do it ironically with my friends, but nobody here (at least nobody I've met/remember) speaks with a valley girl accent. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rubin Farr Posted May 9, 2016 Share Posted May 9, 2016 A lot of Cali people also overuse Literally, totally. "Like literally, riiiight? Totally!" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Guest Posted May 9, 2016 Share Posted May 9, 2016 sometimes, i hear americans talk amongst themselves here in Amsterdam. for some of them, but definitely not all of them, i can hear that they crave a validation for whatever they are saying. the intonations of the speak tell that to me. whatever is being said has so much longing that it almost leans into to the conversation partner, which practically forces the conversation partner to validate the speaker. i think, coming from this observation, that 'like' and 'right' are just verbal outings of a deeper sense of recognition and validation of whatever is being said by the speaker. is that common for americans? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
baph Posted May 9, 2016 Share Posted May 9, 2016 i think, coming from this observation, that 'like' and 'right' are just verbal outings of a deeper sense of recognition and validation of whatever is being said by the speaker. is that common for americans? . Well, I dunno, do I? Probably the same as anyone else, innit? Innit? INNIT Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ambermonk Posted May 10, 2016 Share Posted May 10, 2016 Arnold Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sweepstakes Posted May 10, 2016 Share Posted May 10, 2016 sometimes, i hear americans talk amongst themselves here in Amsterdam. for some of them, but definitely not all of them, i can hear that they crave a validation for whatever they are saying. the intonations of the speak tell that to me. whatever is being said has so much longing that it almost leans into to the conversation partner, which practically forces the conversation partner to validate the speaker. i think, coming from this observation, that 'like' and 'right' are just verbal outings of a deeper sense of recognition and validation of whatever is being said by the speaker. is that common for americans? Deep. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
marf Posted May 10, 2016 Share Posted May 10, 2016 America is under a microscope. Im flattered we are so entertaining, but we arent all one thing. End of Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Braintree Posted May 10, 2016 Share Posted May 10, 2016 Yep. Pretty much everyone everywhere talks like a moron. Except the Inuits. They're spot on. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Candiru Posted May 11, 2016 Share Posted May 11, 2016 sometimes, i hear americans talk amongst themselves here in Amsterdam. for some of them, but definitely not all of them, i can hear that they crave a validation for whatever they are saying. the intonations of the speak tell that to me. whatever is being said has so much longing that it almost leans into to the conversation partner, which practically forces the conversation partner to validate the speaker. i think, coming from this observation, that 'like' and 'right' are just verbal outings of a deeper sense of recognition and validation of whatever is being said by the speaker. is that common for americans? I read your post in the voice you are describing and it sounded like Euro trash Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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