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So the kids have gone back to school.
Eldest has suddenly and noticeably started with a fair old bit of the old upspeak.
I hate it. As does his mum.
How would you nip it in the bud before it becomes ingrained?
He's 7. We've no idea how to go about stopping it without coming across like we are getting at him for talking.
My old man has moved home from the UAE after many, many years last year and it must be a thing there as he is a raging upspeaker now.
First world problems and all that.
What's upspeak?
When every sentence sounds like it's a question.
Is it like updog?
upspeak
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Send that child to the colonies on the next available prison ship.
Ah, you mean AQI?
Like the cast of Clueless?
codybrennan
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Ah, you mean AQI?
Yes high rising terminal! 😂
funkmasterp
Like the cast of Clueless?
Yeah expect 7 with no front teeth.
Just keep asking: "What was the question?" except when you know/suspect it actually is a question.
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beej
Full MemberIs it like updog?
What’s updog? 😂😂
go full UPtalk yourself beat him at his own game?
My 24 yo son pronounces "beta" like the Americans do, in other words, incorrectly. It does my head in, comes from online gaming with Yanks.
For a 7 yo though I'd let such things ride I think.😀
Could be worse, he could be smashed on skunk weed talkin' 'bout bitches, guns, and pussios.
I just ignore mine until they talk correctly 😁
the moronic interrogative as it’s called by Rory McGrath.
send the child to elocution lessons.
From Wiki I've always known it as Rising Inflection.
The high rising terminal (HRT), also known as upspeak, uptalk, rising inflection, upward inflection, or high rising intonation (HRI), is a feature of some variants of English where declarative sentence clauses end with a rising-pitch intonation, until the end of the sentence where a falling-pitch is applied.
Does he also start sentences with so? That would be really annoying.
I just ignore mine until they talk correctly
This is the answer.
See also dropped h's, glottal stops and the footballers' tense.
It's right fun round ours. 🙂
Edit: And starting sentences with 'so'.
🙂
One of my step daughters (7) actually has an slight American accent from all the TV she watches 😒
If she starts the rising intonation thing too I might go postal.
About 35yrs ago I was dating a girl in Oslo. All her mates learnt English from watching Eastenders. HRT would have been great in comparison.
My son had a terrible lisp at 7. He hasn't now.
One of my step daughters (7) actually has an slight American accent from all the TV she watches
My sister went to an international school. Even at 40 years old and having never visited the United States, she has a 'merican twang at times.
Ignore it?
It's human nature to absorb accents, shared behaviour is a subconscious way of fitting into a group.
If he shows an interest in Band Camp, don't buy him a flute.
Cougar
Ignore it?
It’s human nature to absorb accents, shared behaviour is a subconscious way of fitting into a group.
If he shows an interest in Band Camp, don’t buy him a flute.
Funny that as me and the wife having been walking around saying: "this one time, at band camp" for the last couple of days now. On point.
🤣
TBH, it's always been known as "Buffyspeak" here.
Is it like updog?
I thought it was upduck.
Why do Australians go up at the end of a sentence?
It's only logical, it was going down at the beginning of one which got most of them there
Just reply in an Aussie accent and call him Sheila, he'll soon stop
the moronic interrogative as it’s called by Rory McGrath.
i’ve just realized how out of touch this post makes me.
my 5 year old often starts a sentence, “Actually…”
Oops, wrong thread
my 5 year old often starts a sentence, “Actually…”
Needs to up game.
It'll get worse, with "like" and "y'know" being added into the middle of every sentence instead of commas. Take child back for an exchange as it's faulty. They come with, like, a y'know, a lifetime warranty?