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Sashadroogie
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nomad soul
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| "If you hear it from younger women you suspect of being excessively insecure, though it's not intended as such it can be interpreted as a form of conversational weakness," says Liberman. That's something Collins agrees with. "It's a bit meek; a bit everyman," Collins says. "To me it's not the language of business and power. But a lot of people are using it now, including men." |
I presented on this very topic for a communications course 15 years ago. My position was similar to the one above---how using uptalk can keep a person (especially a woman) from moving up in their career. In a business environment, uptalk makes the speaker appear tentative and wimpy, as if they're expecting confirmation from others.
I don't use uptalk, but it's very obvious to me in others who do? Especially if they're from Australia?  |
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likwid_777
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"I think he was a prisoner jumping from a correctional air-transport2"
"Condescending" |
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