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Mekka Okereke
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Also, it's a timeholder. It provides a chance to do sentiment analysis on the other party, to know if you need to alter the working.
I'm not surprised women do it more, especially young women; they're aware of being constantly judged.
I feel "upspeak" serves a similar purpose: if I sound like I'm suspending but not ending my sentence, it creates a natural little "wait" signal to the other person, who might let me finish my thought.
Just a theory.
Before transitioning I could take a moment to consider a thought before speaking because people would listen.
After transitioning I have to sound almost manic sometimes because everybody is trying to take control of the conversation.
It's not great! It makes me feel dumb to sound like that!
And up-speak is another way to check that the listener is following along and doesn't have a problem with the conversation.
A LOT of vocal features associated with women fit this role -- they have other roles, but this seems to be a constant theme.
Wow, I had not seen this!
It's really good!
Yes, and generally this article is classic prescriptivist peevishness
Calling "like" verbal litter ignores decades of sociolinguistic research
It’s not imprecise
It’s a rule-governed discourse marker, hedge, and quotative that does complex pragmatic work
Hipster Sasquatch, trapped on the planet of the nepo babies
Yes!! I'm hyper mindful of this during work meetings all the time and if I hear or see someone getting cut off I make it a point to circle back to them immediately.
For myself, if i accidentally interrupt someone, because at times I get ahead of myself, I immediately apologize and let them finish.
