So take the plunge and try reading this out loud whilst increasing your pitch at the end of each line.

Uptalk

Boys follow girls, and yet they deny it^,in using their dialect. Why don’t you try it?

Increase your pitch at the end of a line.Sounds strange, don’t you think it’s just like a whine?

It’s supposed to show caring, that you empathise,
you’re at one with the listener as you look in his eyes.

But to some you seem ‘ditzy’, shallow or dim.
It may show insecurity, it appears to him,

when each statement’s a question phrased by the pitch
at the end of each sentence, that falsetto glitch.

It’s the ‘uptalk’ of girls in California
and the far distant shores of Australia,

It’s derogatorily known as ‘village girl’ speak
when your tone sharply ascends at the end to a peak.

Next time you hear…

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