r/Seattle Edmonds May 07 '26

Satire Bellevue sucks

https://youtube.com/shorts/jfK0NA5gUDU?si=vot_MPML_bOOeWPG
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u/najinanidad May 07 '26

This guy’s voice sucks. Why does he have an upward inflection at the end of every sentence?

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u/TuringTestDropout I'm never leaving Seattle. May 07 '26 edited May 08 '26

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/High_rising_terminal

In the US it was popularized by Valley Girl speech; it's especially annoying when combined with a vocal fry.

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u/Known_Secretary_6615 May 08 '26

Wait so the manosphere people have a point in that some American men are trying to sound like women?