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    Paul Graham‏Verified account @paulg 13 Mar 2017

    Using interrogative intonation for declarative sentences is a very accurate predictor of entitlement.

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      2. Paul Graham‏Verified account @paulg 13 Mar 2017
        Replying to @paulg

        It's like appending "Listen to me!" to every sentence.

        6 replies 4 retweets 14 likes
      3.  💀Skullvia Sierra 💀‏ @sociolinguista 13 Mar 2017
        Replying to @paulg

        .@paulg or a way to be less imposing, or to indicate a transition place for a turn at talk...few discursive practices have a 1:1 meaning

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      2. inconvergent‏ @inconvergent 13 Mar 2017
        Replying to @paulg

        took me a while to realise that this exact thing was why i had a lot of trouble getting along with someone at work once.

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      3. Paul Graham‏Verified account @paulg 13 Mar 2017
        Replying to @inconvergent

        How old were they? In my experience this habit gets knocked out of people by about age 25.

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      4. inconvergent‏ @inconvergent 13 Mar 2017
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        considerably older than 25 (also older than me.)

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      5. Paul Graham‏Verified account @paulg 13 Mar 2017
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        Might just have been a weird idiolect.

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      6. inconvergent‏ @inconvergent 13 Mar 2017
        Replying to @paulg

        yeah. i don't think it was insecurity (or the opposite), but it had the unnerving effect of making me think i was expected to add

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      7. inconvergent‏ @inconvergent 13 Mar 2017
        Replying to @inconvergent @paulg

        something. and it was not obvious to me what that should be.

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      8.  💀Skullvia Sierra 💀‏ @sociolinguista 13 Mar 2017
        Replying to @inconvergent @paulg

        it was probably used as an opening for you to take a turn at talk, giving you the option. A different politeness norm.

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      2. Francisco H de Mello‏ @franciscohmello 13 Mar 2017
        Replying to @paulg

        I'd say it's more of a WASPy upbringing indication

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      3. Paul Graham‏Verified account @paulg 13 Mar 2017
        Replying to @franciscohmello

        Those two things are not exactly unrelated.

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      4. Francisco H de Mello‏ @franciscohmello 13 Mar 2017
        Replying to @paulg

        touché

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      1. Zane Bitter‏ @zerobanana 13 Mar 2017
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        "very accurate" as in you have data? Or anecdotal BS justifying bias against women, Australians, southerners? https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/High_rising_terminal …

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      1. James Grama‏ @dalaigrama 13 Mar 2017
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        .@paulg ...Prechtel 2015; Levon 2016; Warren 2016...I think you get the point.

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      1. 𝓢𝓹𝓸𝓸𝓹𝔂𝓼𝓸𝓷‏ @thedansimonson 13 Mar 2017
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        the language will change, with or without you

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      1. Joshua Newman‏ @joshuanewman 13 Mar 2017
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        some interesting, related stuff:https://nyti.ms/Jlp5AW 

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      1. James Grama‏ @dalaigrama 13 Mar 2017
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        .@paulg ...Fletcher et al 2002; Fletcher et al 2005; Fletcher & Loakes 2006; Ladd 2008; Schokeir 2008; Di Gioacchino & Crook Jessop 2011...

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      1. James Grama‏ @dalaigrama 13 Mar 2017
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        .@paulg I urge you read Ching 1982; Horvath 1985; Guy et al 1986; McLemore 1991; Britain 1992; Britain & Newman 1992; Warren & Daly 2000...

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      1. Ali Khayrallah‏ @alisk 13 Mar 2017
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        in pop culture "uptalk" a female feature. You may consider walking back from this ledge real quick (?)

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      1. Stuart Rock‏ @stuart_rock 13 Mar 2017
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        No?

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