Brilliant (via @reading_woman) @sapinker: Excellent response by Deborah Cameron to Naomi Wolf on women's language,https://goo.gl/2zfCzA
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@slepkane Yes - absolutely true. Her earlier blog on this also pointed out the high rate of upspeak among posh men giving their own names.
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I would argue vocal "uptalk" & "fry" are not signs of obsequiousness or insecurity but aggression, narcissism & gen'l stupidity.
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@sapinker my wife is a singer and speaks of potential deleterious effect of vocal fry on vocal chords.Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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@sapinker The vulgarian is identified and game remains the same.Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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@sapinker This wasn't a good argument. We should discuss powerful social cues and the need to fit in as plausible factors for its explosion.Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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@sapinker "Innovative" and "cutting edge"? It's not the use, it's the overuse. Similar to littering ones speech with "like". Its exhausting.Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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@sapinker no too convincing, or convinced. and it fails to recognise the origin of these patterns. not young girls, but feminine homosexualsThanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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@sapinker language change has to be the easiest concept to grasp, and yet...Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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