On: Uptalk is becoming more frequent among men

[anateus]

Every time I see language coverage from the BBC I break out in cold sweat. It's usually horrifyingly bad. This one wasn't terrible.

If you want some more background on uptalk and some of its spread from linguists:

http://languagelog.ldc.upenn.edu/nll/?p=568

http://languagelog.ldc.upenn.edu/nll/?p=8879

[barry-cotter → anateus]

Every time I see TOPIC I am expert in coverage from journalists I break out in cold sweat. It's usually horrifyingly bad.

FTFY

[jjh42 → barry-cotter]

I recently learned this has a name. The Gell-Mann effect.

http://www.patheos.com/blogs/geneveith/2011/08/the-murray-ge...

[XaspR8d → anateus]

Every time I see linguistics on HN, I break out in a sweat too. Thanks for jumping in quickly with some good sources!

[woodson → XaspR8d]

but it's about language. we can all speak, so we're all experts, right? right?

I see this phenomenon a lot, also with topics like education.