My parents are in their early 50s and their speech is peppered with uptalk. The both grew up in the San Fernando Valley (the origin of the "valley girl" sterotype). This is by no means a new thing.
If anything, it's a developing regional dialect like South American English, Cockney, Scouse, Australian English, or any other spin of our language. Small minded people will always look down on those who don't speak just like them, but the rest of us appreciate the fascinating variety.
If anything, it's a developing regional dialect like South American English, Cockney, Scouse, Australian English, or any other spin of our language. Small minded people will always look down on those who don't speak just like them, but the rest of us appreciate the fascinating variety.