Another Petty Pet
Posted: Tue Feb 13, 2024 4:20 pm
Perhaps you’ve heard this.
I find it quite annoying.
A number of young adults I hear on the radio often
end a sentence with a downward intonation and
elongation of the stressed syllable of the last word.
It adds an interrogative quality, as if they’re saying,
“This is a declarative sentence, but please don’t
think me too assertive.”
Ah, well, as the family crest says,
Quid Ego Scio.
I find it quite annoying.
A number of young adults I hear on the radio often
end a sentence with a downward intonation and
elongation of the stressed syllable of the last word.
It adds an interrogative quality, as if they’re saying,
“This is a declarative sentence, but please don’t
think me too assertive.”
Ah, well, as the family crest says,
Quid Ego Scio.