Another Petty Pet

[brogine]

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.

[Slava]

I've heard of the upward, interrogative, tone at the end. This sounds new to me. I'm safe, though, as I don't listen to the radio.