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> Has anyone ever analyzed that speech pattern -- where everything is,
> like, a question? Long ago, a prof said that it was because people
> weren't sure of anything anymore. Sounded like something Vanity Fair
> would publish.
>
>
I've seen this most commonly at anarchist conferences. It drives me
nuts. Apparently, declaratives are authoritarian. It is not uncommon for
people to speak to the elderly and children that way also.
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