Personally, I've always had a penchant for a slightly questioning tone or high rising terminal - one that rises slightly at the end as if the speaker is asking a question.
Think Anthony Bourdain.
Or Nicole Richie.
Known as "uptalking," it is a common trait in Spanish language speech patters which explains why it is so ubiquitous in Southern California.
And amongst the Kardashians.
Also known as Valleyspeak (sorry Tony!), uptalking implies that the person speaking cannot be 100% declarative because everything they say ends with a slight... flourish. And it also usually includes a "like," or two, thrown if for good measure.
You, like, know what I'm talking about???
One of the many reasons that I'm obsessed with the K-dashes is the way they eat.
Especially Kourtney.
She chews very carefully. And deliberately.
Just so.
She talks the same way. Enunciating. every. syllable.
Especially her s's.
Lovesss it.
Apparently I'm not the only one who has a thing for the Calabasas dialect. Emma Watson, who stars in Sofia Coppola's latest film The Bling Ring, based her speech pattern on the manner of speaking prevalent in Calabasas, CA where the Kardashians are from.
Just saying.
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