O/T:- Apostrophes becoming question marks.

[upthemaggies]

It's as if everybody's started talking with an Australian inflection?

[1955pie]

It's as if everybody's started talking with an Australian inflection?

Inflection or infection?😊

[Med Pie]

Inflection or infection?��

This drives me mad, it's referred to I believe as the 'Australian quizzical' as every sentence is pronounced as if it were a query. I've been on the verge of writing to my daughters school in Cyprus because she's already doing it aged 6 and it's coming from the teachers

Edit: On my keyboard, Pound signs also turn to question marks on here.

[Old_pie]

This drives me mad, it's referred to I believe as the 'Australian quizzical' as every sentence is pronounced as if it were a query. I've been on the verge of writing to my daughters school in Cyprus because she's already doing it aged 6 and it's coming from the teachers

Edit: On my keyboard, Pound signs also turn to question marks on here.

Given the context shouldn't ???? turn to $$$$ ?

[the_anticlough]

It's called apostrophe syndrome and is the opposite to imposter syndrome. Apostrophes are overstepping their mark, period.

[lunaspie]

It's called apostrophe syndrome and is the opposite to imposter syndrome. Apostrophes are overstepping their mark, period.

No need to be so possessive.

[Med Pie]

It's called apostrophe syndrome and is the opposite to imposter syndrome. Apostrophes are overstepping their mark, period.

Impostrophe syndrome.................

My keyboard functions are not affected by the original issue and anyone unaffected should maybe test the Pound sign?

[Old_pie]

Impostrophe syndrome.................

My keyboard functions are not affected by the original issue and anyone unaffected should maybe test the Pound sign?

I thought I had?
Pounds ?
Dollar $
Q Mark ?

Edit: ah, so ?=?

[51Magpie]

This drives me mad, it's referred to I believe as the 'Australian quizzical' as every sentence is pronounced as if it were a query. I've been on the verge of writing to my daughters school in Cyprus because she's already doing it aged 6 and it's coming from the teachers

It being originated in Australia is a new one on me. It's been bugging me over the past decade or more... an increasingly common propensity among US women to end sentences with a whiney rising inflection that seems to dare the listener to disagree.

[Med Pie]

It being originated in Australia is a new one on me. It's been bugging me over the past decade or more... an increasingly common propensity among US women to end sentences with a whiney rising inflection that seems to dare the listener to disagree.

Don't take it from me, plenty out there.

https://library.fiveable.me/key-term...ion-intonation