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Thread: O/T:- Apostrophes becoming question marks.

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

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    Quote Originally Posted by upthemaggies View Post
    It's as if everybody's started talking with an Australian inflection?
    Inflection or infection?😊

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    Quote Originally Posted by 1955pie View Post
    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.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Med Pie View Post
    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 $$$$ ?

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

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    Quote Originally Posted by the_anticlough View Post
    It's called apostrophe syndrome and is the opposite to imposter syndrome. Apostrophes are overstepping their mark, period.
    No need to be so possessive.

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    Quote Originally Posted by the_anticlough View Post
    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?
    Last edited by Med Pie; 22-11-2024 at 04:59 PM.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Med Pie View Post
    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 ?=?

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    Quote Originally Posted by Med Pie View Post
    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.

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    Quote Originally Posted by 51Magpie View Post
    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

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