queries inherent vice

David Morris fqmorris at gmail.com
Fri Nov 6 13:46:37 CST 2009


Right?

It's sort of a precursor to the Valley-girl thing.  But as a general
phenomena it's used as a way of implied asking for agreement and/or
acceptance from the person being addressed.  And, unfortunately, it is
much more prevalent in young females than any other group.

David Morris

On Fri, Nov 6, 2009 at 12:23 PM, grladams at teleport.com
<grladams at teleport.com> wrote:
> And the use of question marks? At the end of statements? Especially by women? This is because on the west coast? Many inflect a sentence so that it always sounds like a question.



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