Uptalk again

[Stephanie Hysmith]

Joe Pickett wrote: wrote:
>Uptalk is extremely common in the speech of Northern Ireland, at all
levels, and
>has been so at least since 1983, the year of my first visit there.
>
>My guess is the folks there have been uptalking for a long long time.
>
>
>Joe Pickett

I seem to recall the young gerrrls in "The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie"
(1969) using uptalk frequently. It was quite disarming as I recall.
>