Yeah, Whatever
Re “Like Totally Cool Lexicon, Dude,” Oct. 29: Another facet of Valley-speak is HRT (high-rise terminals), the technical term for “uptalk” -- the way teenagers speak so that a sentence ends with an interrogative tone, which makes it sound like a question even when it’s a statement? Like that statement.
Patrick Shannon
Tarzana
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