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mitchty
on Jan 29, 2014
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Patch's new owner lays off staff in 1:39 conferenc...
Its an american dialect, but its not quite right to call it american.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/High_rising_terminal
er35826
on Jan 29, 2014
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Anecdotally, I've found it's quite common with alot of European ESL speakers. I have worked with quite a few other people from varying countries, and it's somewhat common that they end many sentences sounding like a question.
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