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People who end sentences with a question mark? When there is no clear question?

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HappenstanceMarmite · 07/01/2016 17:49

AIBU to fucking hate and judge dislike and disapprove of this trend?

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Andrewofgg · 07/01/2016 17:51

YANBU. Ask them What is your question or Are you asking me or telling me? until they stop. They can kick the habit if they try.

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MissBattleaxe · 07/01/2016 17:54

Its called Australian Questionary Inflection. AQI. It's very annoying!

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hiddenhome2 · 07/01/2016 17:55

Question marks are so curly, and dotty and attractive though Grin

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MostGhostsAreMad · 07/01/2016 17:56

YANBU. It drives me mad, too.

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NewYearNewName16 · 07/01/2016 17:56

As per Andrew's suggestion. Every. Single. Time. Do not let it go even once.

Also drives me nuts.

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HappenstanceMarmite · 07/01/2016 17:58

I have seen an increase in its use in business too. Which I particularly loathe and judge Colleagues using it as a way of appearing to be knowledgable by making a statement. But covering their arses and not taking ownership by ending their "statement" with a bloody question mark!!!

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VegetablEsoup · 07/01/2016 17:58

yanbu
confuses me a lot, esp from call centre people.

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RidersOnTheStorm · 07/01/2016 18:00

The Rising Inflection is an abomination.

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HappenstanceMarmite · 07/01/2016 18:02

YANBU. Ask them What is your question or Are you asking me or telling me? until they stop

Good plan Andrew. I shall make it so Grin

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Lazeedayz · 07/01/2016 18:04

Dh does this, it drives me mad. Yanbu.

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SmellsLikeMiddleAgeSpirit · 07/01/2016 18:08

Super annoying, both in speech and written down.
I've noticed, though, that its often done when someone is making a statement about something they're puzzled about, e.g. "I paid the bill, but then they asked for money again today?"
Still wrong and annoying, but I think the question mark is meant to be some sort of implicit "what do you think about that?"

Maybe.

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MamaLazarou · 07/01/2016 18:19

I hate this, and also when people miss off the question mark from the end of a question.

Why on earth do they do that.

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lilypadhopper · 07/01/2016 18:27

Grrrrrr. 'Neighbours' has got a lot to answer for, don't remember its prevalence before then? See what I did there? Wink

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HappenstanceMarmite · 07/01/2016 18:52

Why on earth do they do that.

I find that very amusing?

Fuck Neighbours?

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HairySubject · 07/01/2016 19:05

I hate it when people say what they think and then put, no? On the end. So....

Brocollli is a vegetable, no?

Probably grammatically correct but good lord I hate it.

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Backingvocals · 07/01/2016 19:07

Yy. Emails from work acquaintances that say 'I hope you are well?'

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waitingforgodot · 07/01/2016 19:08

I agree. Very annoying

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YoureAllABunchOfBastards · 07/01/2016 19:13

Should be shot in the head? Or kicked in the balls? Or both?

None of the above are questions, btw, but statements of fucking fact.

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trufflesnout · 07/01/2016 19:28

I find it more annoying when it's written down. It just seems so sort of arrogant and demanding. And wrong(?).

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Salmotrutta · 07/01/2016 19:30

You need to get a grip OP?

You clearly have very little going on in your life?

And you sound unhinged?

Wink

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echt · 07/01/2016 19:40

I live and work in Australia and find the AQI is less common than it was, though I've never watched "Neighbours", so no idea if it's alive and kicking there.

What I have noticed is perfectly competent, capable women, and only women, use it when addressing groups of other adults. The pitch of the voice becomes nails-on-the-blackboard high-pitched, too. Its effect is to undermine what they are saying, as statements become questions. I think it's nerves as not one the women does it when speaking one-to-one.

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HappenstanceMarmite · 07/01/2016 20:00

Apparently I sound unhinged?

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MaidOfStars · 07/01/2016 20:06

I have no problem with people using question marks to create a question from a sentence that contains no traditional question words.

I suspect I might be alone on this thread?

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HappenstanceMarmite · 07/01/2016 21:03

Go away? ^

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HappenstanceMarmite · 07/01/2016 21:03
Grin
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