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So like I go into this like salon place, y'know/ And I wanted like to get my toenails done/ And the lady like goes, oh my god, your toenails/ Are like so grody.
就像我走進(jìn)類似這樣沙龍派對的地方，你懂的。并且我本想歇歇腳脫鞋的，而女生們也愿意來這種地方，噢我的老天，你的臭腳，太惡心了。
I'm sure you're, like, totally familiar with "valley speak"—in which speakers end phrases with a rising pitch, so they sound like questions?
我相信你很熟悉這種山洞音的說話方式—每句的末尾都是以聲調(diào)結(jié)束的，就好像是在提問。
The phenomenon's called "uptalk" and it's not just for valley girls.
這種現(xiàn)象叫升調(diào)發(fā)言，并且不只是女生特有的說話方式。
Linguists say guys now uptalk, too.
語言學(xué)家們表示男生現(xiàn)在也掌握了這種技能。
Researchers studied the speech of 12 female and 11 male native southern Californians.
研究人員們對來自于南加利福尼亞州地區(qū)當(dāng)?shù)氐?2名女性和11名男性的講話方式進(jìn)行了研究。
The volunteers had two tasks: to recount the plot of a TV episode, and to give directions.
這些志愿者們被賦予兩項(xiàng)任務(wù):重述電視節(jié)目片斷，并且繼續(xù)發(fā)揮。
"Start at the college.. keep going, towards the grocery store"
從大學(xué)開始。。繼續(xù)，走向了小賣部。
Overall, women used uptalk twice as often as men.
整體上看男女生都用了兩次升調(diào)。
Both sexes finished a sixth of their statements with a rising pitch.
而且男女生完成的陳述內(nèi)容中有六分之一是升調(diào)發(fā)音。
But women exclusively also used uptalk to signal they were still speaking—to hold the floor.
但是女生會專門用升調(diào)音強(qiáng)調(diào)自己仍然在講話以鎮(zhèn)住全場。
The researchers presented their findings at a recent meeting of the Acoustical Society of America.
研究人員已將他們的結(jié)果發(fā)表在最新一期《美國聲學(xué)研究》雜志上。
The results suggest uptalk has transcended its traditional demographic...valley girls...to catch on with men.
結(jié)果顯示升調(diào)發(fā)音已經(jīng)超越了傳統(tǒng)意義上的地區(qū)人類特征界限，在男性中也變得流行。
But no word yet whether other elements of the vernacular have followed suit.
但是沒有一個(gè)詞仍然能夠保持其它的方言特色。
