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Podcast: Get A Better Broadcast, Podcast and Voice-Over Voice
Episode: 0315 – The ‘Question Intonation’
Description: 2021.11.11 – 0315 – The ‘Question Intonation’Those who have a ‘sing-songy’ voice which goes unnecessarily up-and-down in tone (the ‘sea-sick syndrome’), can come over as patronising. It may sound ‘up and bright’ to them but to the listener it sounds cheesy and as though the presenter is on ‘auto-pilot’ without a care for the content of the message. Other presenters go up at the end of every sentence? Like this? Whether it’s necessary or not? Are they really asking a question? Or have they got into the habit … of really annoying their audience? This is called ‘up-speak’, everything...