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I think 'rising inflection' is the newer name. It was upspeak when I was doing a linguistics degree in the 90's. Let's compromise and call it a 'high rising terminal (HRT)'. I think that's the contemporary terminology. And yes - I find it profoundly annoying too!

Question 1: Does he use upspeak? (His pitch heightens at the end of a sentence as if he is asking a question when he is not). Question 2: Does he answer each question with the word 'look' Aussie cricket team style?