Thank you!

One of my biggest pet peeves these days is the way twenty-something women are speaking. I’m wondering what caused them all to develop these fake, nasally, clenched voices that make me want to jam a corkscrew in my eye.

The best example is the way they say, “Thank you.”

It never comes out with a plain, American pronunciation, but with a nasally, squeaky, “Theenk yeaw.”

I hold the door open for a young woman and hear,

“Theenk yeaw.”

Then, I want to scream at her and say, “The word is ‘thank', not ‘think’ you vapid, imbecilic dolt!

Who started this trend and how did it perpetuate itself?

If someone has any insight to this, I’d love to know.

Thank you.