"Annoying Voices for five hundred!"
Laura Ashby, a contestant on Jeopardy in the US, has been getting a lot of attention during her run this week thanks to her "unusual" accent and inflection at the end of her sentences. What do they mean exactly? This.
To us it really just sounds like anyone from California, who, you know, always end their sentences like a question? But apparently the rest of the internet is unimpressed.
Although the jokes on them, as Ashby was the reigning Jeopardy champ for almost three weeks, taking home over $40,000 in cash. And she's had a pretty good reaction to the whole thing.
Excited about returning to @Jeopardy tomorrow! Sorry @Adele that you'll have to be competing with my voice.
— Laura Ashby (@WhoIsLauraAshby) November 22, 2015
Promo for @NBCTheVoice before @Jeopardy . Get ready for the real voice. #JeopardyLaura
— Laura Ashby (@WhoIsLauraAshby) November 24, 2015
Henry VIII had his haters, too. They didn't get ahead. #Jeopardy #JeopardyLaura
— Laura Ashby (@WhoIsLauraAshby) November 24, 2015
All right Internet, you can go back to teasing cats with cucumbers now #JeopardyLaura
— Laura Ashby (@WhoIsLauraAshby) November 25, 2015
Via Uproxx