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11 days agoWere you stung as a child?
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I have you affectionately tagged as “thorny bastard”
Too true. I’ve tried to ask questions on LongFast, and unless our resident mesh Elmer is online, they go unanswered. There was a big influx about a month ago with some good conversation, though
101·28 days agoVery cool
Ah ok, I think that’s actually a different one. This is the one I’m thinking of:
It might be the same one in the original Sim City. Definitely seared into my brain, and I hear it in shows, too
21·9 months agoOne of my favorite Simpsons lines, the load hearing poster
The first two have emphasis that imply something different than a simple question. Like you are asking a bunch of people individually, and you are directing each question at a specific person.
The last one would maybe be like, if the person did something weird, and you were sarcastically asking where the are from, to imply that they were raised by wolves, or something like that.
Point being, yes, you can ask like that, but it has different connotations than a simple question, which I think is where you would use the rising intonation.
I’m totally with you. I think it is somewhat speaker dependent, but that is how I would say those questions.
What’s your NAme
How OLD (are you)?
Where are you FROm?
I guess in this example, “who is your daddy?” Is the main question, which has a somewhat flat intonation, but contrasted to the emphasis in the second half of the sentence, it feels like a rise
Could you give some specific examples of questions in English that would not be asked with a rising tone at the end?
24fps vision is a lie told by Hollywood so they can save on film
18·1 year agoGood luck getting consistent cuts while you’re freehanding. The idea is to make the nice flat cat scratching pad, and also being able to make the tool with the tool printer you have at home
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Thank you! I was always morally opposed to ads. Glad to have another great reason to shun them
Exactly. I hate when things say FREE!* (*With Ads), because you ARE paying for it. With your PRECIOUS TIME
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