PrimeErective

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But I couldn't before!

[–] PrimeErective@startrek.website 9 points 4 weeks ago (11 children)

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.

[–] PrimeErective@startrek.website 2 points 1 month ago (3 children)

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

[–] PrimeErective@startrek.website 2 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (12 children)

Could you give some specific examples of questions in English that would not be asked with a rising tone at the end?

[–] PrimeErective@startrek.website 17 points 1 month ago (3 children)

24fps vision is a lie told by Hollywood so they can save on film

[–] PrimeErective@startrek.website 18 points 1 month ago (4 children)

Good 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

I guess Reading is not his strong suit

For some reason the first time I read it, I thought it was an "L" so now I always call them "Apple mages"

[–] PrimeErective@startrek.website 11 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

Mono wheel, mono wheel, MONO WHEEL!

 
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