Been watching Poker Face and really enjoying it. So many great guest stars!
Do you really blame them?
I thought I read that grapefruit can also cause problems with certain ones
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?
Could you give some specific examples of questions in English that would not be asked with a rising tone at the end?
I have a pair of Bluetooth headphones with a USB C port, that won't charge unless the other end of the cable is USB A. So no USB C to C cables. Every time I have to charge them I want to report AKG to like, the EU parliament, or something
I know. I was just making a joke about how he pulled a "bean soup"
Ever tried Project 1999?
Ta-ta and farewell
I know how big letters are!
PrimeErective
joined 2 years ago
I always felt this should be the rubric for how long to have your turn signal on, too. Then it scales with speed!