It says if you can read the sign, you’re in range. It’s an anomaly, after all.
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2·2 months agoThe 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
5·2 months agoI thought the seahorse was talking about the microphone
It seems like they’re making fun of people that are overly affectionate in a public place, like on a train
11·3 months agoI love Electric Six! My favorite musical fun fact of all time is that Jack White did back up vocals for their song Danger! High Voltage
46·3 months agoI learned recently that there’s a word for this, which is “thought-terminating cliche”
I feel like the old guys in my area just talk about their health problems 😂
Something to look forward to, I suppose
Likewise!
Wonder if they are all zooplankton
193·4 months agoCan we call such police “Starmtroopers”?
Love that this song seems to be getting a bit of a second wind
3·4 months agoSome are only 30 cents! At least they were…
I agree, cash is fun in Germany. I think it really helps that the 1 and 2 euro coins are available and used in circulation. It was so nice going into the Späti and buying a beer with a single coin.
Change feels unnecessary in the States since the highest denomination that’s widely circulated is the quarter dollar. There are dollar coins, but they are hardly ever used.
Is it so surprising that someone might feel that way?
It’s this loss(less compression)