PrimeErectivetoNo Stupid Questions@lemmy.world•What happens when the US runs out of SSNs?
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4 days agoWhy not?
Why not?
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
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 thought the seahorse was talking about the microphone
I guess Reading is not his strong suit
It seems like they’re making fun of people that are overly affectionate in a public place, like on a train
Honestly, same. I want to play it so bad, but never liked turn based stuff
Always wanted to learn, and I have a deck!
I 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
I 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
Wonder if they are all zooplankton
Can we call such police “Starmtroopers”?
Love that this song seems to be getting a bit of a second wind
It’s this loss(less compression)