English as a second language (55)

20 Name: Albright!LC/IWhc3yc : 2006-03-13 20:20 ID:Heaven

>>16: Care to give examples of other languages in which questions can be interpreted differently based solely on intonation? I'm not saying it's not true, but even if it is, I fail to see how it's a faulty example.

>>19: You could answer the first intonation example with "No, thanks," but it would be an unexpected answer. At least to my ears; perhaps not in your corner of the world.

And you're right about the "sane" person, but I was just stating what the dialogue said.

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