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PrimeErective@startrek.websiteto
People Twitter@sh.itjust.works•Too lazy to switch apps too
3·12 days agoStill worth it to use swept typing though
PrimeErective@startrek.websiteto
People Twitter@sh.itjust.works•How is it going, TeamSpeak?
8·12 days agoYou’ve peaked my interest
PrimeErective@startrek.websiteto
Showerthoughts@lemmy.world•There's the army, so there should be the legy
10·13 days agoDo you know where Napoleon keeps his armies?
spoiler
In his sleevies!
PrimeErective@startrek.websiteto
Showerthoughts@lemmy.world•You board a train, board a bus, and board a ship, but you don't board a car
8·19 days agoEvidenced by the “Baby on Board” stickers
I think since it’s in quotes, they mean the kind where it’s not actually transparent and has the checkerboard background baked into the image
At least it’s not Plagiarini
PrimeErective@startrek.websitetoMicroblog Memes@lemmy.world•Johnny Appleseed planting apple trees for kids to eatEnglish
10·1 month agoGonna paint our wagon
gonna paint it good
We ain’t braggin’
We’re gonna coat that wood!
PrimeErective@startrek.websiteto
Fediverse@lemmy.world•Fediverse Challenge: Prove there's still good in the worldEnglish
2·1 month agoThanks for the recommendations! I deleted my original comment because I thought maybe it was too off topic. Silly me
PrimeErective@startrek.websiteto
Fediverse@lemmy.world•Fediverse Challenge: Prove there's still good in the worldEnglish
21·1 month agodeleted by creator
It’s this loss(less compression)
It says if you can read the sign, you’re in range. It’s an anomaly, after all.
That’s rash city, Jake, rash city!
PrimeErective@startrek.websiteto
No Stupid Questions@lemmy.world•Why do all languages share the same intonation for questions?
2·1 year 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.
PrimeErective@startrek.websiteto
No Stupid Questions@lemmy.world•Why do all languages share the same intonation for questions?
31·1 year agoI’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?
PrimeErective@startrek.websiteto
No Stupid Questions@lemmy.world•Why do all languages share the same intonation for questions?
1·1 year agoI 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.websiteto
No Stupid Questions@lemmy.world•Why do all languages share the same intonation for questions?
2·1 year agoCould you give some specific examples of questions in English that would not be asked with a rising tone at the end?





I always thought from hearing it that it meant they ate a lot of raw eggs, since that is sometimes associated with bodybuilding. I guess it means you look like an animal that would normally be yoked together to pull a plough or some such