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¿¿Que??(mander.xyz)

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DreamButt@lemmy.world
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Funny enough English does this all the time:

  • That’s food.
  • That’s food!
  • That’s food?
  • That’s food?!
  • That’s food…

All have different intonations and punctuation but are otherwise the same. Internet lingo does compensate for this somewhat but at least in “proper” form the above holds true for all kinds of situations

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margaritox@lemmy.world
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English can do that too, but it’s not really a “proper” way of doing it. The proper way would be to say “is that food?”

There are languages where the only way to pose a question is to change the intonation.

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Littleborat@feddit.de
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But doesn’t the intonation simply go up in the end? So it’s good enough to stumble over the ? in the end.

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