M&D: Smallest possible spoiler (chapter 3)

[Paul York]

Dan Schmidt wrote:
> 
> We had a conversation a while back on how to interpret a few speech
> tics in Gravity's Rainbow, notably Tyrone's "a-and."
> 
> I'm having trouble deciding how to hear Dixon's tendency to end
> sentences with an ellipsis and a question mark, like this...?  Any
> suggestions?

I'm hearing a drop in volume and a rise in pitch, a sort of trailing 
off...?  (I also visualize the speaker failing to make eye contact with 
the speakee -- textually justifiable? Ennh.)  Not unlike my own speech 
pattern when I try to run an unusually dumb idea by my wife, "Honey, I 
figured I'd save us some money and fix the alternator myself...?"

	Paul