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[Eric Alan Weinstein]

At 10:50 23/08/97 -0700, you wrote:
>Pynchon is
>>trying to convey a certain tone of voice.
> Usually Dixon's. It's a tone which is not uncommonly heard today, the
>rising inflection at the end of declarative sentences, sort of a melodic
>"you know?"
>
>

Also quite a common pattern in several Australian English dialects.
Perhaps someone on the list is from North-East England? 
Eric Alan Weinstein
University of London
E.A.Weinstein at qmw.ac.uk