question marks

[Byrnes Weir]

At 08:14 PM 8/24/97 CDT, Amy Elias wrote:
>Those of us down South are very familiar with that
>lilting upturn at the end of sentences that turn all to
>questions.  I assumed, especially in relation to Dixon's
>speech (which they characterize), that the question
>marks indicate dialect.  But dialect is culture and
>character, yes?  Those question marks indicate Dixon's
>class, his ironic wit, his mastery of the ambiguous
>cut as well, I think.
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      Marcel Proust once said: "Style is vision."



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