M&D: Smallest possible spoiler (chapter 3)

[Thomas Vieth]

Sort of dopplering away?
Thomas
On Wed, 30 Apr 1997, Paul York wrote:

> 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
> 
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