By Intonations

Hi Anon,I'm fascinated by the subject, though uneducated in it's linguistic applications.Pitch recognition, like color recognition, is a mysterious phenomenon. Most "western" musicians consider it rare, possibly genetic, or inborn. Some are envious of those who have that...

Thanks for helping me.(falling)

No you didn't fail miserably - I just didn't pick up your intended meaning.While you were in NYC, you didn't even bother to meet with John(?) - option to use as a questionWith the right intonation when spoken it can sound quite damning.

I'm feeling rather better today. How does rather work here?Cambridge says rather means quite or to a slight degree or sometimes very.After a little searching this site, I understand meanings of rather and quite depend on the context, intonation, or even a face expression.Thanks

Read better what Ann Cook said. I think I remember reading she says "T is D in the middle of a staircase", since she always mentions "staircases" for intonation patterns.Mister and Doctor don't have a tapped T (=a "D" sound).

Hi, I had never heard of that expression, and it's just perfect! I've known some people from South Wales (Swansea and Cardiff, especially) and they really seemed to sing while speaking, because of their usage of intonation. It took me some time to get used to it, but it was not difficult...

Well, I didn't consider the stress on "pizza", but it's stressed, yes. I was only considering the first part, "Joe and Lenny", or whatever they were called. And I don't know why, but I'd stress "Lenny", the second name, if I were trying to say that...

Maybe they shared a pizza and only consumed half of it. Here it would be the same as eating some ice cream. If it's a single serving type of ice cream, like a cone or a bar, you could say they ate some ice creams. (countable vs uncountable) I see no reason not to stress Len, Joe, and...

My try: a) She puts / grows / plants the orchid in / into the pots. She has chilli, long beans at in the garden. (b) The plants are in the pots. (c) She has many chilli plants, long beans plants. (d) John and Ali likes gardening. Their plants are chilli, that long beans. C and D...

Hi,I think it depends on where you put the stress (and you use the intonation accordingly). If you stress Buckingham Palace, it means a lot of weird blokes are only there, and not usually anywhere else."There's only so many blokes with funny hats at Buckingham Palace"Otherwise, it...