Sunday, November 6, 2016

righ....t?

Several ways to say the word "right" as a sharing of emotional state with the listener. In one case I say "right?" with a drawn out increasing inflection that asks the listener to share my puzzlement. In another case I say "right!" with a sharp termination that asks the listener to share my enthusiasm.

Interestingly, these different narratives are given by both a written word spelled r i g h t and by an inflection.

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