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Re: This day

From:Eric Christopherson <rakko@...>
Date:Friday, March 23, 2007, 5:33
On Mar 22, 2007, at 8:00 PM, MorphemeAddict@WMCONNECT.COM wrote:

> In a message dated 3/22/2007 7:21:01 PM Central Daylight Time, > dedalvs@GMAIL.COM writes: > > >> The answers are all right. >> I got the answers alright. >> >> So I would say that there should be a way to distinguish them, >> > > They aren't spoken the same. The intonation in the second goes > down on > "alright", whereas in the first it goes down on "right", just as it > does in "The > answers are all wrong."
I believe the intonation is a little different, for me, but the vowel length and stress seem more prominent. I.e., if I were saying I had gotten all the answers correct, I would stress both "all" and "right"; if I was saying I got them satisfactorily, I would not stress the "all" and I think the vowel would be shorter. (There is a third meaning of "all right" - where it means "indeed". In that case, there seems to be a pause before it, and the pitch goes up on the second syllable.)

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David J. Peterson <dedalvs@...>