Re: Pitch and tense

Joe Mondello wrote:
>
> In a message dated 6/26/99 9:14:54 AM Eastern Daylight Time,
> scaves@FRONTIERNET.NET writes:
>
> << What do you do,
>  however, about the chronically nervous speaker? <G> >>
>
> The chronically nervous and constantly squeaky-voiced who render their
> narrative past and present indicative tenses the same, that is, with the same
> pitch, will have to make context clear to the addressee if they wish to be
> understood.
Or, they will just have to make their squeaky nervous voice even
squeakier
and higher pitched.  <G>

Sally