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In Reply to: RE: OK, but what of the rising inflection at the ends of sentences used by the same people? posted by halfnote on July 9, 2008 at 21:44:28:
And the affirmation asked for usually isn't even waited for! They go on, and on, and...
Not long ago a fellow from these boards was striking up an acquaintance with me over the phone, from Korea, where the call was on his dime so I guess he thought that justified his doing most of the talking. Already I was somewhat exhausted by that, and by his constant "OK?... OK?" So every time he said it, I replied, "OK".
After several minutes of this he asked me, very agitatedly, "Why are you always saying 'OK'?"
Your analysis is spot-on, to which I add the proviso, illustrated in the above story, that the "group centric socialization" has become merely reflexive. Maybe that's why it's so annoying.
clark
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- Yes, as stated the rise is "the linguistic marker for the interrogative." OK? - clarkjohnsen 08:37:54 07/10/08 (0)
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