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Wounded by the savage attack upon me by the boyo from the valleys, I have managed to upload my rebuttal. If your shellikes have never been blessed with the ecstatic experience of hearing the most mellifluous national accent in the history of sentience, here's your chance: http://snurl.com/1v2y MP3 -123KB http://snurl.com/1v30 WAV - 393KB
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hahaha! thanks so much for that. hilarious! "they don't fly!" 
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ah, that delicious inflection(dare I say "crack"?) of the voice on the word "fly". delightful!
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It was a crack - I'm recovering from a bronchial cold, and my voice is even more melodious than usual as a result. However, the inflection itself was intentional, designed to convey bewilderment (or, as said in Zildish, bewuld(schwa)ment).
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Ya cain't fool *me. You bun to Italy whereat they knows how ta pernounce vouls. You wen there ta study 'm.
Nex thang yer gone try tell us that the Sth Efricns should be the butt of the joke.
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the inflection (e.a.) itself was intentional
Next time there's gonna be a quiz, Max.
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the inflection (e.a.) itself was intentional
Next time there's gonna be a quiz, Max.
Che?
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... on what "inflection" means. 
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What inflection means
Well, I was assuming it meant a change in pitch or tone, that sort of thing. That was done intentionally, but, as happens with disconcerting frequency for me, my voice cracked as well. So, it was a crack, and the inflection was intentional, at least seen in the light of my neuron's substandard grasp of English.
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who you callin' a neuron?
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a transcription for the hearing impaired, please?
-joe (I'm learning to ask) friday
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>a transcription, please
It's the "chicken/check-in" dialogue mentioned in another thread, tsuwm. I just read it out loud.
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Max, mea maxima culpa. I was applying prescriptionist pressure when there was no reason. My point *was that "inflection" refers to the particles (endings,etc) added to words to indicate their grammatical position (as discussed in another thread). But in the context you used, it's perfectly OK and intelligible (as is your voice), in my book, whatever it's now worth. :)
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as happens with disconcerting frequencyit didn't bother me at all, or: finally hitting puberty? 
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'Tis OK, AnnaS. The meaning I was using is only listed second in M-W, after all.
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>finally hitting puberty? Yeah, that's it, and at only 35, too.
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Wow, you really are a K1W1, aren't you?
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LOL! Thinks Mix :) and look on the er, bright side about being savaged by the Nit Picker's ass - she could have gone done picked over your spelling of the word sentence... 
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Well, I haven't read the chicken/check-in dialogue, but I do (now) get "paltry" vowels.
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the Nit Picker's ass
That's ASp to you, young feller. Mizz ASp. Or I could go with blue lithographic pythoness.
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Pythoness is SUCH a cool word! And concept!
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Pythoness - sounds like one of thos sexy villainesses from the Dick Tracy et al
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aka Faldage's squeeze
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