[X4U] Re: X4U] Tolerance

[Eugene]

On Thu, Jun 29, 2006 at 01:29:59PM CDT, Ted Burton <ted.burton1 at mac.com> wrote:
: 
: At 2:09 AM -0500 on 06/29/06, Eugene spoke about:
: >
: >Capitalization doesn't clarify things when you speak it. When a 
: >person speaks, can you honestly distinguish what words are in caps 
: >andwhat words are not?
: 
: Spoken English uses intonation and emphasis in place of visual cues 
: in printing.

Consider the following two sentences:

	"I ate the burger."

	"I ate The Burger."

Why would you pronounce either sentences differently?
How would you do so?  And could listeners distinguish
between the regular noun and the proper noun?


-- 
Eugene
http://www.coxar.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk/