The High Bounce

Statements:

  • It’s `snowing.

  • Much?

  • I’ve 'just ˚seen the `Edwards ̥girl.

  • `Joan ˚Edwards?

  • 'Can ˚I borrow some matches?

  • Matches? By `all ̥means.

  • I’ve 'got to ˚go to `Leeds.

  • You’ve got to ˚go?

Wh-Questions:

  • 'That was ˚Arthur `Thompson.

  • What was his ˚name? I 'didn’t quite `catch it.

  • 'Where are you \staying?

  • Where? || At the `Grand.

  • How did he find `out?

  • How did he find ˚out? Through `Max, I imagine.

Yes-No Questions:

  • 'Can you /make me one?

  • Make you one? `With pleasure.

  • 'Wasn’t it \stupid!

  • Was it so ˚stupid, I ˚wonder?

  • What 'lovely \cherries!

  • Want ˚some?

  • I `like /Barbara.

  • Do you?

Command and Interjections:

  • `Buy me a ̥couple.

  • Buy you a ˚couple? || `Certainly.

Statements:

  • 'Pass me the paper.

  • The Times, d’you ˚mean?

  • Has /Michael ar˚rived yet?

  • You were expecting him?

  • I shall 'send it off to˚morrow after\noon.

  • Tomorrow after˚noon?

Wh-Questions:

  • It’s 'four ˚hundred feet \tall.

  • It’s how ˚tall?

  • I 'told him about your suc`cess.

  • About my what?

Yes-No Questions:

  • 'Would you /like one?

  • Would I ˚like one? `I’d love one.

  • 'How d'you˚like my song?

  • Do you always ˚sing as ˚flat as ˚that?

Commands and Interjections:

  • 'Take them away.

  • Take both of them a˚way?

  • Fan`tastic!

  • Fantastic? What’s fan`tastic a˚bout it?

Statements:

  • 'Why not ˚ask `Jennie?

  • You 'think she ˚might agree?

  • It 'isn’t `fair.

  • 'Not fair? 'Why `not?

  • I’d like 'two \dozen.

  • 'Two dozen, sir? `Certainly.

Wh-Questions:

  • 'How ˚many \children has he ̥got?

  • 'How many? `Six, I believe.

  • 'What would ˚you recom`mend?

  • 'What would I recom˚mend? The `steak, I think.

  • I waited there 'two ˚solid \hours.

  • You 'waited there how long?

Yes-No Questions:

  • Won’t your 'wife be ˚rather /cross?

  • 'Won’t she be ˚cross with me, d’you ˚mean?

  • 'Anybody ˚want a lift?

  • Are you 'going near ˚Charing Cross by ˚any ˚chance?

Commands and Interjections:

  • 'Tell me the \time, ˚please.

  • 'Tell you the time? 'Ten past `six.

  • 'Leave the ˚key with Mrs. `Atkins.

  • 'Leave it with Mrs. Joyce ˚Atkins?

  • The 'silly young \fool!

  • 'Silly young fool? `Who? || John?

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