Date:  Mon, 23 Oct 1995 07:32:55 PDT

From:  "//www.usa.net/~ague" <ague[AT SYMBOL GOES HERE]REDRCK.ENET.DEC.COM>

Subject: Re: statements spoken as if it were a question



>>This syntactic feature is well attested in Ireland and found among the



I always thought the Irish were noted for never making statements, but only

asking questions. As in:



P1: "Can you tell me where the post office is?"



P2: "Is it a stamp that you be needing?"



-- Jim