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antonim@lemmy.dbzer0.com âš2â© âšmonthsâ© agoImagine yourself being confused and baffled by something, and asking âReally?â. The intonation is rising, as is usual in questions. Imagine yourself hearing someone say something you are completely confident is absurdly false or a lie, and you want to suggest to the person that theyâre wrong and you know the truth, by sarcastically asking âReally?â. The intonation is falling, closer to ordinary statements of fact.
OOP is using the full stop at the end of his âquestonsâ to suggest the second, sarcastic intonation.