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| Mysteroo:
Feels to me like someone answering a phone as if they don't know who they're talking to --- Quote from: The Resonte! on September 29, 2017, 03:53:42 PM ---it sounds like you just picked up the phone and is asking if somebody is there --- End quote --- Beat me to the punch |
| Blockomaniac:
i-is anyone there?! |
| randomtroll39:
depends on the situation |
| otto-san:
--- Quote from: The Resonte! on September 29, 2017, 03:53:42 PM ---it sounds like you just picked up the phone and is asking if somebody is there --- End quote --- yeah it's basically the same thing, if you're initiating an online conversation you don't necessarily know that the recipient is going to be on the other end. i imagine the purpose of the question mark is to account for the possibility that you aren't there or can't answer |
| Mysteroo:
--- Quote from: randomtroll39 on September 29, 2017, 03:56:49 PM ---depends on the situation --- End quote --- Yeah, there are some contexts in which it seems fine. But let's say it's in a normal situation in which someone just messages you out of the blue |
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