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Inflection
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Feb 16, 2006
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I work with a guy who's been doing a really weird thing lately. He calls a lot of people during the day and leaves a lot of messages. At the end of his messages, he says something like, "Call me back when you get a chance. Thanks. Bye." When written out, this is normal. But the way he says it is really weird: His inflection on "bye" goes down to up, instead of up to down. Try it. It's totally unnatural. #language
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Volkswagen Golf Harlequin
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Feb 16, 2006
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In 1996, Volkswagen produced 264 multicolored Golfs called Harlequins. They featured bodies with each panel painted a different color, including red, yellow, mint green, and blue. These colors were chosen at random during production so that no two cars looked exactly the same.
I always saw one of these cars when I was going to school in Hoboken. I figured someone had some time on their hands, so they painted their car several different colors. I always wondered what they said when someone asked what color their car was. "Red...ish". What did they have on their registration? "Color: Multiple"? Anyway, I saw the same car on the streets of Dover after I moved an hour west of Hoboken to Randolph. It wasn't that big of a deal, because I knew a bunch of people who went to school in Hoboken and moved out near Randolph to work near me. But what was weird is that I would occasionally go back to Hoboken for various reasons and I would see that car in a parking spot. What were the chances that a person went to school with me, worked with/near me, and went back to school at the same time as me? Needless to say, I was slightly freaked out. Now that I know that there are several of these cars, I no longer feel like someone's stalking me. #travel
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