"What's this software? Like, 9 years old?"

[Laurence Horn]

On Aug 27, 2011, at 12:30 PM, victor steinbok wrote:

> Are you inserting the first question mark prosodically? I would expect a
> single sentence in both cases... What's==is+[qualifier]
>
> VS-)
>
> On Sat, Aug 27, 2011 at 1:01 AM, Wilson Gray <hwgray at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>>
>> Reminiscent of questions like
>>
>> "What's he gonna pay? Two men to do the same job?"
>>
>> --
>> -Wilson
>
Relatable, as it were, to (at least in New Yorkese):

"Who do you think you are?  ANYway?"

LH

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