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[–] pruwybn@discuss.tchncs.de 28 points 6 months ago (1 children)

exclamation points but for quiet

[–] FatTony@lemmy.world 51 points 6 months ago (1 children)
[–] Lemminary@lemmy.world 29 points 6 months ago (1 children)

It's true. In Spanish we start all our exclamations with a whisper and raise our voice towards the end of the sentence for effect. We formally learn this from the telenovelas.

[–] BubbleMonkey@slrpnk.net 11 points 6 months ago

I can’t wait for AI to unironically use this as a fact in the future. I’ll be looking for it.