Date: 2009-08-18 08:38 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] jfs.livejournal.com
In the same way that some African tribes use the ! to indicate a click when they write their language down, I'm imagining that Professor Smith?'s name is pronounced with a rising inflection at the end, much as if an Australian might pronounce it.

Date: 2009-08-18 11:29 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] deviblue.livejournal.com
or that you can't say his name properly without the raiseing inflection AND raising an eyebrow

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