RE: Does a rhetorical question need a '?'

["Nuckols, Kenneth M" <Kenneth -dot- Nuckols -at- mybrighthouse -dot- com>]

Dick said...

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> Dick Margulis wrote:
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> > There is no rising pitch at the end,
> > which would signify a customer.
> 
> Er, would signify a question. ;~/
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Um, having worked in retail on several occasions, I can safely say the
original, though it may have been a Freudian slip, was actually correct:
After about 6 - 7 hours dealing with another bloody customer will
generate a rise in pitch, volume, blood pressure, bile, etc., etc.,
etc... ;-)

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