Say it like this.

[Marylin]

When the intonation at the end rises, it sometimes sounds like a curlicue. It can start to sound weird after a while, and it just reminds me of a curlicue. If a curlicue had a sound, that's what it would sound like. Maybe it's really nothing at all, and I'm hearing things in the twilight zone. Who knows?

It can start to sound weird.


And you can hear me, X...?

[Steven D]

I won't mention any names

I don't think you should have a problem with that.


but I don't like a comma before "too".

No way, reaaaally? I don't think I really care, X....

Thanks for the links. I'll dust off those books about phonetics and see how they compare.