[General] Barely tolerable - intonation

[englishhobby]

[video]https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B72XkxRIV0-ReGhaZXh2WjhlYUk/edit?usp=sharing[/video]

How is the word "tolerable" pronounced in this video:

1) with a rising tone /tolerable
2) with a falling tone \tolerable
3)with a fall-rise \tolera/ble

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[Tdol]

It doesn't rise much to me.

 

[BobK]

Falling, I'd say. And I'm not sure about the adverb. The screenwriter has perfectly, I think, but it's not clear. Jane Austen (P&P, vol 1 chap iii) has no adverb at all: Darcy says 'She is tolerable; but not handsome enough to tempt me.' The following 'but...' makes it likely that there would normmally be a slight rise in the pitch of the last syllable, but Darcy is being a wet blanket. ;-)

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[englishhobby]

Ah, I think the adverb is "fairly" or "favourably", not "barely" (I thought "barely" strange myself)! Thank you, BobK.

Darcy is categoric then. ) And could I ask one more question here about the intonation of the word "agreeable" pronounced by Mr Bingley in this episode? Can we say that he uses a falling-rising tone, "like a wave", or just rising like this ?

I am looking for this "wavy" Fall-Rise tone somewhere in the film, you see...

Here's the same link again for your convenience:
https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B72...it?usp=sharing