TM:
"I assumed that the question was
"Do you want BUTTER or CHEESE?" (rise-fall rise-fall)
"with the presupposition that one or the other is wanted."
"I don't think she would have flipped her lid at the innocuous "Do you want butter or cheese?" (straight rise, no presupposition)."
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