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Originally Posted by KyleGoetz
Let's take なんて言ってるのかな。
With the rising intonation it means "What's he trying to say?" like you expect an answer. If you say it without a rising intonation, does it sound like a rhetorical question asked to oneself?
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Yes, exactly. You are talking to yourself.
"I wonder what he is trying to say."
EDIT: There has been a tendency in the last 10-20 years where some young people actually ask these questions with a falling/flat intonation at the end even when they are expecting an answer.