ive started semi-consciously changing the intonation of how i speak to be just a little bit off and its a ton of fun
consider the phrase "trader joe's" (eg in "i'm off to trader joe's to buy some banana butter"). most people (that i've noticed) will pronounce trader with a lower tone than joe's, so the tone rises between words; ive started pronouncing it with falling tone instead, with trader having a higher tone than joes
something about doing this feels so wiggly and wonderful! i describe what im doing in terms of intonation[1], but when i actually do it im not consciously thinking about intonation but semi-consciously playing with the visceral sense of how words feel. and pronouncing a word with a different feel, surprising the ears with such a subtle and expected shift, askndoknwqd, what an experience
my arms are tingly!
[1]: also its worth noting that my description could be wrong. this post is my first attempt to describe what it is that i am doing, and i could be mistaken!