The paper deals with one timing-related opposition of nuclear accents within the falling-rising HLH% pitch contour typically observed in Dutch questions. It appears that speaker preferences for either H*LH% or HL*H% nuclear accent type are to a considerable extent determined by the duration of the "nucleus+tail" part and that the analysed opposition is neutralised in monosyllabic nuclei with minimum voicing. Possible phonological interpretations of the observed dependency are given, the most likely suggesting an allotonic nature of the analysed timing-related distinction.