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That'd be ret-ARD, rather than RE-tard. Or do Americans put the stress on the first syllable even in the verb? Stressing first syllables is a pretty common fea
by hugh3 15y ago
That'd be ret-ARD, rather than RE-tard.
Or do Americans put the stress on the first syllable even in the verb? Stressing first syllables is a pretty common feature of American English.
- carussell 15y agore-TARD, actually. And it gets stress on the the first syllable where it's used as a noun, second syllable as a verb. cf "address", "attribute". (I do realize the noun–verb distinction doesn't come play in the UK for the former.)