Odd, I speak bog-standard American English and if I abSENT myself from class I will be marked ABsent. Though I would CUSHion a blow with a CUSHion, I would als

Odd, I speak bog-standard American English and if I abSENT myself from class I will be marked ABsent. Though I would CUSHion a blow with a CUSHion, I would also say "to reCAP, I was just telling Bob that you missed the REcap".