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When you say the word anchovy, which syllable do you stress? I live in the UK, where the stress is placed on the first syllable: ANch'vy. However, I'm origina
by cjs_ac 2y ago
When you say the word anchovy, which syllable do you stress?
I live in the UK, where the stress is placed on the first syllable: ANch'vy.
However, I'm originally from Australia, where the UK pronunciation seems to be an 'old money' thing, and most Australians put the stress on the second syllable: anCHOvy.
- pvaldes 2y agoSecond syllable also on Spanish
- freefal 2y agoThe first syllable is stressed in the US
- richardfontana 2y agoNot exclusively. I am in the US and I believe I consistently put primary stress on the second syllable. Merriam-Webster (an American English oriented dictionary) gives both pronunciations, but lists the first-syllable-stress version first: https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/anchovy https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/anchovy
- xvedejas 2y agoYes, and I'll also note that the secondary stress seems to be on the second syllable. That is, the second syllable is not reduced like in the UK. So it's pronounced most commonly in the US more like "Anne Chovy" than "Anchvy"