tourbillion: M-W's Word of the Day
Michael Briggs
Message 21426
· 3 Jun 2000 20:14:27
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Years ago when I learned French I was told that French doesn't have
stress or emphasis on syllables -- it just sounds that way to Anglophone
ears. I was told that French lengthens the last syllable of a group of
words, and to be careful not to put stress or emphasis,
Anglophone-style, on any syllable of a French word. Perhaps things have
changed in the last half-century or so.
Mike
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