This inspires a more general question (and thus a change ... dictionaries claim that they are variants of the same word. "Thy" and "thigh". "Either" and "ether". Those are the canonical two pairs that you

While it was 10/1/04 1:01 am throughout the UK, Evan Kirshenbaum sprinkled little black dots on a white screen, and they fell thus: COLLect (noun) coLLect (verb) That's unusual. Are there any other words in your dialect where the stress falls

While it was 10/1/04 1:01 am throughout the UK, Evan Kirshenbaum sprinkled little black dots on a white screen, and they fell thus: ADdress (noun) adDRESS (verb) Here in Britain, both are adDRESS. Adept (noun) aDEPT (adjective) aRITHmetic (noun)

Ruud Harmsen wrote on 31 Dec 2003: 31 Dec 2003 14:08:31 GMT: CyberCypher : in sci.lang: Please explain how stress is not phonemic in English in ... the acid. You're an expert, not an amateur like me. In the verbs, the first syllables have a

(I am posting these Intros for Donna Richoux while she is away. Maria.) Last Revised: 2002-09-21 (21 Sep 2002) This document now contains the Table of Contents of (a) the AUE FAQ and (b) the FAQ Supplement. Both can be found by way of links at the