What is the right way to pronounce the words "archipelago" and "dioxide" (I mean a stress)? I'm puzzled very much because 2 dictionaries give 2 different variants and I do remember that my teacher pronounced them the third way!...
Printable View
What is the right way to pronounce the words "archipelago" and "dioxide" (I mean a stress)? I'm puzzled very much because 2 dictionaries give 2 different variants and I do remember that my teacher pronounced them the third way!...
I say it as ark-a-PEL-a-go and dy-OX-ide
The annoying thing is that different dictionaries use different ways of marking stress. According to the international phonetic alphabet you put the stress sign before the stressed syllable - but some put the sign behind the syllable, and that is confusing.
according to me it is archipelago and dioxide.
:( This is the fourth wayQuote:
Originally Posted by Brandon8
You have to remember that the stress in English is much weaker than in Russian, and in a lot of longer words even native English speakers would have to think hard about where it falls.
For what it's worth, I'd agree with Brandon.
dy-OX-ide, always.
I've heard:
ark'-ih-PEL-a-go,
or
ark'-i-pel-A-go
In English, in most words with 3 (4?) or more syllables, dictionaries show primary and secondary stresses. In Russian, I've only seen this for very long words.
Thank you