Thread: Question about 'offence', where to put stress

Hallo,

Yesterday I heard the word 'offence' pronounced by an American with stress on the 1st syllable (the meaning was the attacking part of a sports team). I always thought it has stress on the 2nd syllable. Correct me if I'm wrong, please.

Yep, when you're talking football, the words are
offense and
defense

But not in this story:
A teacher asked a pupil to make up a sentence using the three words defeat, defense, and detail. The kid said: I watched a donkey jump a fence. De feet went over de fence before de tail.

(I underlined where the accent falls, but you already knew that, didn't you?)

Also pronounce the word offence as "Off + ence" when the first syllable is stressed. (the first vowel sound is the same as in the word "off")

It's stressed on the second syllable when it means breaking a law or doing something insulting. The first syllable stress means an attacking team or battle effort, as mentioned above.

Thank you so much all,

didn't even know about defense)

Something new every day)