In the word "Something" are both syllables stressed?
I've noticed that only the dictionary.com website shows stress on both syllables for the word "Something," like so: 's?m????
The first syllable has primary stress and the second syllable has secondary stress.
However, I checked other dictionaries such as the Cambridge, Webster, and Collins and they only show stress on the first syllable for the word "something."
I would be grateful for your opinion. Thank you.
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Zoltán Király I would be grateful for your opinion. I think that secondary stress is warranted in "something" in standard US English because "thing" gets its full pronunciation. You would be amazed at what we do to the word in my dialect, something like "SUMp-n".
- Zoltán Király I would be grateful for your opinion.
- I think that secondary stress is warranted in "something" in standard US English because "thing" gets its full pronunciation.
- You would be amazed at what we do to the word in my dialect, something like "SUMp-n".
- Pronunciation is highly regional.
- I suggest you look into what we call Broadcast English and use that.
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Zoltán KirályI would be grateful for your opinion.
I think that secondary stress is warranted in "something" in standard US English because "thing" gets its full pronunciation. You would be amazed at what we do to the word in my dialect, something like "SUMp-n". Pronunciation is highly regional. I suggest you look into what we call Broadcast English and us
0Zoltán Király"Something," like so: 's?m????
That looks right to me.
Zoltán KirályI checked other dictionaries
Ah, well. Check five dictionaries and you'll find five different ways of symbolizing the pronunciation of any given word. Try learning pronunciation by ear rather than by symbolic systems like IPA — or at
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