these three words? Which syllable(s) do you stress?
chimpanzee
peony
robot
In my humble opinion, chimpanzee is pronounced with the emphasis on the last syllable, as in chim-pan-ZEE.
That's OK, Father Steve. You don't have to have an opinion on the way you pronounce a word. You can state it as a simple fact.
Yeahbut® Father Steve moonlights as a judge, you know.
chimpanzee and I'm having a syntax synapse lapse, Father Steve. Is it me, or is there a word missing?
OK, I say (with I don't know how-many-all influences from the different places I've lived):
chim-pan-ZEE
PE-o-ny
RO-BOT
CHIM-pan-ZEE
PE-o-ny
RO-bot
CHIM-pan-
ZEE(subtle difference from yours, mav
)
PEE-o-nee
RO-bot
ZEE
yb®
depends on rhythmic context of the sentence for me :)
Too bad we can't have an opinion from J. Fred Muggs.
CHIM-PAN-ZEE ~ kinda sounds like it should be japanese; equal stress on all syllables.
pe-O-ny ~ but only because i've never really known how to pronounce it; i've made a mental note to switch to the first syllable.
RO-BOT ~ definitely a spondee
First syllable stressed: all three
I vote with Consuelo
CHIM-pan-ZEE(subtle difference from yours, mav)
PEE-o-nee
RO-bot
I'm with the CHIM-ZEE crowd, and 1st syl stress for the others...
peony is Pee(schwa)nee
you don't hear the o--or at best it is half way between o and a schwa
chim PAN zee
otherwise I am with wordwind
I go with Faldage:
2, 1 and 1 respectively.
Edit: why do you ask?
2nd edit: and why these three words particularly?
I'm with J.Fred Muggs, otherwise I'm with WOW except for the wordwind part and then I'm with AnnaS.
I'm with J.Fred Muggs
You've made yourself crystal clear, moose.
...crystal clear...
Occasionally I buckle under pressure.
you all are morons. yeah chimpanzee can be pronounced with the stress on the 3rd or second syllable, but only on the second if you combine the 2nd and 3rd: chim-panzee. but RO-BOT? what? hell no. RO-bot.
you all are moronsMO-ron
well, that's a fine how-de-doo...
>morons
is that with stress on the first or second syllable?!
-joe (wadda maroon) friday
Keerful. It might could be Ben Hawkins. He'll kill ya just to save the life of his kitten.
Nice of him to pop in and give us a neat collective noun for the group.
Morons. It has a ring to it, n'est-ce pas?
Wasn't there a movie or a song or sumpin' by that name?
>>>Wasn't there a movie or a song or sumpin' by that name?
>>>Wasn't there a movie or a song or sumpin' by that name?
Well, yes...there was. And here's our esteemed movie star in one of his finer moments. A species, I might add, noted for it's high intelligence:
http://www.omelete.com.br/imagens/cinema/artigos/willard/ben.jpg
Well, he MUST be a has Ben by now. What's the life expectancy?
Ah, what fun. Been a while since we've had a brachiating troll around here.
(I wonder if poor ben has been holding his emotions in since last August...?)