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Topic Options #209676 - 02/21/13 04:39 AM Emphasis on the wrong syllable Rock Currier stranger Registered: 02/21/13 Posts: 1 Loc: California Is there a name for spoken words where the emphasis is on the wrong syllable like: The em-pha-ses is on the wrong syl-lab-le Rock Currier Top #209692 - 02/21/13 11:21 AM Re: Emphasis on the wrong syllable [Re: Rock Currier] LukeJavan8 Carpal Tunnel Registered: 06/23/08 Posts: 5289 Loc: Land of the Flat Water Welcome _________________________ ----please, draw me a sheep---- Top #209695 - 02/21/13 12:37 PM Re: Emphasis on the wrong syllable [Re: LukeJavan8] Rhubarb Commando old hand Registered: 11/13/11 Posts: 1031 Loc: Lancaster, UK - and welcome from me, too. It's a good question! I'm not personally aware of any word to describe this photetic aberration, Rocky, but I'll make a small wager that tsuwm knows one. _________________________ I'm immortal until proven otherwise Top #209697 - 02/21/13 05:31 PM Re: Emphasis on the wrong syllable [Re: Rhubarb Commando] tsuwm Carpal Tunnel Registered: 04/03/00 Posts: 10464 Loc: this too shall pass it could be some form of metathesis (\mə-ˈta-thə-səs\) or some other linguistic trope; I used to think that I came up with the expression 'emPHAsis on the wrong sylLAble' until I started hearing it elsewhere, like here (see 1:35) Top Previous Topic Index Next Topic Preview Hop to: General Topics ------   Information and announcements   Q&A about words   Wordplay and fun   Words and languages in schools   Miscellany   Weekly Themes   Looking for (writers, speakers, ...) (Old) Weekly themes. (have been consolidated into a single forum above) ------   Words from medicine   Beheading words   Meta-words   Words from classical mythology   Animal Safari   Words with unusual etymologies   Eponyms or words derived from people's names.   Loanwords from German   English as a global language Moderator:  Jackie  Print Topic Switch to Threaded Mode View profile Send a PM Add to your Watched Users View posts View profile Send a PM Add to your Watched Users View posts View profile Send a PM Add to your Watched Users View posts View profile Send a PM View homepage Add to your Watched Users View posts Forum Stats 8426 Members 16 Forums 13689 Topics 209793 Posts Max Online: 3341 @ 12/09/11 02:15 PM Newest Members sylviasuper, continent2, a2teacher, teepee, smoothcriminal86 8426 Registered Users Who's Online 2 registered (sylviasuper, continent2), 39 Guests and 3 Spiders online. Key: Admin, Global Mod, Mod Top Posters (30 Days) LukeJavan8 86 jenny jenny 56 wofahulicodoc 56 endymion6 48 Rhubarb Commando 37 BranShea 34 Buffalo Shrdlu 15 zmjezhd 13 Faldage 13 tsuwm 11 May Su M Tu W Th F Sa 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31

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