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these three words? Which syllable(s) do you stress?
chimpanzee
peony
robot
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In my humble opinion, chimpanzee is pronounced with the emphasis on the last syllable, as in chim-pan-ZEE.
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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.
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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?
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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
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CHIM-pan-ZEE
PE-o-ny
RO-bot
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CHIM-pan- ZEE(subtle difference from yours, mav ) PEE-o-nee RO-bot
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ZEE
yb®
depends on rhythmic context of the sentence for me :)
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Too bad we can't have an opinion from J. Fred Muggs.
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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
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First syllable stressed: all three
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I vote with Consuelo
CHIM-pan-ZEE(subtle difference from yours, mav)
PEE-o-nee
RO-bot
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I'm with the CHIM-ZEE crowd, and 1st syl stress for the others...
formerly known as etaoin...
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peony is Pee(schwa)nee
you don't hear the o--or at best it is half way between o and a schwa
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chim PAN zee
otherwise I am with wordwind
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I go with Faldage:
2, 1 and 1 respectively.
Edit: why do you ask?
2nd edit: and why these three words particularly?
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I'm with J.Fred Muggs, otherwise I'm with WOW except for the wordwind part and then I'm with AnnaS.
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I'm with J.Fred Muggs
You've made yourself crystal clear, moose.
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...crystal clear...
Occasionally I buckle under pressure.
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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.
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you all are moronsMO-ron well, that's a fine how-de-doo... 
formerly known as etaoin...
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>morons
is that with stress on the first or second syllable?!
-joe (wadda maroon) friday
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Keerful. It might could be Ben Hawkins. He'll kill ya just to save the life of his kitten.
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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? 
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Wasn't there a movie or a song or sumpin' by that name?
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>>>Wasn't there a movie or a song or sumpin' by that name?
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>>>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
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Well, he MUST be a has Ben by now. What's the life expectancy?
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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...?)
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