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Previous Thread Next Thread Print Thread Emphasis on the wrong syllable #209676 02/21/2013 9:39 AM Joined: Feb 2013 Posts: 1 California Rock Currier stranger Rock Currier stranger Joined: Feb 2013 Posts: 1 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 Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: Emphasis on the wrong syllable Rock Currier #209692 02/21/2013 4:21 PM Joined: Jun 2008 Posts: 9,971 Likes: 3 Land of the Flat Water LukeJavan8 Carpal Tunnel LukeJavan8 Carpal Tunnel Joined: Jun 2008 Posts: 9,971 Likes: 3 Land of the Flat Water Welcome ----please, draw me a sheep---- Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: Emphasis on the wrong syllable LukeJavan8 #209695 02/21/2013 5:37 PM Joined: Nov 2011 Posts: 1,075 Lancaster, UK Rhubarb Commando old hand Rhubarb Commando old hand Joined: Nov 2011 Posts: 1,075 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 Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: Emphasis on the wrong syllable Rhubarb Commando #209697 02/21/2013 10:31 PM Joined: Apr 2000 Posts: 10,542 this too shall pass tsuwm Carpal Tunnel tsuwm Carpal Tunnel Joined: Apr 2000 Posts: 10,542 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) Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Moderated by  Jackie  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... ------  Words from medicine  Beheading words  Meta-words  Words from classical mythology  Animal Safari  Words with unusual etymologies  Eponyms or words derived from p...  Loanwords from German  English as a global language Print Thread Switch to Threaded Mode Show Likes Link Copied to Clipboard View Profile Private Message Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary View Profile Private Message Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary View Profile Private Message Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary View Profile Private Message Website Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary

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