Pronunciation watch

[french frank]

Perhaps the deciding factor is the importance of "weekend" in the sentence.

And some confusion when the stress changes depending on the part of speech e.g. a survey, to survey: SURveying or surVEYing? I think I would generally say WEEKend when it was an adjective (the WEEKend shopping), but weekEND as a noun (at the weekEND) - where END is the important element and 'week' is an ATtribute (atTRIButing extra meaning).

So for me, "I'll see you next weekend" will have the stress on the second syllable - unlike for you

[Pabmusic]

...So for me, "I'll see you next weekend" will have the stress on the second syllable - unlike for you

But here's the thing, FF: I don't really know how I'd say it, since I'm conscious that this is what we're discussing, so it's unnatural. My rationalisation might be off. Though I suspect my point about emphasis/stress might carry some weight.

[ferneyhoughgeliebte]

I would pronounce it with an emphasis on the second syllable, but (unlike someone I once worked with) without a particularly marked stress. (She used to say something closer to "wiKend", a short "wee" - oh stop it! - and a distinct "K" starting the second.)

Actually, I think I also as often emphasise the first syllable - but never with the "K" sounded as part of the second syllable.

[Serial_Apologist]

Both weekend and thirteen are accented on both syllables pretty much equally in most contexts, surely?

That would be my position.

[Radio64]

Thanks. WEEKend sounds rather American to me .... British pron. would seem to be with a double stress WEEK'END' .. almost WEE'KEND'


fierce edit: thought as much - http://dictionary.cambridge.org/pron...nglish/weekend

[Eine Alpensinfonie]

Both weekend and thirteen are accented on both syllables pretty much equally in most contexts, surely?

Q. How old are you?
A. ThirTEEN.

Q. Are you THIRteen or fourteen?
A. THIRteen.

[Padraig]

A. THIRteen.

A. xIII

[Serial_Apologist]

Q. How old are you?
A. ThirTEEN.

Q. Are you THIRteen or fourteen?
A. THIRteen.

Underaged - so WATCH it!

[french frank]

Both weekend and thirteen are accented on both syllables pretty much equally in most contexts, surely?

Pretty much equally? Does that mean 'equally' or 'almost, but not quite equally'? I think intonation also affects stress. Does a falling/pre-rising intonation result in a stressed syllable?

[Lat-Literal]

Lord Hill on "The World at One" - Chimera pronounced kimmera as in Kimmeridge. I had always thought of it more as kymeera but perhaps I am wrong?

Sunil Khilnani on "Incarnations" - Calcutta as Calkerta with no emphasis on the second syllable - just the first. I suppose it has to be accepted this is right?

[jean]

Q. How old are you?
A. ThirTEEN.

Q. Are you THIRteen or fourteen?
A. THIRteen.

Q. Are you thirteen or thirty?
A. ThirTEEN!!!!

[Serial_Apologist]

Lord Hill on "The World at One" - Chimera pronounced kimmera as in Kimmeridge. I had always thought of it more as kymeera but perhaps I am wrong?

I've often wondered what the correct pronunciation of this word is too, assuming there to be one. I've even heard "shimmerer" and "Shim airer"!

[jean]

Sunil Khilnani on "Incarnations" - Calcutta as Calkerta with no emphasis on the second syllable - just the first. I suppose it has to be accepted this is right?

Kolkata (Bengali: কলকাতা / কোলকাতা) /koʊlˈkɑːtɑː/, formerly Calcutta /kælˈkʌtə/, it says here.

[jean]

Pretty much equally? Does that mean 'equally' or 'almost, but not quite equally'?

It means I think that I stress both syllables equally, but as we are notoriously likely to get it wrong when we reflect on our own practice, I have to allow for the possibility that I'm may not be perfectly correct.

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[french frank]

Lord Hill on "The World at One" - Chimera pronounced kimmera as in Kimmeridge.

My experience of hearing (and using) it is kye-MEE-ra