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[–] Skua@kbin.earth 8 points 1 month ago (1 children)

At least in my dialect of English and some others I know, the noun and adjective have the stress on the first syllable while the verb has it on the second

[–] Bring_Back_Buggy_Whips@sh.itjust.works 6 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (1 children)

Thank you. It was Greek to me, but since English is a French dialect sprinkled with Germanic Romantic Latin seasonings, and acrimonious acronyms and euphemisms, I got confused. Somehow.

[–] Skua@kbin.earth 3 points 1 month ago

Hey now, it's a German dialect with French Romantic seasonings! Much clearer, of course