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--- Christian Thalmann <cinga@hidden.email> wrote: --------------------------------- --- In romconlang@yahoogroups.com, "Raven Silverwings" <atlantean_ice_crystal@h...> wrote: > Li ciocali. [li Soka'li] > Did you place the stress on the last syllable > intentionally? Apparently, English dictionary > tradition writes its stress marks after the stressed > syllable, which I find very counter-intuitive, since by > the time you read it, you're already past the syllable > with parsing... IPA, on the other hand, writes the > stress marks before the intended syllable. English people tend to read words word-by-word, not letter-by-letter (it's hard to do it any other way when you can't tell the pronunciation of some letters till you've reached the end), so it isn't too late for us :) -- Tristan. Find local movie times and trailers on Yahoo! Movies. http://au.movies.yahoo.com