ahold

[Mullins, Bill]

I guess I've heard the stress on the second syllable (nearly always)
when the word is used as a question: [Is that] a'ight?
and on the first (sometimes) when it is a statement [that is] a'ight.

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> Main stress can fall on the first syllable, too. It depends,
> just as in standard English.
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> -Wilson Gray
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> On Jun 14, 2005, at 12:01 PM, Mullins, Bill wrote:
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> >> I thought "all right" was pronounced [aiy at i?] or something
> close to
> >> that.
> >>
> >
> > I've seen the hip-hop (or maybe Black English??) spelled
> a'ight, and
> > pronounced that way, with emphasis on the second syllable.
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