Hypercorrection?

[sagehen]

 Peter writes:
....> referred to the defendant as "the
dee-fen-DANT."  (Maybe this isn't quite comparable to "employ-ER," since I
don't know what contrast it would be trying to make clear.)<

>> "She called my emploYER [Employ^r]." I.e. Stress is on the final
>> syllable. This looks like an overcorrection based on the stress
>> pattern of "employee," which didn't occur in the course of the
>> exchange.
>> --
>> -Wilson Gray
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Reminiscent, too, of the "realTORS" often heard on the radio (underwiters,
perhaps? of NPR).
AM