<HTML><FONT FACE=arial,helvetica><FONT SIZE=2>I generarlly follow the stress on the first syllable for nouns and on the <BR>second syllable for verbs (generalizing from similar patterns, such as RE <BR>search,/re SEARCH; DE fect/de FECT, RE ject/re JECT, MIS fire/mis <BR>FIRE)--hence, DE tail/de TAIL. ) I've also heard RE tard/re TARD and, in some <BR>dialects, IN vite (for invitation) /IN vite and . I'm not sure of the <BR>rule, though.
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