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<DIV><FONT face=Tahoma size=2><SPAN class=562163710-27062005><FONT face=Arial
color=#0000ff size=3> In Swiss German the stress is more often on the first
syllable than in High German </FONT></SPAN></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Tahoma size=2><SPAN class=562163710-27062005><FONT face=Arial
color=#0000ff size=3>(gárage as opposed to garáge). Sometimes even on the
zero-th</FONT> <FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=3>syllable
like</FONT></SPAN></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Tahoma size=2><SPAN class=562163710-27062005></SPAN><SPAN
class=562163710-27062005></SPAN><FONT face=Arial><FONT color=#0000ff><FONT
size=3>i<SPAN class=562163710-27062005>n family names preceded by "von". The
Swiss Germans would put the
emPHAsis</SPAN></FONT></FONT></FONT></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Tahoma size=2><FONT face=Arial><FONT color=#0000ff><FONT
size=3><SPAN class=562163710-27062005>on VON Allmen or VON Stirnimaa (well,
maybe not with Stirnimaa).</SPAN></FONT></FONT></FONT></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Tahoma size=2><FONT face=Arial><FONT color=#0000ff><FONT
size=3><SPAN
class=562163710-27062005></SPAN></FONT></FONT></FONT></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Tahoma size=2><FONT face=Arial><FONT color=#0000ff><FONT
size=3><SPAN class=562163710-27062005>Fritz
Goerling </SPAN></FONT></FONT></FONT><BR></DIV></FONT>
<BLOCKQUOTE><TT>Do you ever get stressed out with stress? I usually encounter
stress <BR>problems when I visit Singapore.<BR><BR>Some of the classic
examples I remember were: once on the MRT the announcer <BR>said, "Next stop
is laVENder." I had to look on the station map to see that <BR>it was
"lavender". Once in a shop the assistant asked me if I wanted to buy <BR>a
sooVINj@. It took several repeats before I figured out what she wanted me
<BR>to buy was a "souvenir". The stress difficulties also worked the other
way. <BR>I once asked for directions to SErangoon and the person didn't know
what I <BR>was talking about. Later I realised I should have asked how to get
to <BR>seRANgoon.<BR><BR>I think with Singlish it is the combination of
English lexicon with Malay <BR>stress patterns that is the main cause of the
phonolexical mismatches. And <BR>also we don't write stress in
English.<BR><BR>Do you ever get the emPHAsis in the wrong place?<BR><BR>John
Roberts<BR><BR></TT>
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