[Ads-l] susPECT, n.

[Mark Mandel]

How about orCHEStra (and orCHEStral)? I hear them all the time on radio
station WRTI here in Philadelphia.

Mark, stressed

On May 1, 2017 1:37 AM, "Ben Zimmer" <bgzimmer at gmail.com> wrote:

> You can hear a relevant clip from "The Thin Man" in this episode of
> the podcast Lexicon Valley, wherein John McWhorter discusses the
> stress shift in "suspect" and similar cases (starting about 5 minutes
> in).
>
> http://www.slate.com/articles/podcasts/lexicon_valley/2016/
> 08/how_pronunciation_changes_as_terms_go_from_new_to_mainstream.html
>
> On Sun, Apr 30, 2017 at 9:11 PM, Jim Parish <jparish at siue.edu> wrote:
> > Huh. That's the first example I've heard of where William Powell wasn't
> > involved. (See "The Kennel Murder Case" and, I'm told, "The Thin Man".)
> >
> > Jim Parish
> >
> >
> > On 4/30/2017 7:32 PM, Jonathan Lighter wrote:
> >>
> >> A police dispatcher in the 1948 movie _He Walked by Night_ says very
> >> clearly,
> >>
> >> "All units. On the broadcast of the susPECT arrested in the shooting of
> >> Patrolman Rawlins. Cancel the cancellation. susPECT released from
> >> custody."
> >>
> >> Cf. perMIT, n.
> >>
> >>
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