Show Colby's Know your Words Misplaced Accents Account For Many Mispronunciations As Imay I may have remarked before before be be- fore tore dislocated d accents account for tor many of our mispronunciations tlona Since there are no hard and fast rules for fixing the accent ac accent docent do- do cent in English words it Is dangerous dangerous dangerous dan dan- to be guided by analogy For example IRREPRESSIBLE BLE and IRREVOCABLE are very similar In th that t they begin with the negation Ir- Ir t lr-t they contain contain con con- tam tain o the same number of syllables syllables syllables syl syl- syl- syl and have similar sim meanings meanings meanings mean mean- ings respectively not capable of being repressed not capable of being revoked Yet they are not accented alike aUke Irrepressible Is pronounced PRESS Ir bl irrevocable is accented oa ott the second syllable oh REV kub bl Also DISCIPLINE and DISCIPLE DISCIPLE DISCIPLE DIS DIS- CIPLE come from the rams earn Latin LaUn word but they are not accented ao ac cent tented d alike aUke Discipline IB is pronounced pronounced pronounced pro pro- DISS plin disciple If 11 SY dl-SY SY pL pL Also watch the accents In MAINTENANCE and LEUM The first should not not not-be b be TAIN main The second should not be maw maw SOE maw lee SOE lee urn um um Say tee MAIN and antS soe MAW rIA Released by Bell Ben Syndicate Ins Inc |