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   From: vpaereru-unmonitored@yahoo.com.invalid   
      
   Le 30/07/2024 à 11:43, Hibou a écrit :   
   > Le 30/07/2024 à 09:55, Phil a écrit :   
   >>   
   >> An English teacher at my old school always insisted that   
   >> 'nomenclature' should be pronounced with stress on the first and third   
   >> syllables, so as to reflect its etymology. (I hadn't realised until   
   >> just now that he was in agreement with the AmE pronunciation -- BrE   
   >> uses second-syllable stress).   
   >>   
   >> I don't think we ever asked him to say 'helicopter'.   
   >   
   > Here comes a candle to light you to bed,   
   > And here comes a chopper to cut off your head!   
      
   cut -> chop   
      
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