The change in placement of accent marks is and example of change for
change's sake. The old style will be around for many years. It's in
every dictionary that I currently own (about 5 different and an online
version.)
The Mirriam Webster Second Edition dropped 400,000 entries going to the
Third E
Rich Ulrich wrote:
> I posted a question on alt.usage.english,
> from a.u.e.
>
> so that stress marks were
> most often placed after the vowels (as in the OED),
> However, in the early 20th century, the IPA (International Phonetics
> Association) invented a writing system in
On Thu, 26 Oct 2000 15:38:45 GMT, Jerry Dallal <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
wrote:
> Aniko wrote:
>
> > It is usual to put the stress
> > mark ' in front of the accented syllable.
>
> and Rich has documented that, if not usual, it is not unusual. All
> of my dictionaries put the stress mark after the a
Paul Gorodyansky wrote:
>
> In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
> Petr Kuzmic <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
...
> > is accent on it. Compare with Mr. Mendel_e_ev (the periodic man), whose
> > name is pronounced with "...ev" because the accent is on the
> > pen-ultimate syllable.
>
> No, because th
In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
Petr Kuzmic <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
>
> ...
> In contrast, most folks probably remember a name that had been in the
> daily news a decade or so ago: GorbachEv pronounced "G[a]rba_chov_" in
> Russian. Even NPR, CBS, NBC, CNN, etc., announcers were always
> pr
Aniko wrote:
> It is usual to put the stress
> mark ' in front of the accented syllable.
and Rich has documented that, if not usual, it is not unusual. All
of my dictionaries put the stress mark after the accented syllable.
I suspect this is the way it was always done until recently. Rich
cites
- Forwarded message from Alexander Tsyplakov -
> Have any of you ever actually heard Dr. Kolmogorov or his parents
pronounce > his name? If not, then you cannot really be sure of the
proper way to > pronounce it. My name is fairly simple, yet I have
heard at least 13 > variations on it
Aniko <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
8t7bpp$iju$[EMAIL PROTECTED]">news:8t7bpp$iju$[EMAIL PROTECTED]...
> >>
> >> I need help breaking "kalma" into three syllables?-)
> >>
> >
> >The first one is silent.
>
> I don't understand your problem. The accent is on the
_third_ syllable,
> that is
Mardo, John G [AMSTA-AR-QAW-P] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote
in message
> Have any of you ever actually heard Dr. Kolmogorov or his
parents pronounce
> his name? If not, then you cannot really be sure of the
proper way to
> pronounce it. My name is fairly simple, yet I have heard
at least 13
> vari
I am native russian speaker.
so, Chebisev can be pronounced both _Che_bishev and
Cheby_shov_. These both variants are used equally often.
It is my final and ultimate answer. :))
Aniko ÐÉÛÅÔ × ÓÏÏÂÝÅÎÉÉ <8t7bpp$iju$[EMAIL PROTECTED]> ...
>>>
>>> I need help breaking "kalma" into three syllables?
Aniko wrote:
...
> On a related topic: I have always wondered about the correct pronunciation
> of Chebysev.
> In Russia I heard it as Chebi_shov_, with the accent at the end. It all
> reduces to the question of exact spelling in Russian: is the second vowel an
> "e" or "umlaut e" (the one with
On Wed, 25 Oct 2000 16:08:12 -0400, I wrote, asking,
>
> Do you really have *three* that are the old way? (Names/Dates?)
> I have not seen a survey of dictionaries, but the (few) ones that I
> have used in recent years have been consistent, the times I have
> noticed, in using a pre-syllable
On Wed, 25 Oct 2000 13:26:28 -0600, "Tony T. Warnock"
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Aniko wrote:
>
> >
> > I don't understand your problem. The accent is on the _third_ syllable,
> > that is on the first "o" in "Kalma_go_rov". It is usual to put the stress
> > mark ' in front of the accented syl
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> -Original Message-
> From: Tony T. Warnock [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
> Sent: Wednesday, October 25, 2000 3:26 PM
> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Subject: Re: How to pronounce Kolmogorov
>
>
> Aniko wrote:
>
> &
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> Sent: Wednesday, October 25, 2000 3:26 PM
> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Subject: Re: How to pronounce Kolmogorov
>
>
> Aniko wrote:
>
> >
> > I don't understand your problem. The accent is on the
> _third_ syllable,
> > that is
>>
>> I need help breaking "kalma" into three syllables?-)
>>
>
>The first one is silent.
I don't understand your problem. The accent is on the _third_ syllable,
that is on the first "o" in "Kalma_go_rov". It is usual to put the stress
mark ' in front of the accented syllable.
On a related topi
Aniko wrote:
>
> I don't understand your problem. The accent is on the _third_ syllable,
> that is on the first "o" in "Kalma_go_rov". It is usual to put the stress
> mark ' in front of the accented syllable.
It is?
I have three dictionaries in the office and all put the stress mark after the
Bob Hayden wrote:
>
> - Forwarded message from ?? -
>
> on the third syllable
> [kalma' gorov]
>
> - End of forwarded message from ?? -
>
> I need help breaking "kalma" into three syllables?-)
>
The first one is silent.
- Forwarded message from ?? -
on the third syllable
[kalma' gorov]
- End of forwarded message from ?? -
I need help breaking "kalma" into three syllables?-)
_
| |Robert W. Hayden
| | Work: Departm
on the third syllable
[kalma'gorov]
Hans Kiesl ïèøåò â ñîîáùåíèè <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> ...
>This might be a silly question for most of you, but I'd like to know how
>to pronounce "Kolmogorov" correctly.
>
>Is the stress on the second or on the third syllable?
>
>Thanks,
>
>Hans Kiesl
==
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