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Common American pronunciation of \"applicable\"
Thread poster: Wolfgang Feichtlbauer
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The British view Dec 15, 2009

Wolfgang Feichtlbauer wrote:

He steadfastly argued that today most of the Americans put the stress in \"applicable\" on the second syllable (as the British):&-\'pli-k&-b&l


Although the stress on the second syllable is quite common in Britain, it is far from universal and the occurrence of stress on the first syllable increases with the level of education.
 
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