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| From | Martin Gregorie <martin@address-in-sig.invalid> |
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| Subject | Re: pronunciation of "ArithmeticException" |
| Date | Wed, 15 Feb 2017 11:43:33 -0000 (UTC) |
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On Wed, 15 Feb 2017 02:23:12 +0000, Stefan Ram wrote: > How does one pronounce »arithmetic«? > > The adjective is pronounced »,arith'metic«, where »,« precedes a weak > accent and »'« precedes a strong accent (primary stress). > Agreed. > The noun is pronounced »a'rithmetic«. > I usually hear and say the nuon with equal stress on all all syllables. > And in »java.lang.ArithmeticException« is it a noun or an adjective? IANALL but I think it counts as an adjective in this case because the exception name is really a composite of two words. -- martin@ | Martin Gregorie gregorie. | Essex, UK org |
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Re: pronunciation of "ArithmeticException" Martin Gregorie <martin@address-in-sig.invalid> - 2017-02-15 11:43 +0000
Re: pronunciation of "ArithmeticException" Gene Wirchenko <genew@telus.net> - 2017-02-15 09:40 -0800
Re: pronunciation of "ArithmeticException" Sebastian <nowhere@nirvana.org> - 2017-02-15 19:49 +0100
Re: pronunciation of "ArithmeticException" Eric Douglas <e.d.programmer@gmail.com> - 2017-02-15 11:36 -0800
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