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Re: Pronunciation question

From	Knute Johnson <nospam@rabbitbrush.frazmtn.com>
Newsgroups	comp.lang.java.programmer
Subject	Re: Pronunciation question
Date	2019-07-17 10:16 -0500
Organization	A noiseless patient Spider
Message-ID	<qgne52$1tm$1@dont-email.me> (permalink)
References	<stress-20190717151534@ram.dialup.fu-berlin.de>

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On 7/17/2019 09:20, Stefan Ram wrote:
>    Could someone confirm or deny the following stress patterns
>    for an American English (San Francisco Bay Area) pronunciation?
> 
> boxing       ˈbɑksɪŋ (found in a dictionary)
> unboxing     ˌʌnˈbɑksɪŋ (not listed in a dictionary)
> autoboxing   ˈɔtoʊˌbɑksɪŋ (not listed in a dictionary)
> autounboxing ˈɔtoʊʌnˌbɑksɪŋ (not listed in a dictionary)
> 
> ˈ means primary   accent (stress) for the following syllable
> 
> ˌ means secondary accent (stress) for the following syllable
> 
> 

I don't know about San Francisco but in Texas they would stress the un 
in autounboxing :-).

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Knute Johnson

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