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Jozef (jozef.van.holsbeeck@pandora.be) 2005/05/11 06:41

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> What low dastard moved the stress to the first syllable? I do not think
the OP
> is a native speaker: he was simply wondering which pronunciation, /dai/
> or /d&/, was more correct, and perhaps he lives somewhere where the
> loanword is used in other contexts.
>
Sorry, I did.  And you are right I'm not a native speaker.  I'm very sorry
that
my typo caused a lot of discussion.  The stress is of course on the second
syllable.   Thank you all for your contribution!

Jozef



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