Jozef wrote:
> > 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
Oh no, Jozef, I didn't mean to insult you at all. I certainly wasn't
talking about YOU when I wrote "what low dastard...?" You see, some of
us, including myself, have heard people pronounce "direction" with the
stress on the first syllable.
I also did not mean to insult you by saying that you're a non-native
speaker. That was not some cheap means of pointing out that I was
unhappy with your English...I despise people who say things like that.
You can verify this with a search of my posts: I'm an English language
teacher who lives and works in Greece and I have no interest in
insulting language learners, least of all ones who come to a group like
this one and ask intelligent, honest questions.
Anyway, thanks for starting an interesting discussion and please accept
my own apologies.
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