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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Hobo, post: 380833, member: 11521&quot;]I disagree. </p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>English is a strange language where every rule and every usage seems to have an exception or two (or more). Just because a particular syllable is emphasized in one word it does not necessarily mean that same syllable must be emphasized in a similar word.</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>Take &#039;mathematics&#039;. We pronounce that word ma-the-<b>maa</b>-tics but we pronounce the word &#039;mathematician&#039; ma-the-ma-<b>ti</b>-shun. How odd would it be if we pronounced it ma-the-<b>maa</b>-ti-shun?[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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