20 insidious accents that many misplace

1. Vent

It's hard to believe, but dictionaries tell us to highlight the last syllable intonation. In the plural, the stress moves to the letter "e". This also applies to the mouth of the volcano, and part of the weapon.

2. Fetish

The word comes from the French language, where the stress in nouns falls on the last syllable. Remember this, because the observance of orthoepic norms for many is a fetish.

3. Cheers

The tool for picking up liquid and free-flowing is called a scoop, but you can only scoop it with it. This applies to both soup and rubble.

4. Plum

A literate waiter will bring you a latte with plum cake more willingly than a latte with plum.

5. Pear

Let's fix the fruit and berry theme. If you're talking about something made from a pear, put the stress on the first syllable in the adjective.

6. Sirots

Although the word comes from the adjective "syryy", you should not shift the stress to the first syllable, it is illiterate.

7. Newborn

If people ignored the letter "e" less and did not replace it with "e", the stressed syllable in this word would be obvious. With some exceptions, in the Russian language, the intonation emphasis is always placed on "yo". The option "newborn" is acceptable in informal speech, but it is better to speak competently in any situation.

8. Dancer

In the correct version, the word may seem boring, because "dancer" sounds much more exotic. Nevertheless, it is better to listen to the dictionary.

9. Fluorography

The doctor sends you for fluorography, but you do not listen to him. More precisely, you must go to the examination, but you do not need to adopt the wrong stress accepted in the medical environment.

10. Reflexia

Another misconception from the world of professional stress. Psychologists say "reflexion", but it is better to listen to the dictionary when it comes to orthoepic norms.

11. Arrived but arrived

This verb fits into the rule according to which the stress falls on the prefix if the word is masculine or neuter, or the ending if feminine. In the plural, the prefix should be made.

12. Adolescence

It is unlikely that you often say this word out loud if you do not teach literature. However, it is better late than never to find out the correct title of Leo Tolstoy's story.

13. Bleeding

It is easy to figure out the philologist: say "bleeding" and find him by the bleeding ears.

14. Cuisine

Chukovsky's followers could write a wonderful thriller in verse. Only instead of Moidodyr, it would feature a kitchen cabinet, which persecuted people for the word "kitchen".

15. Religion

There are so many syllables in this word that there is plenty of room for error. If you are not sure where the stress falls, remember the infinitive of the verb "confess."

16. Enviable

If you have already decided on one of the seven deadly sins, at least do not break the orthoepic norms.

17. Provision

It's easy to remember where to stress. When there is a cookie (provision) in the word, you have made the wrong choice.

18. Dispensary

No "dispensaries", the stress falls on the last syllable. And only for him.

19. Hand

No one will give you an award for the word “hand over”, because it is wrong to say that.

20. Willingness

Intercession appears in speech, perhaps more often than correct stress. But the dictionary knows only one correct version - with the stress on the second syllable.