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The Southern Stress on the First Syllable in Words like Cement and Police

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A man from Fort Smith, Arkansas, says his Canadian wife is baffled by his pronouncing the word cement as CEE-ment. Stressing the first syllable of such words as police, insurance, umbrella, and vehicle is an occasional feature of Southerners’ speech. This is part of a complete episode.

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