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Monday, March 16, 2015

Americans often criticize Filipinos speaking English for stressing the second, rather than the first, syllable of almost every word: mo-NAS-tery rather than MO-nastery; ce-RE-mony rather than CE-remony.

Are they aware that the Spanish, the Italians, and the French do the same thing?

I can't see them criticizing the Spanish, the Italians, and the French, who might snap back and say that THEIR languages are superior to English.

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