Tuesday, 9 April 2013

Another Quiz

Why is the baby so worried?

ANSWER: WORD STRESS
[ɒlɪv ˈɔɪl] the stress on the second element shows  it's oil made of olives.
[ˈbeɪbi ɔɪl]  the stress on the first element shows that it is oil for babies. Not oil made of babies!
The baby must have misplaced the stress.

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