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      At least in my dialect of English and some others I know, the noun and adjective have the stress on the first syllable while the verb has it on the second

      • Bring_Back_Buggy_Whips@sh.itjust.works
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        Thank you. It was Greek to me, but since English is a French dialect sprinkled with Germanic Romantic Latin seasonings, and acrimonious acronyms and euphemisms, I got confused. Somehow.

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          Hey now, it’s a German dialect with French Romantic seasonings! Much clearer, of course

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      The chemicals join together forming a new COMpound.

      If you don’t correct a problem early on then the damage will comPOUND over time.

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      For me when it’s a noun (visited the compound/mixed the compound), its COM-pound, and when it’s a verb (compound the problem), its com-POUND. I guess that’s it?