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Correct pronunciation of name[edit]

What's the correct way to pronounce the name of Hungarian chemist George de Hevesy? Double sharp (talk) 08:52, 22 April 2021 (UTC)[reply]

This video says /'hɛvɛʃi/ or HEH-veh-shee. --Jayron 32 13:07, 22 April 2021 (UTC)[reply]

That would be /'hɛvɛʃi/ - stress on the first syllable! rossb (talk) 19:23, 25 April 2021 (UTC)[reply]

So corrected. --Jayron 32 12:23, 26 April 2021 (UTC)[reply]

I think that the IPA stress marks are annoying. Phonetically, stress is naturally realized most strongly on the vowel sound of the stressed syllable, and a large number of orthographies which indicate stress do it in a similar way (by a written diacritic mark over the letter indicating the vowel of the stressed syllable, etc). But somebody behind the IPA had a "better" idea. I've found the IPA stress marks unwieldy and confusing for many years... AnonMoos (talk) 23:43, 26 April 2021 (UTC)[reply]