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Originally Posted by HarryT
Yep - English does badly when it comes to getting the stress on Greek words correct, on the whole. Probably because the stress "rules" for Greek are different to those of English.
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And modern English is in part a hodge podge of words 'borrowed' from other languages over the centuries which doesn't make it any easier I imagine. Certainly it is said to be one of the hardest, if not the hardest language for non-native speakers to learn. I imagine the stress "rules" only add to that difficulty in general.