penult & antepenult; WAS:Re: Bella???

[Haggridd]

--- In HPFGU-OTChatter at yahoogroups.com, Jen Faulkner <jfaulkne at s...> 
wrote:

> Eloise.  Do you all use different rules of stress than we do?  The 
rules
> we have are quite simple:
> 
>    1. In a two syllable word, stress the penult.
> 
>    2.  In a three (or more) syllable word, stress the 
antepenultimate,
>    unless the penult is long, in which case you stress that.  The 
penult
>    is long if it contains a long vowel or a short vowel followed 
by two
>    or more consonants.
> 
> By these rules, it is indeed bel.LA.trix.  [1]
> 
  I beg to differ.  The penult is the second syllable from the end, 
and the antepenult is the third syllable.  Your rules are correct, 
and the word should be pronounced BELL-a-trix.

Haggridd