Re: [tied] Re: Franco-Provençal

At 10:00:26 PM on Thursday, February 19, 2009, tgpedersen
wrote:

> This one has puzzled me for years: where do you put the
> stress in Vltava (and in general: do initial syllabic /l/
> and /r/ carry stress)?

The sound file at <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vltava> has
two speakers. The first puts roughly equal stress on the
first two syllables, though the higher pitch of the second
gives it more prominence to my ear; the second speaker puts
primary stress on the first syllable.

Brian