Isn't Metropolis stressed on the antepenult too? Or is it just the
proper name that isn't?
Eugene
2007/5/1, Mark J. Reed <markjreed@...>:
> On 4/30/07, Roger Mills <rfmilly@...> wrote:
> > > Curious sidenote: while most US cities with -polis (Annapolis,
> > > Minneapolis,
> > > others?) have antepenultimate stress,
> >
> > > Indianapolis.
>
> And Metropolis! How could you forget the home of Superman? :) (Or
> the real-life small town in Illinois that has a tourism marketing
> campaign based on its fictional namesake..)
>
> --
> Mark J. Reed <markjreed@...>
>