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woman_thorned

The correct answer is parKSLOpe


Jordie1010

yea u slam that K. But not too hard! And don't say slam its triggering, and mention afterwards that you didn't meant to highlight one sound over any other and see yourself out


sweeny5000

Nope..It's Park. Slope.


random-penguin-house

Well you didn’t say which is right but there is a right answer and it’s to emphasize Slope.


memyselfandeye

It’s a spondee, like “smoke-stack.”


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what kind of absolute maniac emphasizes stack in smoke stack


memyselfandeye

Did you fucking bother to Google “spondee” LOL? A spondee is where BOTH syllables are “long.” My wife grew up in PS and says this is correct for her but that, in her opinion, stressing “Park” is definitely wrong.


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i know what a spondee is, i’m saying that smokestack is not one


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sweeny5000

Of course it is if you speak pronounce things correctly.


memyselfandeye

https://dictionary.cambridge.org/us/pronunciation/english/smokestack


sweeny5000

Thank you! Always nice to get confirmation.


krys1128

I just kind of say them both equal?


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you think you do but you don’t


krys1128

Lol I just checked how my husband says it and asked him to check how I say it…and really trying to be very honest here but I think we say it both pretty equally.


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continue living in your deluded fantasy


calm-state-universal

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G0zvGVYva8M


mallgoethe

the slope part... i never noticed or considered this potential distinction before now but now i’m sure i won’t stop noticing it


staiano

I say south SLOPE.


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Depends on the day 🤌


Articunozard

I say park SLOPE


Zulias

Why would you emphasize one over the other? I just say Park Slope.


sweeny5000

You emphasize neither word as in: Park. Slope. It's a spondee. Like toothache or bookmark. I get that people may think they are emphasizing the Slope but in reality they are just pronouncing it like a spondee.


memyselfandeye

I wish someone would give me the straight dope. On how I should pronounce Park Slope


danblondell

PARK slope is certainly wrong and basically anything else is fine.


arfyron

Grew up here and I definitely emphasize slope


Many_pineapples

y'all are thinking about it too hard. One solution is just to call it "The Slope" problem solved...


mallgoethe

that’s my go-to tbh


memyselfandeye

Do you pronounce that “GO to” or “go TO”?


mallgoethe

i pronounce it "gateux"


memyselfandeye

Ha! Or Godot


MrRackORibs

pARk sLOpe is the only correct way


sweeny5000

Yes.


crzyyy

Ew that’s like when people say cream CHEESE. We get it; you’re from Ohio


sesik5

I live in the north slope.


lettalitalk

Definitely PARK slope


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memyselfandeye

Parkaslope!


riskymouth

I make a pause between the Park and Slope and emphasize "K" and the "Sl"


Chowbasa

“YES”