Wednesday, September 30, 2009

The Good Wife

puritan woman
What annoys me is the way the ads and voice-overs all call the show the GOODwife, not the good WIFE. I know that stress shift is standard for compounds, but unfortunately a "goodwife" exists already.

When I hear the ad, I'm picturing a pilgrim.

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At 4:18 PM, September 30, 2009 Blogger Wishydig had this to say...

or worse is the possibility that it's contrastive stress. contrasting with... expectation? hmmm.

i haven't seen the ad.

 

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