Talk:direct
Latest comment: 1 year ago by Backinstadiums in topic Initial stress?
removed
- Direct flight. (Travel industry) A flight with a single flight number but not necessarily a non-stop service.
and added direct flight to derived terms. --Connel MacKenzie 03:48, 27 Jan 2005 (UTC)
Etymology[edit]
Is all this etymology really necessary? It seems quite lengthy, and the last line seems like an advertisement! Rainmonger 13:02, 29 August 2006 (UTC)
Initial stress?[edit]
I'm not a native speaker, but I think I've heard this pronounced /ˈdaɪ̯ɹɛkt/, perhaps chiefly when the following noun has initial stress as well. For example direct contact as /ˈdaɪ̯.ɹɛktˈkɒn.tækt/. Or am I mistaken? — This unsigned comment was added by 178.4.151.28 (talk) at 00:08, 27 March 2019 (UTC).
- Longman Pronunciation Dict. reads
- the stress-shifted form ˌdaɪərekt is frequent in British English in phrases such as ˌdirect ˈdebit ; but the weak-vowelled variant is also heard, dəˈrekt, dɪ-, with no stress shift, thus diˌrect ˈdebit. JMGN (talk) 18:37, 21 March 2023 (UTC)
directer reads (Adjective) comparative of direct: more direct. JMGN (talk) 18:17, 21 March 2023 (UTC)