Talk:evidently

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Latest comment: 4 years ago by Equinox in topic Rogue stress shift
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Rogue stress shift[edit]

Pronounced in some contexts with stress on penult... as if spelled *evidentally?.. though even that spelling doesn't trigger stress shift in all cases. It may be unique to this word. Lollipop (talk) 14:45, 28 March 2019 (UTC)Reply

I wonder if this is instead influenced by evidentially Shattered Gnome (talk) 18:40, 2 April 2019 (UTC)Reply
that, and/or incidentally. I'm thinking that word is more likely now than either of the others.Lollipop (talk) 21:34, 18 April 2019 (UTC)Reply
Heard this today (here at 14'50 in CBS Mystery Theater "Killer of the Year": [1]). Bizarre! Equinox 18:22, 29 July 2019 (UTC)Reply