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on stress

Here some funny examples (from my childhood) of how important is
correct stress in order to understand spoken language:
      
      OSTerBEN, OSTerBEN, du der Menschen VERderBEN! (From ist stress
totally nonsensical German)
      O StERben! O StERben! Du der Menschen VerdERben! (The same
sentence stressed correctly!)
      (doi nunmrobi'o noi li'i daspo ro remna)
      
      bluMENtopferde (What kind of horses????)
      BLUmentopfERde (Blumen-Topf-Erde)
      (loi dertu selpatxu be sesau lo xrula) 

      co'o mi'e .aulun.