>The subject today is Stress on syllables and the differences each side of the pond
>

>WORD        US           UK (and the civilised world)
>__________  ___________  ____________________________
>Metalurgy   Metal-URGY   Me-TAL-(uh)gy
>Laborotory  LAB-'ro-TORY Lab-OR-at'ry
>Inventory   IN-ven-TORY  IN-vent'ry
>

ehhm I'm just glad if I can pronounce either each item in such way that people just understand me. I do know the difference between brittish and american language, but I'm glad if they understand me on either side of the atlantic :)