# How to cook without paprika?

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-to-cook-without-paprika/937188>\
**Category:** Cafe Society\
**Tags:** food-cooking\
**Created:** [March 4, 2021, 5:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-to-cook-without-paprika/937188 "2021-03-04T17:49:59Z")\
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**Post date:** [March 23, 2021, 7:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-to-cook-without-paprika/937188/61 "2021-03-23T07:38:19Z")

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> [@RivkahChaya](#):
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> rules regarding how to stress three syllable words, and this dictates how the word is stressed. This means that in English, it would be pa-PREE-ka,

I’m not sure I buy that English has such a rule - if it does, there are a LOT of exceptions. Consider the three-syllable words in your paragraph:

**1st syllable stress:**  
languages  
syllable  
actually  
aggregate  
grandmother’s

**2nd syllable stress:**  
regarding  
encountered

The first syllable stress is more common in this random sample.

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