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by tomerv 1857 days ago
Speaking of python, how do you pronounce "import"? I pronounce it as IM-port. According to the rule that makes it a noun, but shouldn't it be a verb? I wonder if I'm pronouncing it correctly.
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When you use it as a verb it should have the stress on the second syllable, /imˈpôrt/ as a verb, /ˈimˌpôrt/ as a noun. It's probably one of the more common mispronunciations. The number one mispronunciation, though, has to be “often” (look it up). With forte, meaning strength, as number two.
British English speaker:

    import foo
"im-PORT foo"

"foo is an IM-port"

"this code im-PORTs foo"

Non-native speaker here, but I pronounce both the verb and the noun as IM-port