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Are Greenpeace and green peas pronounced the same way?

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    Type the terms separately into YouTube and hear for yourself – Dan Bron Feb 02 '18 at 11:12
  • no, but green piece is – JMP Feb 02 '18 at 11:32
  • Possible duplicate of Are "whores" and "horse" homophones? – herisson Feb 02 '18 at 11:44
  • Actually, I guess technically it is not an exact duplicate, since the answers there don't address the matter of stress. KarlG was right to point that out. But I am not going to retract my close vote because I feel this question in its current form would have to be closed anyway for other reasons if it wasn't closed as a duplicate. If you can, please edit to explain what research you have done, and why you were still confused after researching this topic. – herisson Feb 02 '18 at 11:47

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Greenpeace

green peas

are not pronounced the same. Peace is pronounced /pis/ (unvoiced s-sound) and rhymes with fleece, crease, and cease, while peas is pronounced /piz/ (voiced z-sound) and rhymes with fleas, ease, and breeze. Further, Greenpeace only carries a stress on the first syllable (like mouthpiece), while in green peas, green has a secondary stress and peas a primary stress (like blue seas).

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