Well, if a person finally wondered how to say “ringing” or “ringing” correctly. Unfortunately, confusion in the accent for words with the root “ringing” exists even among native speakers of the Russian language.
When people doubt a special term or a rarely used word, this is normal. But we say the words “ringing, ringing, ringing” every day many times. And we hear different stress variants.
How is it right - “RING” or “RING”? Only with emphasis on the second syllable! The only way. And in the word “call” the emphasis falls on I.
Random mistake, habit or character?
Dictionaries confirm that it is correct to say “ringing”, “ringing”, “ringing”, “ringing”, “ringing” and so on. The emphasis is shifted from the root "ringing" and goes to another syllable.
Remember the movie "Election Day - 2"? There is a funny episode in which the characterization of the character used the wrong stress in the word "call." The assistant consoles the candidate for governor: "Victor, don’t be fooled, now I will call you to Moscow, they will find you a new PR man."
For everyone who knows how to say “ring” and “call”, the scene is also ridiculous with this detail. The mistake here is not accidental, the characters (and their prototypes) really say so, this is not their only blunder.
The polite attempts of other heroes of the comedy to suggest the correct version of a word run into fierce resistance. "Canape" turns into a "boater", "advanced" into "cool": there are many funny examples.
The movie is ridiculed, of course, not by accidental reservations or an unsuccessful habit of making the wrong stress. Persistent ignorance is a sad symptom. It is no longer a matter of vocabulary, but of the character of a person who neglects the rules, is too lazy to work on his language, although he will have to speak in public debates, make presentations, and make speeches.
Accentology and Dictionaries
Issues of stress, including how to correctly say “ringing” or “ringing,” deal with a special section of linguistics. It is called "accentology."
Linguists have their own tasks - to trace how language develops and changes.
And for practical use, a specialist in any field of activity should always have a good dictionary at hand. There are common mistakes that repeat day by day. Even in reports on television and radio, they do not always speak absolutely competently. In addition, it must be borne in mind that the language is constantly changing. Both the meaning of the word and the stress in it can simply become obsolete.
A dictionary or reference is better to have a modern one that describes the actual use of words. By the way, there are also special dictionaries of stresses of the Russian language. One of them was published not so long ago - in 2017. It contains more than 10,000 particularly "dubious" words.
The norms of the literary Russian language are of interest not only to professional philologists. For schoolchildren and students, media workers and teachers, they are also of great importance. And for managers, managers of any rank, competent speech is not a trifle at all.
Can the stress in a word change?
Yes, this is possible. Accentological norms are monitored by linguists, new rules are included in the documents of the Ministry of Education. Moreover, part of the usage remains controversial. True, it is not necessary to prove this at the exam.
“BarmEN” became “barman”, “gift” - “darit”, “great-grandfather” - “great-grandfather”. And professional vocabulary retained a lot of old stresses that are not used now in literary speech.
But do not flatter yourself about the changes that will take place ever. “Ringing” and “Ringing” is an absolutely true option these days.
Still, children need education
There are funny poems on the Internet for remembering how to say “ringing” or “ringing” correctly. It is very good to memorize with the baby:
"He's calling. They are calling.
They want to meet with us. "
Or another playful song-reader:
"You often call a friend,
You talk about games with him. "
From kindergarten, the guys remember the classic “Phone” by KI Chukovsky, where the rhyme and rhythm of the poem helps to remember the verb “call”.
And such rubbish
All day,
Ding di laziness!
Either the seal will call, then the deer.
Thus, with the help of verses, it is possible to confirm the correct stress of the word “rings” and other “insidious” parts of speech. For adults, such an algorithm of memorization is also useful. In any case, you need to create a stable association that will cut into memory. After all, remembering the rules of the Russian language during a conversation is impossible, the right word should be automatically used in the conversation.
Call me, call
People admit that communicating with more literate people attracts and worries them. The desire to be at the highest level in everything pushes the need to monitor your speech.
Why didn’t you call your new acquaintances? Maybe their vocabulary seemed strange to you, you were embarrassed by the phrases: “You call me,” “He often calls mom”? Sometimes it happens.
The flaws in the speech testify to many things, and ignorance of how to speak correctly, “rings” or “rings”, too. According to vocabulary, stress in words, intonation, pronunciation, it is much easier to judge a person than by his appearance.
You can understand a lot without even talking too long: from what area a person arrived, what kind of education he has, in what social environment he grew up or lives. Even the profession can be judged by the words used in the speech and the special accents in them.
Learn, repeat, remember
Yes, some efforts must be made so that the correct stress becomes a habit. If there is a motivation - to speak without mistakes, then a start has been made.
Is it possible to correct others? Of course, a condescending attitude to speech inaccuracies is not so bad. After all, in the end, we understand each other. If the seller does not emphasize the word beets in the wrong place, this will most likely not annoy us. But if a colleague constantly “rings”, we will think about it.
After all, not only children we want to instill competent speech. Close relatives, friends, subordinates are the subject of our concern, they too should be promoted. Maybe discuss some movie, performance, reportage or website where the misuse of words has alerted you. And your friends will join in this interesting process - improving your spoken language.