Thanks for this article! We were actually discussing desert/desert (ie. as in the sandy place, and to abandon something) last night during class. It's great to see a longer list.

If anyone else is struggling with the phonetic script, remember that the apostrophe (') sits at the beginning of the stressed syllable, ie. address = /'ædrɛs/ and address = /ə'drɛs/

(Back to the kitchen now... I don't want to desert my dessert!)

Why didn't you use Caps to stress all through your text? I lost interest trying to guess phonetics.

In response to Elina's comment, you don't really have to remember where the stress goes. Usually, if it's a noun, it's the first syllable. If it's a verb, stress goes on the second syllable. I believe this holds true for all of your noun/verb examples. 

English pronunciation is a nightmare for speakers of other languages!

I thought this was fascinating! Thanks!