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When you say the word anchovy, which syllable do you stress?

I live in the UK, where the stress is placed on the first syllable: ANch'vy.

However, I'm originally from Australia, where the UK pronunciation seems to be an 'old money' thing, and most Australians put the stress on the second syllable: anCHOvy.

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Second syllable also on Spanish

The first syllable is stressed in the US

Not exclusively. I am in the US and I believe I consistently put primary stress on the second syllable. Merriam-Webster (an American English oriented dictionary) gives both pronunciations, but lists the first-syllable-stress version first: https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/anchovy

Yes, and I'll also note that the secondary stress seems to be on the second syllable. That is, the second syllable is not reduced like in the UK. So it's pronounced most commonly in the US more like "Anne Chovy" than "Anchvy"

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