Klryz
Pronunciation guide: IPA symbols, stress and word endings

Vowels

iːseeɪsite / ɛbedæcat
ɑːfatherɒhot (UK)ɔːlawʊput
uːtooʌcupɜːbirdəabout
eɪdayaɪmyɔɪboyaʊnow
əʊ / oʊgo (UK / US)ɪəneareəhairʊətour

Consonants that look unusual

θthinðthisʃsheʒmeasure
tʃchurchdʒjudgeŋsingjyes

p b t d k g f v s z h m n l r w sound as in ordinary English spelling.

Marks

  • ˈ main stress, before the stressed syllable: /ˈwɔːtə/ water · ˌ lighter (secondary) stress: /ˌʌndəˈstænd/ understand
  • ː a long vowel · (r) an r said only in accents that pronounce it (most American, Scottish, Irish)

Common word endings

  • -s / -es (plurals; he/she form of verbs): /s/ after voiceless sounds (cats), /z/ after voiced (dogs), /ɪz/ after s, z, sh, ch, j sounds (buses, watches). Spelling: -es after s, x, z, ch, sh; consonant + y → -ies (city → cities).
  • -ed (past): /t/ after voiceless sounds (walked), /d/ after voiced (played), /ɪd/ after t or d (wanted). Spelling: love → loved, stop → stopped, carry → carried.
  • -ing: make → making, run → running, see → seeing.
  • Irregular: go, went, gone · be, was, been · see, saw, seen · man → men · child → children · mouse → mice.
  • Older (King James) forms: -eth = -s (he loveth = he loves) · -est with “thou” (thou lovest) · spake = spoke.

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Middleton

/ˈmɪ.dəl.tən/ proper noun

Forms Middletons

  1. proper noun A rural locality and civil parish (without a council) in Westmorland and Furness district, Cumbria, previously in South Lakeland district, the locality also known as Middleton in Lonsdale or Middleton-on-Lune (OS grid ref SD6286).
  2. proper noun A village and civil parish in Derbyshire Dales district, Derbyshire, otherwise known as Middleton-by-Wirksworth, the name of the parish council (OS grid ref SK2756).
  3. proper noun A village in Middleton and Smerrill parish, Derbyshire Dales district, Derbyshire, otherwise known as Middleton-by-Youlgreave (OS grid ref SK1963).
  4. proper noun A civil parish (served by Middleton-on-the-Wolds Parish Council) for Middleton-on-the-Wolds, East Riding of Yorkshire.
  5. proper noun A village and civil parish (served by Hennys', Middleton and Twinstead Parish Council) in Braintree district, Essex (OS grid ref TL8739).
  6. proper noun A town in Rochdale borough, Greater Manchester (OS grid ref SD8705).
  7. proper noun A settlement in Longparish civil parish, Test Valley district, Hampshire (OS grid ref SU4244).
  8. proper noun A village and civil parish near Heysham, Lancaster district, Lancashire (OS grid ref SD4258).

Synonyms

Wilmot Corner Thomas Middleton

Etymology

From Old English Middeltūn, equivalent to middle + -ton.
The town in Nova Scotia is named for its location midway between Annapolis Royal and Kentville.

Sources: Wiktionary · WordNet 3.0 — from the Wiktionary entry “Middleton”, CC BY-SA 4.0. Details