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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poe

UK /pəʊi/ · US /poʊi/ noun, proper noun, verb

Forms poes Poeing Poed Pow

  1. noun moon blocks. “poe divination”
  2. proper noun A surname from Old Norse:
  3. proper noun Edgar Allan Poe, an American author and poet of the 19th century, known especially for his dark themes.
  4. proper noun An unincorporated community in Allen County, Indiana, United States.
  5. proper noun An unincorporated community in Nicholas County, West Virginia, United States.
  6. noun (Internet slang) A person whose views, statements, or behaviour are so extreme or satirical that it is impossible to tell whether they are sincere or parodic.
  7. noun (Internet slang) A post, comment, or message whose sincerity cannot be determined; specifically, one that may be parody, satire, or trolling, but could also be a genuine expression of belief.
  8. verb (Internet slang) To impersonate or mimic an extreme viewpoint in a way that invokes Poe's law.
  9. verb (Internet slang) To write or create a message so extreme or parodic that it is difficult to distinguish from sincere extremism.

Synonyms

troll satirist satire Edgar Allan Poe

Etymology

Derived from the Hokkien 桮 (“poe”)

A nickname from Old Norse pái (“peacock”). This surname is also well established in Ireland.

From Poe's law, an Internet adage coined by Nathan Poe in 2005 on the Christian Forums website. Originally applied to religious fundamentalism, the term has since broadened to describe any situation where parody and sincerity are indistinguishable.

Webster’s 1913

  1. noun Same as Pol.

Sources: Wiktionary · WordNet 3.0 · Webster’s 1913 — from the Wiktionary entry “poe”, CC BY-SA 4.0. Details