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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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Stanley

/ˈstænli/ proper noun

  1. proper noun A habitational surname from Old English.
  2. proper noun A male given name transferred from the surname, popular in the early 20th century.
  3. proper noun A town, the capital of the Falkland Islands, also known as Port Stanley.
  4. proper noun A small town in Circular Head council area, north-west Tasmania, Australia.
  5. proper noun A small town near Beechworth, Victoria, Australia.
  6. proper noun A neighbourhood near the centre of Alexandria, Egypt.
  7. proper noun A coastal town and area of Southern district, Hong Kong.
  8. proper noun A ghost town in the Cariboo region, British Columbia.

Synonyms

Chek Chue Chek Chu Francis Edgar Stanley Henry M. Stanley Sir Henry Morton Stanley John Rowlands

Etymology

From places in England, Old English stān (“stone”) + lēah (“meadow”). Equivalent to stone + -ley (“lea”).
* The given name has also been used as an anglicisation of Stanisław, Stanislav and related names.
The coastal town in Hong Kong is named after Edward Henry Stanley, 15th Earl of Derby.

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