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Understanding ARPABET Pronunciation

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The pronunciation guide uses the ARPABET phonetic system—the same system used in speech recognition and text-to-speech applications.

Vowel Examples:
AE1 = cat, bat
EH1 = bed, head
IY1 = see, me
OW1 = go, boat
UW1 = boot, do
Stress Numbers:
0 = no stress (unstressed)
1 = primary stress (loud)
2 = secondary stress (medium)
Example:
AH0 TH IY1 N AH0
= a-THEE-na (Athena)

The stressed syllable (marked with 1) is pronounced louder and clearer than others.

Quick Definition

Something valuable that is owned and can provide future benefit. In poetry, an asset may be material, social, or symbolic.

Detailed Definition
An asset is a resource whose value can be held, used, sold, or converted into future security. Poets may invoke assets to contrast a ledger's cold valuations with less measurable inheritances such as memory, language, health, or trust. A family home, a field, a treasured tool, or a good name can become an asset in verse, carrying both protection and the anxiety that value may vanish, be seized, or be misunderstood.
Example
Example in poetry:
A poet may call a grandmother’s house an asset because it can provide shelter and financial security; “Her strongest asset was not gold but the skill of mending nets” expands the term beyond property; A poem about migration can describe a suitcase, a language, or an education as assets carried into a new life; In a satire of wealth, a speaker may list stocks, buildings, and paintings as assets while lacking affection
Additional Notes
An asset may be money, land, skill, reputation, or memory; consider what a speaker treats as lasting value.
Also Known As
Property Capital Asset
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