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Chankly

Noun
Pronunciation

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

Chankly is an obscure or possibly invented place name in the poem, whose unfamiliar sound may create a local, comic, dreamlike, or deliberately enigmatic setting.

Detailed Definition
Chankly appears in Lear’s invented geography, where it names part of the fantastical landscape the Jumblies visit. It is not a familiar modern word, so readers may wonder whether it is a real place or a nonsense creation.
Example
Example in poetry:
“And the hills of the Chankly Bore” gives Chankly the force of a named, perhaps imagined place; Beyond Chankly, the bore’s tidal roar climbs the shore; The map marks Chankly in faded ink and legend; Chankly’s hills become a soundscape of wind and water
Additional Notes
The quoted line includes an unfamiliar, invented-sounding place name that most readers would not know.; Found in the poem, The Jumblies by Edward Lear
Also Known As
gloomy dreary dismal bleak
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