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conduck

Dialect
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

A dialect spelling of "conduct," referring to behavior, manners, or the way one carries oneself; in poetry, it highlights regional voice and the moral or social dimension of action.

Detailed Definition
Conduck is a phonetic spelling of conduct, showing the speaker’s spoken dialect rather than standard spelling. It means behavior, especially how someone acts in public or under pressure.
Example
Example in poetry:
Kipling’s “If sometimes our conduck isn’t all your fancy paints” uses conduck as dialect for conduct; The spelling helps establish a working-class soldier’s spoken voice; “Judge not our conduck by the polish of parade” can preserve that voice in imitation; Students can compare dialect spelling with standard English to ask whose speech literature records and why
Additional Notes
The spelling in the poem is nonstandard, so readers may pause to identify it as conduct.; Found in the poem, Tommy by Rudyard Kipling
Also Known As
conduct guide lead
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