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Dory

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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

A small, shallow-draft boat commonly used for fishing in coastal waters.

Detailed Definition
The dory is a useful poetic image of labor at sea: plain, narrow, and built for practical work rather than display. Its presence can summon foggy harbors, nets, gulls, and the repetitive rhythms of fishing life. A poet may place one dory against a vast ocean to emphasize solitude or human smallness. Its simple construction also makes it an emblem of resourcefulness, inherited skill, and the precarious livelihood of coastal communities.
Example
Example in poetry:
“The dory rose and fell beyond the harbor wall” uses the small fishing boat to evoke labor at sea; A poet might write, “Father’s dory returned with cod and gull cries,” grounding memory in work and place; “One dory, red against the gray Atlantic, held the whole horizon” shows how color contrast can make a simple image memorable; In an elegy, “His empty dory drifted near the shoal” can imply loss without explaining it directly
Additional Notes
A dory is a practical fishing boat, often associated with coastal labor and solitude. Its shallow draft allows travel in waters larger vessels cannot enter.
Also Known As
Dory Boat
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