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quoits

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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

Quoits is a game in which players throw rings of rope, rubber, or metal to land around a stake or pin.

Detailed Definition
Quoits appears in poetry as a traditional emblem of the circling throw and the encircling of the target. In literary contexts it represents the ancient contest. Poets invoke quoits to illustrate themes of the flying ring, the hob, and the cultural continuity of the game that has shaped images of accuracy and the claim of the stake.
Example
Example in poetry:
Quoits in the plural appear when the rings themselves become the collective instruments of play; Verse uses the plural for the set of objects that define the contest; “The quoits left the hand like a flight of small, determined moons” illustrates repeated aim; Educational examples present the term as the full equipment of the game; Poets return to quoits when the material of the sport must be felt in its multiplicity.
Additional Notes
Quoits, in the plural, emphasize the set of rings that constitute the full equipment of the game. Poets who choose the plural often wish to linger on the material multiplicity of the contest. Teachers may explore the difference between the singular quoit and the plural equipment. Related tossing games include horseshoes and the various ring-toss forms. The image works best when the objects themselves must be felt in their repeated and collective flight.
Also Known As
horseshoes
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