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stony phrase

Phrase
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

An expression conveying hardness, silence, or enduring permanence

Detailed Definition
Stony phrases use rock, monument, or silence to suggest resilience or emotional coldness; they articulate what withstands time or refuses expression, making geology a metaphor for memory or stoicism.
Example
Example in poetry:
Stony phrase: The name carved into the monument; the vow etched in granite; the silence that outlasts the tomb; the stony phrase is truth hardened by time.
Additional Notes
Stony phrases convey endurance, silence, or emotional hardness: “The name carved into the monument”; they suggest permanence, repression, or unyielding truth; use hard consonants, cold imagery, and minimal syntax; avoid clichés—use specific stone: “granite that remembers the chisel”; related to frozen phrase, metallic phrase, and earthly phrase; ideal for poems of memory, trauma, or historical weight.
Also Known As
stone phrase unyielding phrase petrified expression
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