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Timballo

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

A made-up or obscure name in the poem; it sounds like a person or exclamation.

Detailed Definition
Timballo is not a standard everyday English word, and in Lear it functions like a playful nonsense name or cry. It adds to the poem’s whimsical, invented world rather than naming something ordinary.
Example
Example in poetry:
“O Timballo! How happy we are” uses the name as an exuberant cry; An invented or unfamiliar proper noun can create a dreamlike country; Repeating “Timballo” gives the line chant and musical emphasis; The capitalized name may function more by sound and mood than by definition
Additional Notes
The quoted line uses a strange, nonstandard name that readers are unlikely to know without looking it up.; Found in the poem, The Jumblies by Edward Lear
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