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Archaic Terms
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 archaic relative pronoun or adverb meaning "on which" or "upon which," used to specify a location or foundational idea.

Detailed Definition
Whereon is an older literary word meaning "on which" or "upon which." It appears in elevated or poetic writing and gives the line a slightly archaic, formal tone.
Example
Example in poetry:
“No alien footprint lingers, on this shore whereon we roam” uses whereon for “on which”; “The rock whereon the gulls assemble” is more formal than “the rock on which”; “The page whereon her name was written burned” gives a ceremonial, archaic cadence; “This is the ground whereon we stand” recalls the elevated rhetoric of public speech and drama
Additional Notes
"whereon" in the quoted line is an archaic form that many modern readers may not know immediately.; Found in the poem, Footprints in the Cosmos by Richard
Also Known As
upon which at which in relation to concerning
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