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If you're getting your phonemes from an IPA dictionary, couldn't you check for emphasis too?

Seems like you'd want to match words that begin and end in weak syllables, e.g. Beethoven + veneer = Beethoveneer (overwrought, superficially emotional music).

You can also pair strong syllables: sorbet + Bayes = Sorbayes (dessert ordered on the condition that real ice cream is unavailable).

But putting a weak last with a strong first wrong-foots you: Beethovunforgiven.

EDIT: in case it sounds like I'm nitpicking, I love this.



the hardest part about this site for me was finding a good dictionary of words->phonemes... unfortunately what i found did not come with emphasis. if you want to try to find a better dictionary for me i'd check it out. good luck though with the way google's search is these days ;?j


http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moby_Thesaurus#Pronunciator ? I had a similar idea a while back, using this as a resource, but no time to do it :)


Carnegie-Mellon's phonetic dictionary provides vowel stresses, which may get you closer to where you want to be




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