How to pronounce "tags"

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I don't know if you've noticed,

but there's been a spate of books

that have come out lately

contemplating or speculating

on the cognition and emotional life of dogs.

Do they think, do they feel and, if so, how?

So this afternoon, in my limited time,

I wanted to take the guesswork out of a lot of that

by introducing you to two dogs,

both of whom have taken the command "speak"

quite literally.

The first dog is the first to go,

and he is contemplating an aspect

of his relationship to his owner,

and the title is "A Dog on His Master."

"As young as I look,

I am growing older faster than he.

Seven to one is the ratio, they tend to say.

Whatever the number, I will pass him one day

and take the lead,

the way I do on our walks in the woods,

and if this ever manages to cross his mind,

it would be the sweetest shadow

I have ever cast on snow or grass."

(Applause)

Thank you.

And our next dog

speaks in something called the revenant,

which means a spirit that comes back

to visit you.

"I am the dog you put to sleep,

as you like to call the needle of oblivion,

come back to tell you this simple thing:

I never liked you."

(Laughter)

"When I licked your face,

I thought of biting off your nose.

When I watched you toweling yourself dry,

I wanted to leap and unman you with a snap.

I resented the way you moved,

your lack of animal grace,

the way you would sit in a chair to eat,

a napkin on your lap, a knife in your hand.

I would have run away

but I was too weak,

a trick you taught me

while I was learning to sit and heel

and, greatest of insults,

shake hands without a hand.

I admit the sight of the leash would excite me,

but only because it meant I was about to smell things

you had never touched.

You do not want to believe this,

but I have no reason to lie:

I hated the car, hated the rubber toys,

disliked your friends, and worse, your relatives.

The jingling of my tags drove me mad.

You always scratched me in the wrong place."

(Laughter)

"All I ever wanted from you was food and water

in my bowls.

While you slept, I watched you breathe

as the moon rose in the sky.

It took all of my strength

not to raise my head and howl.

Now, I am free of the collar,

free of the yellow raincoat,

monogrammed sweater,

the absurdity of your lawn,

and that is all you need to know about this place,

except what you already supposed

and are glad it did not happen sooner,

that everyone here can read and write,

the dogs in poetry,

the cats and all the others

in prose."

Thank you.

(Applause)

Phonetic Breakdown of "tags"

Learn how to break down "tags" into its phonetic components. Understanding syllables and phonetics helps with pronunciation, spelling, and language learning.

IPA Phonetic Pronunciation:

T AE1 G Z

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Definition of "tags"

Noun

A small label.
A children's chasing game in which one player (known as "it") attempts to touch another, who then becomes "it".
A skin tag, an excrescence of skin.
A type of cardboard.
Graffiti in the form of a stylized signature particular to the artist.
A dangling lock of sheep's wool, matted with dung; a dung tag.
(authorship) An attribution in narrated dialogue (eg, "he said") or attributed words (e.g. "he thought").

Synonyms: dialogue tag, speech tag, tag line
The last line (or last two lines) of a song's chorus that is repeated to indicate the end of the song.
The last scene of a TV program that often focuses on the program's subplot.

Antonyms: cold open
A vehicle number plate; a medal bearing identification data (animals, soldiers).

Example: "The subwoofer in the trunk was so loud, it vibrated the tag like an aluminum can."
An instance of touching the baserunner with the ball or the ball in a gloved hand to rule him "out."

Example: "The tag was applied at second for the final out."
A piece of markup representing an element in a markup language.

Example: "The tag conveys sarcasm in Internet slang."
A keyword, term, or phrase associated with or assigned to data, media, and/or information enabling keyword-based classification; often used to categorize content.

Example: "I want to add genre and artist tags to the files in my music collection."
Any slight appendage, as to an article of dress; something slight hanging loosely.
A metallic binding, tube, or point, at the end of a string, or lace, to stiffen it.
The end, or catchword, of an actor's speech; cue.
Something mean and paltry; the rabble.
A sheep in its first year.
Any short peptide sequence artificially attached to proteins mostly in order to help purify, solubilize or visualize these proteins.
A person's name.

Example: "What's your tag?"

Verb

To label (something).
(graffiti) To mark (something) with one’s tag.
To remove dung tags from a sheep.

Example: "Regularly tag the rear ends of your sheep."
To hit the ball hard.

Example: "He really tagged that ball."
To put a runner out by touching them with the ball or the ball in a gloved hand.

Example: "He tagged the runner for the out."
To mark with a tag (metadata for classification).

Example: "I am tagging my music files by artist and genre."
To follow closely, accompany, tag along.
To catch and touch (a player in the game of tag).
To fit with, or as if with, a tag or tags.
To fasten; to attach.