http://users.otenet.gr/~petermac/call/pron/type.html

there's also this:
http://cf.linguistlist.org/cfdocs/emeld/school/toolroom/software/ipa-pop-up-1.html
but I haven't quite figured out what it does... but it's a good chart.

Ok, first, what's IPA, please?

Here are some random symbols I clicked on:
/ɔ:ʊəɔɪəʊ/

Here they are with the -pre- tag:

/ɔ:ʊəɔɪəʊ/

Oooh! Neat, Jackie. The little rectangles get skinnier when you slap the /pre/ tag on them.

[bow]

India Pale Ale

International Phonetic Alphabet.

and I don't get no stinkin' squares. I see IPA... of course, it doesn't really spell anything, but...

Ok, first, what's IPA, please?

It's the alphabet that linguists use to transcribe speech. IPA also stands for the International Phonetics Association which you can see spelled out in the IPA at the home site:

http://www.arts.gla.ac.uk/IPA/ipa.html

I usually use SAMPA because not everybody can see the symbols in the Unicode range for the IPA.

http://www.phon.ucl.ac.uk/home/sampa/home.htm

Incontinentia Pigmenti Achromians?

International Phonetic Alphabet. Oh yeah--thanks. (And a raspberry to the clowns! ) I knew that, but. Funny, isn't it, how nearly effortlessly we learn about things we're interested in, and how, in my case anyway, things I'm not interested in or don't think I'll ever have a use for, just kind of come into one side of my mind and trickle straight out the other.

International Police Association?

http://www.ipa-iac.org/

Respectfully submitted,

One of the clowns

International Permafrost Association

- ron (I've looked at clowns from both sides now) o.

There really IS an International Permafrost Association.

http://www.geo.uio.no/IPA/

>There really IS an International Permafrost Association.

you didn't know that??
-ron (too bloody) o.

These days, all it takes is a web address to concoct any organization one can imagine and label it international (or intercosmic) if one wishes.

There appear to be legitimate organizations called:
The International Trombone Association
The International Ergonomics Association
The International Dyslexia Association
The International Downtown Association
The International Jugglers' Association
The International Twins Association
The International Zinc Association
The International Nanny Association
The International Hedgehog Association and
The International Polka Association.

Why, therefore, would there not be an International Permafrost Association?

The International Jugglers' Association

why yes, I am a lapsed member of the IJA.
-ron (mill's mess) o.

http://homepage.mac.com/abramr/juggling/tricksandmovies/millsmess.html]

"To lapse in fullness is sorer than to lie for need, and falsehood is worse in kings than beggars." – Shakespeare, Cymbeline, III.vi

"Most people never listen."
- Earnest Hemingway

Actually I think they had to close it down because all the assets kept freezing.

Beg pardon?

Makes my insides melt just thinking about the fellowship they must enjoy. Is that related to the IOC?

http://www.comics.com/comics/pearls/archive/pearls-20040812.html

Thanks for the links, etaoin. I have added them all, and your largesse prompted me to vet one that I got through the mailto link on my page. http://www.freeglossary.com appears to be a frontend for Wikipedia, and other web articles. Not too bad from what I've seen so far.