The International Phonetic Alphabet is a set of phonetic notation which seems to have been invented solely to annoy anyone who had any sort of intentions to actually figure out how something is pronounced. It is never used, as anyone who would have the time to learn the full notation doesn't have any friends to talk to with it. The symbols of the International Phonetic Alphabet are divided into three categories: America Letters, Weird Greek Letters, and Upside Down Made-up Letters.