Even the most worldly people sometimes come across words they aren't sure how to pronounce. It's a state of not-knowing that is fraught with anxiety and insecurity. No one wants to be caught out in an ...

TV Newscasters work hard to speak clearly and enunciate words accurately. Words that don't originate in the English language can become a challenge, like Qatar or Gaddafi , Kadafi, Qaddafi? But native ...

Languages are challenging for many reasons, from strange nickname origins to confusing text abbreviations. Pronunciation is yet another thing that makes languages more challenging to learn. That said, ...

A new report from Unscrambler.com analyzed Google Trends data to determine the most mispronounced words in the US, with Gyro ...

Humans had been using language for a very long time before writing was invented, so this isn’t really surprising. We have evolved to remember sounds, not letters. But the funny thing is that we only ...