Many people have at least one word they have been pronouncing incorrectly for years, only to discover the mistake later. In ...

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 ...

Xylophone is probably the first word that people think of as starting with the letter X. It is pronounced 'zuylophone', not 'EXylophone' Xavier is NOT 'Exavier' it's 'zavier' So many 'murrican's ...

13 Words People Say Differently and How to Pronounce Them Language is more than what we say: It’s how we say it. Across the country, the same word can sound entirely different depending on where it’s ...

Politics can predict the TV shows we watch, the shops we frequent and the places we live. But what about the way we speak? In a recent study, I was able to show how your political orientation can ...

Nate joined AP in 2019. He enjoys learning and writing about new tech while being slowly covered in cat hair. How do you pronounce quokka? Pronunciation can be difficult to perfect, especially with a ...

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From Bexar to Waxahachie, here's how to pronounce 21 Texas place names that often trip people up.

Corinne Reichert (she/her) grew up in Sydney, Australia and moved to California in 2019. She holds degrees in law and communications, and currently writes news, analysis and features for CNET across ...

When Steve Pitts was first asked to pronounce the words at a Lubbock Avalanche-Journal Regional Spelling Bee, he said his initial response to A-J marketing director Julia Childs was, “No, you’ve got ...