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 ...

As linguists celebrate English Language Day and Shakespeare’s birthday, what does the ever-changing way we speak reveal about us? It is a division as entrenched and as bitter as the split between ...

Stumped by how to pronounce a word in another language – or English? Head on over to forvo.com, which claims to be the largest pronunciation guide website. The site contains (at this writing) ...

We’ve all been there. You’re in a conversation when suddenly you have to say a word that, despite your best efforts, just won't come out right. These words might trip you up, but take comfort in ...

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 ...

Celebrity names can be a challenge to pronounce if you have only read them in news articles or on film and TV credits. And this difficulty has now been confirmed in new research which shows that the ...

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