Everyone keeps telling you that you should be a writer and that you’re an ace at literature. It gets to your head. You start believing your own hype. And that’s the moment that somebody tells you that ...

Language is a beautiful, but complicated thing. A word can start out one way in one place, but by the time it gets spread across the world, it's become an entirely different thing. In other words, you ...

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 ...

Google Translate is turning 20 and celebrating with an AI pronunciation coach that listens to your speech and tells you exactly where you are going wrong.

Sometimes being right makes you sound so stupid. The new book, “You’re Saying it Wrong” by brother/sister duo Ross and Kathryn Petras, presents 150 words that are commonly mispronounced — and some of ...

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 ...

Here's a little food for thought: You, yes, you, the foodie par excellence who embraced gnocchi long before the masses, might not be quite as in-the-know as you think. Your taste buds are on point, ...

Youngsters aren’t the only ones who must get words right at the Eastern Oklahoma State Spelling Bee. Muskogee County Special Judge Robin Adair has had to pronounce words contestants had to spell for ...

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