Northern Illinois is full of town names that can be difficult to pronounce, with many of them having Native American or ...

A Speyside distillery, village and hotel share the name Craigellachie, meaning “rocky hill”. Perched above the confluence of ...

Gu was born in San Francisco and won a total of three medals during the 2022 Winter Olympics, becoming the youngest freestyle ...

There a a lot of factors that parents consider before choosing a baby name, and the popularity of a name is a big one. Choosing one that's too common is the No. 1 source of baby-name regret. Then ...

Marcus Mariota is a familiar name to even the most casual of football fans. Many will remember his dominant run with the Oregon Ducks, where he won a Heisman Trophy and ended as one of the most ...

Maybe it’s just me, but it seems to me that Texans pronounce words differently than many others. When I look at an unfamiliar word, I pronounce it, at least in my mind, as it appears, syllable by ...

An analysis by language learning website Preply found that Massachusetts was the fifth hardest name for Americans to say correctly. It was also the fifth hardest state name to spell. The study found ...

During the event, the Chairman of the Board gave guests a peek at what’s next for the brand, but it also turned into something of a pronunciation lesson. “David Marriott, Chairman of the Board, on the ...

Arizona has its fair share of place names that outsiders, and sometimes even locals, struggle to pronounce. If you’ve ever pronounced Prescott as “Press-scott” instead of “Press-kitt” or called the ...

Steve Buscemi explains that everyone has been pronouncing his name wrong, but that even he isn't quite sure how to say it. During a recent interview, the 67-year-old actor discussed the many ways he ...