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 ...
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 ...
In celebration of National Dictionary Day on October 16, we tried our best to pronounce some of the most commonly mispronounced words in the English language, according to Dictionary.com. Much to our ...
This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. WGN Around Town Reporter Ana Belaval shares ...
(NEXSTAR) – It’s not just you; almost no one knows how to pronounce “acai.” That’s the major takeaway from a recent study conducted by Unscrambled Words, which sought to determine the words, terms or ...
Sorry to break it to you, but ‘mischievous’ isn’t “miss-CHEE-vee-uss,” and ‘boatswain’ isn’t “BOAT-swain.” We’re breaking it all down in the latest episode of The List Show on YouTube. Why it’s so ...
When you want quinoa at a restaurant, do you whisper your order for fear of mispronouncing it? When you find a bunch of peonies at the florist, do you simply point to the flowers so you don’t stumble ...
I'm taking on an accent challenge inspired by a list of commonly mispronounced words from around the world. As someone from Eastern Kentucky in the Appalachian Mountains, I share how I say these words ...
Staphylococcus is a type of bacteria that can cause conditions like skin infections, pneumonia and food poisoning. But that ...