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Although the Henrico County community has existed for more than 100 years, the renaming of Harry F. Byrd Middle School to Quioccasin Middle School has raised the question of how to say it. What ...
Kirsten Dunst has revealed 'everyone' has been mispronouncing her name throughout her career as she revealed how to properly say it. The actress, 43, lamented people getting the pronunciation wrong ...
Have you ever heard a sound so shocking that it raises the hair on your neck and makes you whip your head around? No, it's not nails on a chalkboard or someone using a curse word in church. It's ...
Arizona is a place with a unique heritage, blending Indigenous, Latino and many other cultures to make a state unlike any other. That varied history is represented by the place names across the Grand ...
Nevada is famous for having a name that people constantly mispronounce. Say Nuh-VAH-duh in a crowd of Nevadans and expect weird looks. To locals, the Silver State is pronounced Nuh-VĂD-uh. Yet ...
President Donald Trump mispronounced Tua Tagovailoa's name while announcing the reformed President's Council on Sports, Fitness and Nutrition. Trump acknowledged Tagovailoa's injury history while ...
You know you're from Michigan when you can pronounce Ypsilanti, Sault Ste. Marie and Traverse City correctly. As WKAR's All Things Considered host, that was a big part of settling into the state. And ...
If ARLnow was human, it would be registering for its first driving lessons next month. We’ve been around for awhile, but it seems that quite a few folks aren’t sure how you’re supposed to pronounce ...
I had a lot fun with this on-air this morning. It suddenly dawned on me that I have been pronouncing Jack Ciattarelli’s last name … “CHIT”-a-Relli” for countless years. However, I listen closely when ...
Is it “Los Fuh-lease” or “Los Fee-liz” or maybe even a third, secret way? @bexcastillo did a little bit of digging to find out. Rebecca Castillo is a content creator for the Los Angeles Times.