If you're new to Georgia, or even a lifelong resident, you've probably stumbled over a few town names that look simple on paper but sound completely different when spoken aloud. From silent syllables ...

*During a lively appearance on “Jimmy Kimmel Live!” on September 2, Denzel Washington clarified a decades-long misconception about his name. “My name is not pronounced Den-zelle. My name is pronounced ...

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COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) – A recent report has revealed the most difficult town name to pronounce in Ohio and each state across the country. Preply, an online language learning platform, released a ...

Words with the letters 'ed' at the end are usually regular past tense verbs like 'started' or adjectives like ‘confused’. The pronunciation of 'ed' can change depending on which sound comes before it ...

On 'Working', Sweat opens the door to his timeless vulnerability, narrating a love story marked by imbalance: he takes two steps forward, but his lover retreats three steps back. The song captures the ...

Current issues are now on the Chicago Journals website. Read the latest issue.Early Modern Women: An Interdisciplinary Journal (EMW) is the only journal devoted solely to the interdisciplinary and ...

Harvard Journal of Asiatic Studies, Vol. 69, No. 1 (Jun., 2009), pp. 75-107 (33 pages) In compiling the anthology Guaochao guixiu zhengshi ji (Correct beginnings: womens poetry of our dynasty) and its ...

When referring to a place where you keep your socks (as opposed to the word that refers to someone who draws, say, with a crayon), most Americans pronounce it as a single syllable that ends in the r ...

Turkey has been spelled and pronounced Türkiye (Tur-kee-yeah) in Turkish since the country became a republic in 1923. The country began a push for the rest of the world to adopt the same spelling and ...