As a writer and editor, words are my jam, but since I’m at a keyboard all day long, I don’t actually have to say the words that trip me up out loud. Like gyro, which is kind of embarrassing, since ...

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 ...

Back in grade school, words like "onomatopoeia" and "supercalifragilisticexpialidocious" seemed insanely complicated and long. Surprisingly, neither of these is the ...

(CBS) - It's always embarrassing when you don't know how to pronounce a certain word. Maybe you've read the word before but never had to say it out loud. Maybe you've only heard the word once and are ...

Some words are just hard to say. For evidence, look no further than a recent data crunch conducted by Unscramblerer.com, which used Google Trends between January and October to determine the most ...

English is a tricky language to learn. Native speakers may take this for granted, failing to realize how intricate-and inconsistent-many of its pronunciation rules are. For instance, why do heart, ...

(NEXSTAR) – The English language can certainly be a bit confusing at times. Some words have multiple meanings, like “clear,” “light” and “mine.” Other words sound exactly the same but have different ...

Google on Thursday made pronouncing tricky words a little bit easier with a new feature that shows you how to pronounce a word and gives you feedback on your own pronunciation. To use it, just search ...

English can get really problematic when it comes to public speaking, because it's crammed with so many words that almost all of us have struggled to pronounce at least once or twice. As writers of ...