Many people have at least one word they have been pronouncing incorrectly for years, only to discover the mistake later. In ...

English can be confusing, especially when words look nothing like the way they sound. In this video, we are going through 20 ...

Xylophone is probably the first word that people think of as starting with the letter X. It is pronounced 'zuylophone', not 'EXylophone' Xavier is NOT 'Exavier' it's 'zavier' So many 'murrican's ...

Nate joined AP in 2019. He enjoys learning and writing about new tech while being slowly covered in cat hair. How do you pronounce quokka? Pronunciation can be difficult to perfect, especially with a ...

If you sometimes find yourself happening upon a word you’ve no idea how to pronounce, a new feature announced by Google this week is here to help. Baked right into its Search tool, all you do is type ...

Yes, you’re tempted to transpose the two middle letters, making it Tori. Or to say, “troo-ee.” Or to assume it’s the same as the French word for three, “twa.” But it is pronounced as if it ended in a ...

From TV shows of the '90s to today's TikToks, people have been trying to replicate or even mock New York's distinctive accents for decades. Words such as "huge" and "New York'' are known to be ...

There is perhaps no easier way to tell someone is not from New Jersey than when they mispronounce a common place name.

Sometimes we love a dish so much but unknowingly butcher its name every time we say it. Many popular dishes have origins in ...

We Milwaukeeans are famous for our signature words and pronunciations. Some of our words, like "bubbler," have been discussed to death, as has our pronunciation of the word "Milwaukee." ("Ma-walky.") ...