An analysis by language learning website Preply found that Massachusetts was the fifth hardest name for Americans to say correctly. It was also the fifth hardest state name to spell. The study found ...

Açaí berries are delicious. They're also hard to pronounce. | Camilia Neves Rodrigues da Silva, Wikimedia Commons // CC BY-SA 4.0 The açaí berry is found on açaí palm trees in South American ...

While speaking to press about fertility treatments, Donald Trump struggled to pronounce the fertility medicine Pergoveris, then jokingly asked why it couldn't have a 'nice, simple name.' ‘Adult female ...

Yankees pitcher Cam Schlittler produced a historic display on Thursday night, but radio host Chris 'Mad Dog' Russo was still unable to pronounce his name correctly the following day. The rookie ...

Languages are either syllable-timed, where all the syllables in a word last for the same amount of time, even when syllables are stressed, or stress-timed, where stressed syllables are pronounced at ...

The record holder for having the world's longest name says it takes a whopping 20 minutes to read his full moniker aloud – and he's only ever heard it once. For ease, Laurence tends to go by just his ...

Maria Corina Machado, the Venezuelan opposition leader and 2025 Nobel Peace Prize laureate, has captured global attention for her fearless pursuit of democracy. Yet, as her name dominates ...

Joseph Arthur Cardenas Jr 56 of Pueblo went to be with the Lord on September 19th, 2025. He was proceeded in death by his father Joseph Arthur Cardenas Sr. He was survived by his mother Virginia ...

Given certain conditions having to do with word stress and the other sounds in a word, we simply do not like to have two r’s so close to each other. The name for the linguistic process where one sound ...

Every Springbok fan knows exactly who Sacha Feinberg-Mngomezulu is, but can they all (especially the white folk, including the author of this piece) pronounce his name? SFM, as he’s affectionately ...

More of the same on the way: that means comfortably cool nights/mornings and warm afternoons... Amanda talks if there could be any rain coming our way soon!

This was the humorous remark of some Filipinos after Eraserheads vocalist Ely Buendia responded to comments made by podcasters Baus Rufo and Macoy Dubs regarding the pronunciation of his surname. In ...