Want to sound more natural when speaking English? In this lesson, you’ll learn how native speakers pronounce American English ...

American English speakers will typically say “kuh-TAR,” with the stress on the second syllable, which sounds like the word “tar.” British English speakers add an “a” sound more equivalent to “cat,” ...

“When I see American media, it’s always different, it’s always new, always a surprise,” said a teacher of Ukrainian and Russian languages. By Daniel Victor and Karen Zraick It is not the most ...

Do you know your Gearóid from your Gobnait? Your Fearghal from your Muirgheal? To the untrained eye, Irish names can seem like a daunting ambush of rogue consonants and surprise vowels. That’s because ...

The next time you’re googling how to correctly pronounce potable, cache, macabre or gnocchi, or gauging whether the U is silent in gauge, you can be assured of two things. You’re not the only one wary ...

An unfortunate pitfall of trying and adopting international foods, though, is that many of us English speakers aren’t all that confident when it comes to tackling their equally international names.