Understanding the difference between British and American English can save ESL learners from confusion. These two styles may ...

What did William Shakespeare actually sound like? If you've only heard his plays in modern British or American accents, you're missing a vital piece of the puzzle. In this fascinating deep dive, we ...

The Michigan accent, part of the Inland North accent, is part of American English. Here are how some words sound in the ...

If we learned anything from Mary Poppins, it's that "Supercalifragilisticexpialidocious," is annoying to spell, especially ...

An exploration of the ways our tongues—and our pride—twist around foreign words, and what that says about how we want to be seen. It wasn’t so much that my friend, a Brit who has lived in Los Angeles ...

On May 20, the agency identified “evidence-based literacy instruction” as one of three proposed priorities for grant funding ...

When Susie Dent, Countdown’s etymology guru, declared on Wednesday that the common mispronunciation of “mischievous” as “mischiev-i-ous” should now be considered acceptable, she caused a stir not just ...

Librarians from The Seattle Public Library recommend six books by Pacific Islander and Filipino authors to discover in May and beyond.

If you go to Japan, there’s a chance you might meet someone with an unusual name – such as “Nike,” “Pikachu” or “Pudding.” ...

The Rhode Island accent, as we know it, may be headed for extinction. While it’s still a reliable feature of the local ...

Learning English is compulsory in Oman and I believe rightly so. It is the unrivaled global language in the world of business, commerce and ...

CARENTAN, France — In an open 1940s military vehicle rumbling through the Normandy countryside, Staff Sgt. Nathan Selby and ...