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If You Can Correctly Pronounce Every Word in This 1920s Poem, You're Among the English-Speaking Elite
As The Poke points out, a poem written in 1920 perfectly encapsulates the baffling nature of English. In fact, it's so tricky that even native English speakers with college degrees may struggle to get ...
Veteran newsreader Jan Leeming, 83, takes swipe at current generation of TV anchors for their 'bad pronunciation, mumbled speech and heavy accents'
Am I just showing my age being so picky, but surely a national newsreader should be aware of correct pronunciation.' ...
The Story Behind FabuLingua: A Science-Backed Revolution in Language Learning for Kids
Unlike traditional bilingual books, which print side-by-side translations that learners can rely on as a crutch, FabuLingua’s ...
New research says humans learned to speak partly because babies are too hard to take care of alone
The baby brain is a great gateway for language to be transferred from brain to brain. All the main connections in the brain ...
This Is Why “W” Is Pronounced Double U and Not Double V
It’s not pronounced /wuh/, like the whispering sound the letter brings to words like whale and wonder. W’s name isn’t tied to its sound at all—it’s a historical nod to its origins. So how did this ...