The minute I open my mouth, it’s clear that I’m from New York (Brooklyn, to be exact). And though my high school speech teachers did their best to beat the accent out of me—and I do tamp it down—it’s ...

TV Newscasters work hard to speak clearly and enunciate words accurately. Words that don’t originate in the English language can become a challenge, like Qatar or Gaddafi , Kadafi, Qaddafi? But native ...

In pronunciation, letter A – as in ABC etc. – manifests in different dramatic ways. It can be ‘a’ (/a/) as in dad and fat. It can be the prolonged or long ‘a’ (/a/), as in laast (for last) and paass ...

Countdown's Susie Dent has claimed that the common mispronunciation of mischievous as 'mischiev-i-ous' no longer makes her blood boil. Despite the pronunciation being deemed 'non-standard' by the ...

15:59, Wed, Nov 2, 2016 Updated: 17:13, Wed, Nov 2, 2016 Thankfully, the argument has finally come to an end. Lovers of the baked treat, usually enjoyed alongside afternoon tea, have argued for time ...

DEAR MISS MANNERS: Is it rude to correct other people’s pronunciation, aside from someone’s name? My 14-year-old stepdaughter likes to correct others’ pronunciations, including mine, to match her own ...