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Meet the Frenchman teaching Britons how to pronounce English words
The Telegraph via Yahoo News· 7 months agoEpitome, mischievous, insouciance. Quinoa, schedule, ogle. English pronunciation is about as hard to...
What Does GIF Stand For? And Let’s Finally Settle This—How Is It Actually Pronounced?
Parade via Yahoo News· 1 year agoThere is a big debate on the proper pronunciation. If you love to share things on social media, you...
Many Black Americans speak African American English. But is it embraced in schools?
Detroit Free Press via Yahoo News· 3 months agoGeneva Smitherman ended up in speech therapy in her freshman year at Wayne State University in the...
Mystery solved: How to pronounce 'Qatar,' the World Cup host whose name everybody says wrong
Yahoo Sports via AOL· 2 years ago(Graphic by Michael Wagstaffe) [World Cup: Viewer's guide | Group previews | Top 30 players | Power...
What Was Jesus' Real Name? The Path From Hebrew to Today
HowStuffWorks via Yahoo News· 1 month agoWoodcut engraving, published c. 1880, depicts Jesus speaking from a boat. ZU_09 / Getty Images Have...
This Kansas City man tried to create a new national language for people learning English
Kansas City Star McClatchy Articles via AOL· 2 years agoAt the turn of the 20th century after moving to Missouri from Italy, Nikoles Aleshi created a new...
Are National Spelling Bee participants s-m-a-r-t-e-r than us? It's a fascinating question.
USA TODAY via Yahoo News· 1 year agoAs the fierce yet fun 95th Scripps National Spelling Bee heads into its final round Thursday, the...
From ‘extemporaneous’ in 1976 to ‘pariah’ in 2024, why Fond du Lac School District's citywide...
FDL Reporter | The Reporter via Yahoo News· 3 months agoFOND DU LAC — The 2024 Fond du Lac citywide spelling bee turns out to be the city's last. Theisen...
In Miami, they get down from the car and make a party. Por qué?
Washington Post via Yahoo News· 7 months agoWhen Martha Valdés started traveling outside of her native Miami years ago, she noticed a pattern....
East Lansing's Abbot Road Park has new Native American spirit name for its cottonwood trees
Lansing State Journal via Yahoo News· 2 years agoCottonwood trees are sacred to the Anishinaabe Native Americans who once traveled to Nkwejong, the lands near where the Grand and Red Cedar rivers meet, and where they saw the trees in abundance ...