When referring to a place where you keep your socks (as opposed to the word that refers to someone who draws, say, with a crayon), most Americans pronounce it as a single syllable that ends in the r ...

If you sometimes find yourself happening upon a word you’ve no idea how to pronounce, a new feature announced by Google this week is here to help. Baked right into its Search tool, all you do is type ...

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 ...

As a writer and editor, words are my jam, but since I’m at a keyboard all day long, I don’t actually have to say the words that trip me up out loud. Like gyro, which is kind of embarrassing, since ...

The Italian pronunciation of gnocchi is NYOH-kee. Take the ”ny” sound, like in the word “canyon,” then make a long “O” sound.