As some pointed out, this pronunciation mix-up stems from what's called the cot–caught merger, a linguistic sound change in which North American English speakers began to pronounce words like ...

As The Poke points out, a poem written in 1920 perfectly encapsulates the baffling nature of English. In fact, it's so tricky ...

I wrote two articles regarding antiquated words from 1900 to 1920 which you can read HERE. Similarly in researching various ...

This linguist schooled the internet on why it's unfair to expect Americans to pronounce French words with perfection.

Take ask vs. ax, for instance. There’s a widespread belief that one pronunciation is correct and the other is just plain wrong. To get to the bottom of the matter, I spoke with two linguistics experts ...

The pronunciation of “Qatar” is a no-brainer for Arabic speakers and speakers of similar languages. But it’s one tricky letter after another for English speakers.

America's got talent. It's also got scenery, history and a national anthem no one can sing. Those are just some of the things we celebrate, each time July 4 rolls around. But there's one thing we ...

Perplexed pasta lovers outraged over an American woman's pronunciation of the dish; immediately mocking her delivery - which sounded like 'yonkies' - online.