A word to all radio announcers of classical music: There is no accent in Claude Debussy's name. Thus, there is no reason to pronounce it Débussy. The e is plain, a sort of "uh" sound, as it is in the ...

One of the biggest challenges of learning a new language is hearing and reproducing unfamiliar sounds. Often teachers focus on vocabulary and practicing simple sentences. But new research suggests ...

Yes, you’re tempted to transpose the two middle letters, making it Tori. Or to say, “troo-ee.” Or to assume it’s the same as the French word for three, “twa.” But it is pronounced as if it ended in a ...

is a senior reporter who has covered AI, robotics, and more for eight years at The Verge. LinkedIn has added a new feature to its user profiles: the option to record 10-second audio clips to let ...

When I used to present programmes on English usage on Radio 4, people would write in and complain about the pronunciations they didn’t like. In their hundreds. (Nobody ever wrote in to praise the ...

All About Jazz is on a mission to help radio hosts and podcasters pronounce your name correctly and we developed the perfect solution by allowing you to pronounce your own name and associate it with ...

LinkedIn profiles can now include audio recordings of users saying their own names to assist others with proper pronunciation. When a name pronunciation recording is uploaded to someone’s profile, a ...