One of the greatest difficulties in learning the English language is understanding that alphabet characters can change how ...

If you have a rhotic accent, you pronounce the /r/ sound whenever the letter 'r' appears in a word, like in 'learn', 'better' and 'perfect'. North American accents are usually rhotic, and other ...

How do you pronounce words that begin with lots of consonants? What is a consonant cluster? It's a word that has multiple consonant sounds together. Look at the consonants at the starts of these ...

LONDON—Apple is fixing a bug within the dictation feature on some iPhones that briefly suggests the word “Trump” when a word with an R consonant is spoken, including “racist.” The company is ...

Like how sounds change over time. Different sounds will evolve into other sounds, things like vowel shifts and consonant hierarchies, but it has to do with like how sounds are organized in the brain.

This language of India is neither Hindi nor any other regional language; rather it is our ancient language Sanskrit which is ...

This is a practical course in pronunciation. The students are trained to improve their pronunciation both on the segmental level (vowels and consonants) and on the prosodic level (quantity, stress, ...

By following these tips and strategies, primary school students can effectively learn and apply the knowledge from Unit 2, 'Know Your Body, Fuel Up, and Let's Be Friends.' This will not only enhance ...

180 CULVER CITY, CALIF. — IPA Capital Markets, a division of Marcus & Millichap, has arranged $26.5 million in financing for an industrial building at 8631 Hayden Place in Culver City. The ...

This seemingly free and easy infant-feeding technique is anything but.

March 16, 2025 • NPR's Ayesha Rascoe plays the puzzle with Nancy Patula, of Palm Harbor, Florida, along with Weekend Edition puzzle master, Will Shortz.