Gabourey Sidibe clarified how to pronounce her first and last name after admitting fans have been saying it wrong for years.

The "Desperately Seeking Susan" star believes the Toto song inspired by her is the main reason for the common ...

Languages are either syllable-timed, where all the syllables in a word last for the same amount of time, even when syllables are stressed, or stress-timed, where stressed syllables are pronounced at ...

In fact, any letter representing a vowel sound can be pronounced as schwa. For example, the first vowel in the word 'connect' is a schwa sound but it's written with the letter 'o', and the second ...

What's in a name? Well, plenty. Names are gold and nickel and silver and copper. They are the currency by which we interact with the world and the people around us. More often than not, they take on a ...

The English language is full of words that seem overstuffed with unnecessary letters, feel like they should be spelled a different way, or just don't make sense. Here are some of our favorites, ...