Learn the simple English trick of the day to never confuse 'a' vs 'an' again – easy rule that works 100% of the time, even with tricky words like honest and university.

Choosing a name is often a moment charged with emotion and meaning. What if the beauty of a name could be scientifically measured? A surprising study conducted by a British linguist claims that a name ...

Scientists reveal why certain word sounds feel pleasant and stick in memory, uncovering a deep link between phonemes, beauty, ...

NPR's Eyder Peralta speaks with Esteban Touma, language expert from the app Babbel about 2025's most mispronounced words.

Bible Baptist Church is once again opening its doors to the community for a presentation of the church’s take on th Dickens ...

In a world where names and places often challenge our linguistic skills, the recent news cycle has brought forth two significant entries into the list of the most difficult words to pronounce in 2025: ...

Ambiguous speech production is a common challenge for learners of a second language (L2), but identifying whether the problem ...

It is a bright cold day in Reykjavik, sun streaming through her dormer window, when Ólöf Arnalds proclaims: “I am the ...

Two new studies published in the journals Neuron00792-5) and Naturereveal how the human brain transforms a continuous stream of sound into distinct words. The findings identify a specific neural ...

The English language is full of fascinating patterns, exceptions, and creative spellings that make it one of the most studied languages in the world. Among these linguistic wonders are words that ...

It is 2pm, and a seven-year-old boy sits in an after-school Urdu remedial class, his fingers tracing the unfamiliar curves of the words before him. The sentence on the page seems simple enough: “Yeh ...