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FRANCE. While French is commonly taught in school in most English-speaking nations, French vowels continue to confound many English speakers. Ousmane Dembélé – Dem-bay-lay Désiré Doué ...
Wordle puzzle #1466 for June 24 is here, and it brings a mix of simplicity and sophistication. The five-letter word looks ...
People who criticise mispronunciations are often guilty of snobbery towards regional dialects, a top linguist has claimed. In ...
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Cyprus’ accent: sexy or not?
My sister lives in the States. ‘Say something – anything!’ she’s always being asked. ‘I love your British accent!’ To her, it ...
The Conjuring star Vera Farmiga's band The Yagas draw on everything from Nine Inch Nails and Judas Priest to The Cure and ...
The months of March, April, and May of this year saw Filipino musicians as virtual newsmakers—not on home grounds, but abroad. From the United States to Europe, Pinoy virtuosos wowed foreign audiences ...
In the case of Urdu, perhaps the words borrowed from Arabic mostly become the source of contention among linguists and common ...
As prices have increased, restaurants have looked for more cost-effective cuts that still satisfy our canine teeth and bank balance, with the bavette having become the cut of choice for many, often ...
The 50-year-old patient developed Foreign Accent Syndrome, a neurological dysfunction that made it sound like he had an Irish accent.
The Everything Store hawks thousands of sweatshirts, but a paltry handful impressed the cozy-but-skeptical Recommends team.
Another common and pleasurable use of alliteration is to make insults or terms of abuse, such as lily-livered, first attested ...
The following planning applications have been submitted to Mid Sussex District Council, Lewes District Council and the South Downs National Park Authority between June 9 and 13.