David Marriott, chairman of the board of directors at Marriott International, revealed we've been saying the name of the hotel chain wrong this whole time. Marriott was speaking during Marriott Bonvoy ...

President Donald Trump announced a new—and incorrect—way to pronounce a common biblical name on Monday. Speaking ahead of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu at the White House on Monday, Trump, ...

How do you pronounce Younghoe Koo? The official pronunciation of Koo's first name is: YOUNG-hweh. In a non-pronunciation expert's layman terms, it's essentially putting the words "young" and "way" ...

Comedian Jon Stewart and his audience were among those mocking President Trump’s pronunciation of acetaminophen on Monday. The president struggled to pronounce the medicine during a press conference ...

From reproductive rights to climate change to Big Tech, The Independent is on the ground when the story is developing. Whether it's investigating the financials of Elon Musk's pro-Trump PAC or ...

Word puzzles have become one of the most popular puzzle challenges on the web. These seemingly simple puzzles consisting of random letters arranged in a grid have taken the web by storm. The goal of a ...

What is word stress and how do we use it? In words with more than one syllable, there’s usually at least one syllable that sounds clearer or more obvious. Maybe it’s stronger, louder or higher. For ...

Biemlfdlkk is a mouthful. It is not exactly clear how to enunciate the eight-consonant jumble in the Chinese golf-apparel brand’s English name. It is even hard to write. But the company is expanding ...

Although Donald Trump doesn't understand why people in Asia don't buy our cars, the main reason is actually pretty simple. Most of their roads and cities are built for much smaller vehicles — like ...

The study found that Montpelier is the most difficult town name to pronounce in Vermont. The hardest state name for Americans to pronounce is Arkansas. According to the website, Vermont residents most ...

Have you ever heard a sound so shocking that it raises the hair on your neck and makes you whip your head around? No, it's not nails on a chalkboard or someone using a curse word in church. It's ...

Arizona is a place with a unique heritage, blending Indigenous, Latino and many other cultures to make a state unlike any other. That varied history is represented by the place names across the Grand ...