Once upon a time, I was asked at the place where I work part time to create a pronunciation guide to some common words.

There are three elements you need to take into account when naming your business. Spelling and pronunciation are two important factors for any good name. If you’re saying your name all day on the ...

DEAR WORD COURT: Recently you were talking about "metal," "mettle," "meddle" and "medal" all sounding alike. A couple of days ago "Jeopardy" had a category of "silent L" words, and most of them I ...

A spelling bee combines all the worst aspects of childhood except compulsory rope-climbing. As a contestant, you must stand up and, under pressure, spell impossible words in front of adults under a ...

English spelling is notoriously irregular. While some linguists - notably Noam Chomsky and Morris Halle - have argued that the spelling system of English is actually great (they called it “close to ...

Gareth Rees answers a question from Iain Wood in Belgium about the use of apostrophes in some names. 'When you say Christmas it sounds like /krismas/ and when you say Christchurch for example, it ...

"The location is great, the housing stock here in charming, the school system is excellent," said Geoff Hurd with the Mt. Lebanon Historical Society. "There's a very vibrant set of activities going on ...

A genus of plants known as Murraya was the winning word of the 2021 Scripps National Spelling Bee. The word was correctly spelled by Zaila Avant-garde, 14, whose win made her the first African ...