Sometimes being right makes you sound so stupid. The new book, “You’re Saying it Wrong” by brother/sister duo Ross and Kathryn Petras, presents 150 words that are commonly mispronounced — and some of ...
Everyone keeps telling you that you should be a writer and that you’re an ace at literature. It gets to your head. You start believing your own hype. And that’s the moment that somebody tells you that ...
How do you pronounce the word mischievous? If you think it’s “miss-CHEE-vee-uss,” take another gander at the spelling: There’s no i after the v. It’s “MISS-chuh-vuss.” But “miss-CHEE-vee-uss” is such ...
Nate joined AP in 2019. He enjoys learning and writing about new tech while being slowly covered in cat hair. How do you pronounce quokka? Pronunciation can be difficult to perfect, especially with a ...
Pronunciations are back in the news. According to Country Life magazine last week, one of the telltale signs of 'the perfect gentleman', beyond knowing how to iron a shirt, never wearing a tank top ...