An analysis by language learning website Preply found that Massachusetts was the fifth hardest name for Americans to say correctly. It was also the fifth hardest state name to spell. The study found ...

While speaking to press about fertility treatments, Donald Trump struggled to pronounce the fertility medicine Pergoveris, then jokingly asked why it couldn't have a 'nice, simple name.' ‘Adult female ...

Languages are either syllable-timed, where all the syllables in a word last for the same amount of time, even when syllables are stressed, or stress-timed, where stressed syllables are pronounced at ...

The public – including high-profile figures – are weighing in on the messy divorce settlement between BLack Coffee – real name Nkosinathi Maphumalo – and Enhle Mbali Mlotshwa. The former couple ...

The record holder for having the world's longest name says it takes a whopping 20 minutes to read his full moniker aloud – and he's only ever heard it once. For ease, Laurence tends to go by just his ...

Maria Corina Machado, the Venezuelan opposition leader and 2025 Nobel Peace Prize laureate, has captured global attention for her fearless pursuit of democracy. Yet, as her name dominates ...

Given certain conditions having to do with word stress and the other sounds in a word, we simply do not like to have two r’s so close to each other. The name for the linguistic process where one sound ...

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Public voting is officially open via the official academy public voting platform and will close at 12 pm on 20 November 2025. The third annual ceremony will take place on 22 November 2025 at the South ...

This liveblog is now closed. The Supreme Court on Monday (October 13, 2025) directed the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) to probe the Karur stampede, which occurred on September 27 during a ...

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