English has rules. Teachers insist on them. Exams depend on them. Grammar books list them carefully. And yet, English breaks its own rules all the time. Take pl ...

That’s the challenge facing Amanda Seyfried in The Testament of Ann Lee: portraying a working-class Mancunian accent from ...

That’s the challenge facing Amanda Seyfried in The Testament of Ann Lee: portraying a working-class Mancunian accent from three centuries ago.

Recently, a man I met with to work on a new project, a man who has no previous experience with Korea, told me he’s going to start studying and ...

British English and American English share the same roots, yet they differ in spelling, vocabulary, pronunciation, and ...

Today, Slate is releasing the latest edition of a new weekly game called SoundBites. It’s a little bit crossword, a little bit phonics, and entirely dependent on the fact that English pronunciation ...

The automotive giant Stellantis, parent company of Chrysler, Dodge and Jeep, has a name that varies greatly in pronunciation. We went to the source.

We want polished individuals who put their best foot forward.” -- Heloise Dear Heloise: I no longer receive a printed version of my local newspaper, The Oregonian. I miss not having old newspapers to ...

What has happened to proper grammar usage and the proper pronunciation of American English? “Gonna” and “wanna” have replaced “going to” and “want to.” People use “different than” ...

Back in the 1980s, we blamed Aussie soaps Neighbours and Home and Away for reshaping the way teenagers spoke. Today, that ...

When Jessica met Luke at a wedding for the first time, two words reverberated around her head: “That’s it.” She felt an instant ease with him. A familiarity. Chemistry. “You always hear, ‘when you ...

British American Tobacco p.l.c. is upgraded to a buy, driven by stronger-than-expected FY2025 results and renewed growth in its New Category segment. BTI's New Category revenue grew 7% in FY2025, with ...