What should have been a straightforward journey to a Thai island turned into an unexpected adventure for a French tourist because he failed to pronounce the place name correctly.

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A roundup of place names in Scotland that are "unfairly hard to pronounce" have been shared by a Scottish actor and writer in ...

Wisconsin is known for cheese curds, the Packers, and an alarming number of ways to consume beer and brats. But if you really ...

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Irish singer-songwriter Cian Ducrot became our latest Grammy winner last night as one of the co-writers on SZA’s song Saturn. Ducrot was won Best R&B Song alongside SZA and co-writers Jared ...

Wisconsin town names aren’t just words; they’re an unspoken rite of passage. If you can’t pronounce them correctly, you’re either a tourist, a transplant, or someone who still calls it a "bubbler" ...

He said on Reddit: "I have a non-English name that is similar in spelling but different in pronunciation to a common English name. For example, Johan instead of John. Just like with this example ...

If so, you wouldn't be alone as new data has discovered that visitors struggle to pronounce dozens of places in London. From Marylebone, River Thames and even London itself Barratt London ...

Someone better get Charles Barkley a pronunciation guide. Barkley spent plenty of time on TNT’s “Inside the NBA” praising the Rockets before and after their 120-119 loss to the Memphis ...