Paragon Software Group (www.cambridge.org) has released Cambridge English Pronouncing Dictionary app for Mac OS X and iOS. It’s available for US$14.99 at the Mac App Store and Apple App Store, ...

Marcus Gilmer is Mashable's Assistant Real-Times News Editor on the West Coast, reporting on breaking news from his location in San Francisco. An Alabama native, Marcus earned his BA from ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Discover the key differences between American English and British English in spelling, vocabulary, pronunciation, and grammar ...

The building blocks of communication are words, so the way they are pronounced matters. Whether it’s to indicate your level of education or talent with language, you want to know how to speak and ...

The English language is full of words that seem overstuffed with unnecessary letters, feel like they should be spelled a different way, or just don't make sense. Here are some of our favorites, ...

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 ...