Join Josh and Ollie as they team up with YBM to launch a British English series, diving into key differences between British ...
Pronunciation is the way that people make sounds to form words. Every time you make a sound, you push air past your tongue, lips, and teeth and then move the air through your mouth. The sounds you ...
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Why English pronunciation makes no sense

English pronunciation is chaotic for a reason. Words come from multiple languages stitched together over centuries. Spelling froze while pronunciation kept changing. Regional accents hardened into ...
This is the eighth of eight voiced consonant programmes in our series of videos that explore the sounds of English. This is the eighth of eight voiceless consonant programmes in our series of videos ...
The next time you’re googling how to correctly pronounce potable, cache, macabre or gnocchi, or gauging whether the U is silent in gauge, you can be assured of two things. You’re not the only one wary ...
Although English spelling is famously weird, there are at least some words that anyone learning English will easily get right — words like black, board, boat, clap, coat, cup, and hand. But put cup ...
We’ve all been there. You’re in a conversation when suddenly you have to say a word that, despite your best efforts, just won't come out right. These words might trip you up, but take comfort in ...
As linguists celebrate English Language Day and Shakespeare’s birthday, what does the ever-changing way we speak reveal about us? It is a division as entrenched and as bitter as the split between ...
Food has a funny way of travelling across borders faster than pronunciation does. We happily order sushi, sip lattes, spread ...