Whether they’re shopping for golf balls or considering a dog for adoption from an animal shelter, consumers prefer easy-to-pronounce names. A University of Nevada, Reno researcher says consumers feel ...

Chloe Conrad, a San Diego-based speech-language pathologist, tells PEOPLE which sounds are difficult for young kids to say — and which are the easiest She adds that parents shouldn’t be afraid to pick ...

New research suggests a person's name, specifically hard-to-pronounce ones, could make the difference between landing a job or their resume ending up in the reject pile. What's in a name? Well, maybe ...

Some words are just tricky to pronounce, and that holds true for certain state names - and city names, too. For some, Illinois isn't the easiest to say; it was ranked the fourth hardest state name to ...

COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) – A recent report has revealed the most difficult town name to pronounce in Ohio and each state across the country. Preply, an online language learning platform, released a ...

Bad news for people like me, and good news for the Dicks and Janes of the world: When your name is hard to pronounce, you lose a little bit of credibility. A team of researchers from Victoria ...

What's in a name? Well, maybe a job. Adrian Ma and Wailin Wong from NPR's daily economics podcast, the Indicator, dig into some new research looking at people's names and pronunciation and how it ...

COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) – A recent report has revealed the most difficult town name to pronounce in each state across the country. Preply, an online language learning platform, released a report earlier ...