Diwali, also known as the festival of lights, is a major five-day holiday celebrated by many South Asian religious communities. In 2025, the main day of Diwali falls on Monday, Oct. 20, with the ...

An analysis by language learning website Preply found that Massachusetts was the fifth hardest name for Americans to say correctly. It was also the fifth hardest state name to spell. The study found ...

David Marriott, chairman of the board of directors at Marriott International, revealed we've been saying the name of the hotel chain wrong this whole time. Marriott was speaking during Marriott Bonvoy ...

Indeed, the hotel’s chairman David Marriott revealed the correct way to pronounce the popular chain—and it seems customers need to work on their vowel placement. This correction stunned a few people ...

The New York Giants have a new kicker for Week 4 of the 2025 NFL season. The official pronunciation of Koo's first name is: YOUNG-hweh. In a non-pronunciation expert's layman terms, it's essentially ...

Biemlfdlkk is a mouthful. It is not exactly clear how to enunciate the eight-consonant jumble in the Chinese golf-apparel brand’s English name. It is even hard to write. But the company is expanding ...

Although Donald Trump doesn't understand why people in Asia don't buy our cars, the main reason is actually pretty simple. Most of their roads and cities are built for much smaller vehicles — like ...

If you're new to the Yellowhammer state, or heading down to the Gulf, you might find yourself tongue-tied trying to pronounce cities like Lafayette, Oneonta or Opelika. Don't worry, we've all been ...

If you're new to Georgia, or even a lifelong resident, you've probably stumbled over a few town names that look simple on paper but sound completely different when spoken aloud. From silent syllables ...

Community driven content discussing all aspects of software development from DevOps to design patterns. As developers navigate their way around the technical landscape, they inevitably run into terms ...