There is one accent that is often rated as the most prestigious - Received Pronunciation. But what is RP and how did it come about? Lynda Mugglestone is a Professor of the History of English at the ...

More details surrounding Diane Keaton's death continue to emerge. According to the 911 audio obtained by TMZ, a dispatcher revealed there was a "person down" in the early hours of Saturday morning.

Diane Keaton was taken away from her Los Angeles home by ambulance on Saturday, and dispatch audio to the fire department revealed there was a “person down.” In audio from the call obtained by TMZ, ...

Palantir cofounder and libertarian tech billionaire Peter Thiel has been giving a series of secret lectures about technology and religion, which centered on his theories about the antichrist — yes, ...

Languages are either syllable-timed, where all the syllables in a word last for the same amount of time, even when syllables are stressed, or stress-timed, where stressed syllables are pronounced at ...

Comedian Jon Stewart and his audience were among those mocking President Trump’s pronunciation of acetaminophen on Monday. The president struggled to pronounce the medicine during a press conference ...

President Donald Trump struggled to pronounce “acetaminophen” — a drug commonly known as Tylenol — as he announced an unproven link between the drug and autism. The internet couldn’t stop laughing ...

President Donald Trump’s Rose Garden briefing on autism spectrum disorder (ASD) shifted focus Monday when he stumbled over the word “acetaminophen,” the common pain reliever in Tylenol. The event was ...

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Germany is one of the best places to make a career as an opera singer, with 80 opera houses and billions of Euros in federal support. But mastering German pronunciation can be difficult. Vermont ...

What Exactly Is a Gyro? Gyros consist of a pita wrap containing meat (usually pork and beef in Greece, while lamb is more common in the U.S.) sliced off a vertical rotisserie. Typical toppings include ...