'No one can ever pronounce my name – they always confuse me with something else'
It can be a nightmare when people don't know how to pronounce your name. While some correct those who misspeak, others can't ...
'People never pronounce my name correctly – but I think it's so simple'
A woman has said she doesn't understand why people struggle so much to pronounce her name, as she believes it should be easy ...
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Ohio State University linguists research how to evaluate whether someone has an accent
The study, published earlier this month in the Journal of Sociolinguistics, suggests a strong cultural component to how ...
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The complicated question of how we determine who has an accent
How do you tell if someone has a particular accent? It might seem obvious: You hear someone pronounce words in a way that is different from 'normal' and connect it to other people from a specific ...