I'm taking on an accent challenge inspired by a list of commonly mispronounced words from around the world. As someone from Eastern Kentucky in the Appalachian Mountains, I share how I say these words ...

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — It's pronounced "app-uh-latch-uh," not "app-uh-lay-sha." Lawmakers give the pronunciation lesson in a resolution calling for the state's Tennessee Blue Book to discuss how ...

Neil Steinberg kindly attempts to correct a pronunciation pet peeve of mine, but I’ve got beef (h/t Beachwood Reporter). “By the way, the ‘Appalachian’ in ‘Appalachian State’ rhymes with ‘latch,’ as ...

Appalachian English is a term linguists use to describe the speech patterns of people in Appalachia. It’s also referred to as “mountain talk.” But there’s variation within the dialect, just as there ...