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Connecticut is one of the hardest state names for Americans to spell, according to a recent study. An analysis by language ...
An analysis by language learning website Preply found that Massachusetts was the fifth hardest name for Americans to say ...
Rhode Island is home to many tricky-to-pronounce town and village names - try Cowesett or Neutaconkanut or Usquepaug. But ...
The most difficult Tennessee city name may surprise you. Preply named Ooltewah (OO-da-wah) as the Volunteer State's most ...
Let’s say you’ve moved here and go house hunting. If you pronounce “Chili” the way you’ve been taught – Chee-lay or Chilly – locals will laugh.
KIDS are back in the classroom for a new school year, and this often means a new teacher reading their name off their ...
Think you know how to say Alabama town names? You might be surprised! Test yourself and see if you’re really saying these ...
Faizan Zaki is the Scripps National Spelling Bee champion this year. Zaki won the competition spelling the word éclaircissement. The teen finished in second place in last year’s spelling bee. A ...
These kids get eliminated on words most people can’t even say, let alone spell or define. We figured we’d try to pronounce a few of the words that eliminated the Illinois contestants.
moyer-this seems fineIn her June 5 Outlook commentary, “A world without: Spelling,” Erin McKean lamented, “There are plenty of folks today who would like to see a world without spelling ...