For example, the word 'detective' could be broken down to the sounds. Decoding is working out how to pronounce new words. Inspector Wordsmart likes to investigate words. And when she comes across ...

Many popular desserts have French or Italian names ... curled — "crispus" — the accent in the word "crêpes" actually tells you exactly how to pronounce the "e": with an "eh" sound rather ...

THE most difficult foreign words Brits struggle to pronounce include ‘hygge, ‘quinoa’ - and 'croissant'. A poll of 2,000 adults found the Greek dish 'gyros', ‘sauvignon’, and the ...

This French word could come up when discussing Marco Polo, or when having a frustrating conversation with your bank.

I’ve always wanted to be fluent in multiple languages, but at 27 years old with just English under my belt, I think I’m ...

In other words, it is correct to pronounce the first ‘a’ in ‘data’ as the one we have in date, fame, blame and enslave. It can also be pronounced as the ‘a’ in daft, cash ...

Language is tricky. Is there a word you discovered you'd been saying the wrong way your whole life? Or is there an expression or song lyric you've had wrong your whole life? For host Robin Young ...

No, it's not nails on a chalkboard or someone using a curse word in church ... It's someone absolutely butchering the pronunciation of "Scioto" or "Olentangy." Although, you can't really blame ...

It was a bombshell: In Nahuatl, tamales have always been called "tamali" (singular). Is it possible that the seemingly bastardized English word for a single tamal has been the correct way to say it ...

"What’s a luthier? What’s the difference between a fiddle and a violin?," and other questions for Anya Burgess.

La Grange, a new French brasserie, is opening in March at Prickett Preserve in Lower Makefield with renowned Philly chef ...