One real surprise came courtesy of one of Hollywood's biggest stars, Denzel Washington, who told late-night host Jimmy Kimmel ...

From New York City's incoming mayor to the most famous museum in Paris, here are the words people struggled to pronounce in ...

Several words caused pronunciation struggles in 2025. Zohran Mamdani's name (zoh-RAHN mam-DAH-nee) and the Louvre (LOOV-ruh) ...

For months, anchors, opponents, and even allies stumbled over it. Zor-han Mandami. Zohr-anne Madani. One Republican rival reportedly gave up halfway through a live debate and settled on “the ...

From reproductive rights to climate change to Big Tech, The Independent is on the ground when the story is developing. Whether it's investigating the financials of Elon Musk's pro-Trump PAC or ...

Mariska Hargitay has clarified exactly how her name is supposed to be pronounced. During Tuesday’s episode of the Good Hang podcast hosted by Amy Poehler, the Law & Order actor opened up about the ...

An analysis by language learning website Preply found that Massachusetts was the fifth hardest name for Americans to say correctly. It was also the fifth hardest state name to spell. The study found ...

After Aaron Judge led a stunning comeback to force Game 4 of the American League Division Series, the New York Yankees are once again battling for their season on Wednesday night. To keep their ...

Indeed, the hotel’s chairman David Marriott revealed the correct way to pronounce the popular chain—and it seems customers need to work on their vowel placement. This correction stunned a few people ...

Arizona has its fair share of place names that outsiders, and sometimes even locals, struggle to pronounce. If you’ve ever pronounced Prescott as “Press-scott” instead of “Press-kitt” or called the ...