As a writer and editor, words are my jam, but since I’m at a keyboard all day long, I don’t actually have to say the words that trip me up out loud. Like gyro, which is kind of embarrassing, since ...

TV Newscasters work hard to speak clearly and enunciate words accurately. Words that don’t originate in the English language can become a challenge, like Qatar or Gaddafi , Kadafi, Qaddafi? But native ...

We visited parks near downtown Cary and asked 10 people to pronounce açaí, gyro, gnocchi and Worcestershire. No one pronounced every word correctly! Several people mispronounced Worcestershire, and a ...

WASHINGTON, D.C. — From “gyro” to “Worcestershire sauce,” Americans have a long list of words that trip them up, according to a new nationwide analysis of Google search trends. Experts at ...

Each year, Google publishes its Year in Search-- a roundup of the top-trending phrases on the search engine for the year. The lists cover a variety of topics from news events to TV shows and provide a ...

Some words are just hard to say. For evidence, look no further than a recent data crunch conducted by Unscramblerer.com, which used Google Trends between January and October to determine the most ...

RICHMOND, Va. (WRIC) — We’ve all gotten tongue-tied by a hard-to-pronounce word at some point in our lives — but which word do Virginians find particularly challenging? Researchers with ...

What's in a name? It's a question evoked by 16th century playwrights and mascot reformists alike. And when it comes to the names of many places in Kansas, the state's history provides some compelling ...

This archived news story is available only for your personal, non-commercial use. Information in the story may be outdated or superseded by additional information. Reading or replaying the story in ...