Yes, you’re tempted to transpose the two middle letters, making it Tori. Or to say, “troo-ee.” Or to assume it’s the same as the French word for three, “twa.” But it is pronounced as if it ended in a ...

A few weeks after the elections, in a much-needed gesture of goodwill, I apologized to millions of Americans for having mispronounced “pecan.” No, it wasn’t easy to eat a piece of my own humble pie.

With Joe Biden quitting the 2024 presidential race, Kamala Harris has become the front-runner for the Democratic nomination. As she steps further into the spotlight, you’ll be hearing her name said ...

I’m concerned about George W. Bush making threats by brandishing our nuclear weapons. This is sabre rattling of the worst kind. What makes it really scary is that he consistently fails to pronounce ...

The reason? Instead of leaving anything to chance, the phonetic spelling guaranteed that the host would pronounce the actor’s name correctly on the first try. https ...

Loading the Elevenlabs Text to Speech AudioNative Player... Audiobook listeners inevitably bring their own perception to interpreting accent and pronunciation. It’s an aspect of audiobook production ...

Ian Hill at KQED. Angela Kim at Marketplace. Jessica Plautz at KPBS. Andrew Phelps at WBUR. Jonathan Coffman at PBS. Lisa Chow and Andy Carvin at NPR. Julie Whitaker, Elizabeth Zagroba, Bryan Young, ...