Google Trends analyzed state searches over the course of a year, between Aug. 14, 2024, and Aug. 14, 2025. Specifically, the ...

The minute I open my mouth, it’s clear that I’m from New York (Brooklyn, to be exact). And though my high school speech teachers did their best to beat the accent out of me—and I do tamp it down—it’s ...

I will admit that botanical names are often convoluted. Moreover, many times their pronunciation doesn’t follow the ...

People go *nuts* over this debate. If you’re looking for a simple way to start a playful argument and turn people against each other in (mostly!) good fun, ask what names they have for certain things.

Two ways of pronouncing and spelling the historic town of Lahaina have circulated on social media and in news reports since a devastating August wildfire killed 97 people. We asked Hawaiian language ...

LEBANON, Mo. – For those not from the area you might have heard the locals pronounce the city of Lebanon, LEB-UH-NEN or LEB-NUN. Is it pronounced correctly or not? “We’re just hillbillies,” said one ...

Even Kyle Clark admits that he's been "too scared" to tackle this one. The single most requested name for our popular "What Do You Say?" segment: Colorado. We always ask a local - like the mayor, or ...

At the Webby Awards on Tuesday, Steve Wilhite, creator of the Graphics Interchange Format, asserted his authority in the controversial matter of the proper pronunciation of GIF. His five word ...