Back in grade school, words like "onomatopoeia" and "supercalifragilisticexpialidocious" seemed insanely complicated and long. Surprisingly, neither of these is the ...

Most people walk around believing they have a pretty good sense of how English works. We learn the alphabet, pick up some ...

Whether it's 'plethora' or 'resplendent', many of us have a few fancy words in our arsenal that we bring out when we want to impress our friends. But if you really want to dazzle your pals, these ...

Pronunciation is the way that people make sounds to form words. Every time you make a sound, you push air past your tongue, lips, and teeth and then move the air through your mouth. The sounds you ...

English is a tricky language to learn. Native speakers may take this for granted, failing to realize how intricate-and inconsistent-many of its pronunciation rules are. For instance, why do heart, ...

Although English spelling is famously weird, there are at least some words that anyone learning English will easily get right — words like black, board, boat, clap, coat, cup, and hand. But put cup ...

Here's a little food for thought: You, yes, you, the foodie par excellence who embraced gnocchi long before the masses, might not be quite as in-the-know as you think. Your taste buds are on point, ...

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 ...