A guide to saying the right things
18 words even you might be mispronouncing
How every letter can be (annoyingly) silent
When letters make sounds that aren't associated with their name
You know, the markings above and below letters.
Is there one standard way?
\SELT\ has been heard for many centuries; \KELT\, just a few.
How to talk about an insect's antennae with confidence. Sort of.
And nobody ever did
And is one more correct than the others?
Let us count the ways. With apologies to Elizabeth Barrett Browning.
After you read—and listen to—this you'll be ready to order anything.
Why doesn't 'height' end in 'th'?
And what's a 'glottal stop'?
And how do you say it?
The \t\ is silent. Why?
Yet we don't skip it in 'edict' or 'verdict'
10 words that you're not sure how to say
'Mischievous,' 'nuclear,' and other words to pronounce with caution.
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