The record holder for having the world's longest name says it takes a whopping 20 minutes to read his full moniker aloud – and he's only ever heard it once. For ease, Laurence tends to go by just his ...

Maria Corina Machado, the Venezuelan opposition leader and 2025 Nobel Peace Prize laureate, has captured global attention for her fearless pursuit of democracy. Yet, as her name dominates ...

Languages are either syllable-timed, where all the syllables in a word last for the same amount of time, even when syllables are stressed, or stress-timed, where stressed syllables are pronounced at ...

This was the humorous remark of some Filipinos after Eraserheads vocalist Ely Buendia responded to comments made by podcasters Baus Rufo and Macoy Dubs regarding the pronunciation of his surname. In ...

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An analysis by language learning website Preply found that Massachusetts was the fifth hardest name for Americans to say correctly. It was also the fifth hardest state name to spell. The study found ...

Second time’s the charm for Annika Xue Sager, the newly minted Miss Universe Singapore 2025. The 25-year-old master’s student, whose mother is Singaporean Chinese and father is German, was crowned on ...

Yankees pitcher Cam Schlittler produced a historic display on Thursday night, but radio host Chris 'Mad Dog' Russo was still unable to pronounce his name correctly the following day. The rookie ...