This episode of Defining Safe covers the frequent mispronunciation of non-Western names. In this episode, we look into the phonetics of pronunciation and hear the perspective of students whose names ...

Learning a language with an app like Duolingo is perfectly respectable, but unless you want your French to have a noticeable Siri-like quality, you need to branch out. That’s where sites like Forvo ...

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.

The holidays are a time when many people indulge in their favorite desserts. Many popular desserts have international names that you might be pronouncing incorrectly. From "macaron" to "nougat," here ...

Travis Kelce and Denzel Washington may be some of the most recognizable figures out there, but it’s likely you still don’t ...

HONOLULU (KHON2) – In the ahupuaʻa of Waipiʻo, which lies in the moku of ʻEwa here on Oʻahu, stands a dead-end street whose name could mean “to surround,” refer to the beginning of a song, or ...

From the election of Zohran Mamdani to the intrigue surrounding the jewel heist at the Louvre, keeping up with this year's news also left some Americans struggling with pronunciations. That's put both ...