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Forget Brexit and the 'cream first' debate - the real bone of contention that separates both locals and visitors to Devon is the pronunciation of our notoriously tricky place names. One can often ...

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In a comedy sketch on Jimmy Fallon's Tonight Show, actor Matt Damon mispronounced "Quincy" while naming all 351 Massachusetts ...

Northern Illinois is full of town names that can be difficult to pronounce, with many of them having Native American or ...

Billy Graham’s use of the phrase underscored a connection between Christianity and antisemitism seen in the 2026 Mississippi ...

The English language is full of words that seem overstuffed with unnecessary letters, feel like they should be spelled a different way, or just don't make sense. Here are some of our favorites, ...