In public radio we do our utmost to get things right, including the pronunciation of names and places. It shows we know our stuff and conveys respect — for the people we report about and the people ...

Getting Siri to pronounce a complex or foreign-sounding name can be a challenge. Why? Because Siri’s method of determining how to pronounce proper names depends on your device’s system language. In ...

If you're looking for a Spanish baby name that honors your child's Latinx heritage, but that also sounds beautiful in English, you really can't go wrong in most cases. However, as someone with an ...

Raul is a freelance writer with four years of writing and editing experience in games journalism. Currently, he is a News Writer at Game Rant and the Managing Editor of Final Weapon, a Japanese gaming ...

Sound like a native—or at least a savvy tourist—when you learn how to say these place names correctly. For the native English speaker, this paradise in San Diego sounds absolutely nothing like it’s ...

A Tokyo Olympic meeting in November 2018 in Tokyo, Japan. Photo: Eugene Hoshiko (AP) Yesterday, Japan’s foreign minister asked the English-language media to write Japanese family names first, as done ...

Story and audio by Maureen O’Hare, illustrations by Leah Abucayan, CNN (CNN) — Do you know your Gearóid from your Gobnait? Your Fearghal from your Muirgheal? To the untrained eye, Irish names can seem ...