Gratiot? Ypsilanti? Hamtramck? Lahser? Ishpeming? Michigan places have some funny-sounding names, thanks to our blend of cultural influences — and our insistance over the years to just go ahead and ...

It’s easy to pinpoint newcomers and visitors in the Hudson Valley by how terribly they mispronounce its towns. Out-of-towners shouldn’t necessarily be blamed for this, as the region’s place-names are ...

A new Iowa pronunciation guide has been launched; an online service where you can hear how locals pronounce their cities and towns. It’s the brainchild of a classical music producer on the radio, and ...

Listen out for two important contrasts in pronunciation. The first is between retroflex consonants (pronounced with the tongue touching the roof of the mouth, giving a hard sound of the kind ...