Houghton-le-Spring, which is for its annual feast and fayre and mining heritage, is often mispronounced by tourists.

Built in 1927, the owner of the cement-covered, wood-frame haunt on South Tacoma Way has slowly but surely been restoring the ...

Markets, temples, batik studios, and hilltop views reveal Kuala Terengganu’s easygoing rhythm on Malaysia’s breezy east coast.

From reproductive rights to climate change to Big Tech, The Independent is on the ground when the story is developing. Whether it's investigating the financials of Elon Musk's pro-Trump PAC or ...

Decades into his Academy Award-winning career, Denzel Washington is setting the record straight on how to pronounce his name. During a Sept. 2 appearance on "Jimmy Kimmel Live!," "The Equalizer" actor ...

Words with the letters 'ed' at the end are usually regular past tense verbs like 'started' or adjectives like ‘confused’. The pronunciation of 'ed' can change depending on which sound comes before it ...

But even still, the Bring It On star isn’t bothered when people mispronounce hers—something they’ve apparently been doing for years. “I mean, everyone messes up my name, so I give up,” Kirsten shared ...

What Exactly Is a Gyro? Gyros consist of a pita wrap containing meat (usually pork and beef in Greece, while lamb is more common in the U.S.) sliced off a vertical rotisserie. Typical toppings include ...

British socialite Ghislaine Maxwell, the former girlfriend of convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein, is making headlines again after meetings with the Department of Justice. A senior DOJ official met ...

The confusion stems from the studio's origin story and the linguistic journey the word "Ghibli" has taken. Initially, "Ghibli" (ギブリ) comes from an Italian word pronounced with a hard "G" (as in "gift" ...

The actor's name — said the 'funky old English' way, as he puts it — is pronounced as 'Rafe' Charlotte Phillipp is a Weekend Writer-Reporter at PEOPLE. She has been working at PEOPLE since 2024, and ...