A university professor in Baltimore, Maryland, catches himself pronouncing the very same word in different ways depending on the context in which heβs speaking. For him, it occurs with the word innovative, which U.S. and U.K. speakers pronounce...
Anna, who lives in the San Francisco Bay area, wonders if itβs okay to pronounce the word measure as βmeΙͺΚΙr (rhyming with βhey sureβ) instead of βmΙΚΙr (rhyming with βtreasureβ). This pronunciation is scattered across the United States, and in fact...
Taryn in Washington, D.C., wants to know the proper way to pronounce the word museum. This is part of a complete episode. Transcript of βPronouncing βMuseumββ Hi, you have A Way with Words. Hi, my name is Taryn. I use they them pronouns and Iβm...
Aiya from Toronto, Canada, finds that whenever he moves to a new location, he adopts some of the local dialect, which feels a bit uncomfortable. At one point, for example, he found himself unable to recall if he used on accident or by accident to...
Diego from Orange County, California, wonders: How did George Washington sound when speaking? We can make guesses about his speech, accent, and dialect based on the historical context. This is part of a complete episode. Transcript of βHow Did...
A San Diego, California, man wonders about the meaning and distribution of the directional phrase over yonder. This is part of a complete episode. Transcript of βOver Yonderβ Hello, you have A Way with Words. Hi, howβs it going? This is Josh. Iβm...