Is there a term for words that simply feel good as you form them in your mouth and say them? Linguists sometimes speak of mouthfeel, an expression borrowed from the food world. They also talk about phonaesthetics, the study of the sensuous...
Mark from Dallas asks about a friend who pronounces garage with an extra r sound. Gararge? English has several common pronunciations of garage, including versions that rhyme with barrage and, in British English, carriage. That bonus r resembles the...
How do you pronounce biopic? The proper way to mention the genre of biographical motion picture has always been “BUY-oh-pick,” as opposed to the mirror of myopic. It’s not unusual to mispronounce a word if the spelling does not...