Bill Clinton. George Bush. Jimmy Carter. They’re all pretty easy to pronounce. But Barack Obama is not so simple. And before he was world famous, people regularly butchered his African name (Bay-rack ...

For those who make their living talking about hockey players -- on radio, on podcasts, on television -- there's often a moment of truth. You're racing toward the point where you have to say a hockey ...

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 ...

Yes, you’re tempted to transpose the two middle letters, making it Tori. Or to say, “troo-ee.” Or to assume it’s the same as the French word for three, “twa.” But it is pronounced as if it ended in a ...

OK, I'm "succinct." Now how do you say me? I did a little poll about this on Twitter and the results were interesting. Of 416 respondents, 55% said they pronounce it like "sus-sinct" (or "suh-sinct"), ...