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The guttural French "R" is one of the most iconic sounds in the world, but it's a surprisingly recent development.…
H-dropping, the act of saying "'ouse" instead of "house", is far more than a simple pronunciation quirk. This feature of…
Why does the "s" in the Irish word "sláinte" sound like an "sh"? The answer lies in slender and broad…
Think the glottal stop is just for Cockney accents? Think again. This unwritten consonant is hiding in plain sight in…
Move beyond the Great Vowel Shift and explore French's "Great Silence"—the massive, historical loss of final consonants. This single change…
When you ask, "Do you speak English?", what is the word 'do' really doing? This seemingly simple word is actually…
Have you ever heard a vowel that wasn't spelled, like the "a" in the Irish word *uisce* (ish-ka)? This phenomenon,…
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