Ever wondered what the sounds in 'boy', 'cow', and 'my' have in common? They're diphthongs—two vowel sounds smashed into a…
What if the letter 'S' looked like a hiss or 'P' was shaped by the lips? We delve into the…
The 1960 debate between Kennedy and Nixon wasn't just a visual contest; it was a duel of dialects. This sociolinguistic…
In the chaos of medieval Bruges, how could you tell friend from foe? For Flemish rebels in 1302, the answer…
We can read the words of Charlemagne's era, but what did they actually sound like? A groundbreaking initiative called the…
Ever wonder how you can understand someone through a crackly phone line or a loud cough? The answer lies in…
It’s not just what you say, but how you say it that can betray a lie. The prosody of speech—the…
Meet the schwa [ə], the most common yet most invisible vowel in the English language. This humble sound lives in…
While most consonants are made by pushing air out, a fascinating category of sounds called implosives does the exact opposite.…
Travel to Mexico’s Yucatán Peninsula and you might hear a secret sound hiding within the local Spanish. This subtle ‘pop’…
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