If you need to hit a nail, what tool do you ask for? If you say "hammer," do you pronounce the "r"? Do you drop the "h"? Different people pronounce the same English words in different ways. People ...
Growing up as a first-generation Cuban American in Miami, Ismael Llano never thought twice about the way he spoke. “It’s one of those things where if everybody speaks the same way, then it’s not odd,” ...
The world has several languages and dialects. Most of these languages have a legacy of centuries and yet continue to develop in a myriad of ways. In 2024, linguists were stunned to observe an ...
Travel to Miami, and you might hear people say 'get down from the car' instead of 'get out of the car.' Miami Herald/Getty Images “We got down from the car and went inside.” “I made the line to pay ...
Not everyone in the United States speaks the same English, as a recent American Dialect quiz made very clear. In an essay originally published on her blog, Harmless Drudgery, lexicographer and Merriam ...
Growing up as a first-generation Cuban American in Miami, Ismael Llano never thought twice about the way he spoke. “It’s one of those things where if everybody speaks the same way, then it’s not odd,” ...
Some results have been hidden because they may be inaccessible to you
Show inaccessible results
Feedback