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Column: Pronunciation and spelling are still important

Once upon a time, I was asked at the place where I work part time to create a pronunciation guide to some common words.
On Friday, December 5, 2025, the First Lady Melania Trump visited the Children’s National Hospital in Washington, D.C., to ...
I was sent an article listing words that people pronounce differently around the U.S., so I decided to share how I say each one as someone from Eastern Kentucky. Join me as I go through these tricky ...
According to survey data shared with USA TODAY by Teacher Tapp − which polls British educators on school-related issues to inform public policy − more than half of the 10,000 elementary school ...
Researchers in CMU's Language Technologies Institute have created an AI tool that could help fix a child's speech and preserve their identity and personality by allowing them to hear the reconstructed ...
Olivia Munn treated fans to a series of heart-melting family photos as she celebrated her son Malcolm’s 4th birthday. See ...
It's the time of year every word nerd worth their salt is salivating madly, with words of the year starting to come fast and ...
"Get them into a sport or an activity, something that they can learn from, something that they can work on, something that ...
To free up mental space while working with their pint-size patients, some speech therapists have begun experimenting with artificial intelligence to speed up burdensome administrative tasks.
Dr. Schiff reports that some adult kids may express that you (the parent) are the only one who can properly host or make the ...
I’d heard of the cones before, but when my son’s teacher handed him one at preschool graduation, I assumed that was it. It wasn’t until the night before the ceremony that I realized that was a bonus ...