Africans assign names to their children according to the happening of a certain situation, or after their grandfathers/mothers as a way to keep their names and spirit alive through the family or ...

Navigating the world as the parent of a child with a unique or difficult-to-pronounce name can be a constant source of frustration. When I named my daughter Chiara, I never considered that people ...

I stared, frozen at a website my colleague sent me to record how to correctly pronounce my name. All I have to do is record myself saying it, and I’ll have a link for the benefit of others, but I ...

I welcome the conversation, and not just because I have been called anything from Rodolfo to Rodrigo, Roberta or even José. Rather, it is because it brings attention to the one domain where it is ...

Google can listen to you pronounce a name and learn from it. I was JUST thinking about this topic yesterday... my housemate is named Maryam, but invariably Google speech-to-text will write it as ...

Paul Mescal is nominated for an Academy Award, but don’t be surprised if his name is mispronounced if he wins. “People get confused with how to pronounce my name because of the drink mezcal,” he told ...

The trick to pronouncing the last name of presidential candidate and South Bend, Indiana mayor Pete Buttigieg is to keep your lips almost totally puckered through all three syllables. At least, that's ...

With an already crowded 2020 presidential race, it may be hard for voters to keep the names of every candidate — as well as their policies and platforms — straight. This may be an even more difficult ...