The Graphics Interchange Format, or GIF, was first developed by computer scientist working at CompuServe back in 1987. And while it has swelled or dipped, the debate over how to pronounce the acronym ...

People go *nuts* over this debate. If you’re looking for a simple way to start a playful argument and turn people against each other in (mostly!) good fun, ask what names they have for certain things.

Missourians may not agree on how to pronounce the state’s name, but many seem united in one opinion: Kevin Hart’s version ...

You've probably heard the Caribbean pronunciation in two distinct ways. We asked a language expert and a local to settle the debate once and for all. To find out, we talked to language coach Sara ...

As this is an argument about the underpinnings of the English language, let me be frank—the acronym derived from the word "Graphic Interchange Format" is pronounced with a hard G, "GIF," like ...

Given certain conditions having to do with word stress and the other sounds in a word, we simply do not like to have two r’s so close to each other. The name for the linguistic process where one sound ...

English is a tricky language to learn. Native speakers may take this for granted, failing to realize how intricate—and inconsistent—many of its pronunciation rules are. For instance, why do heart, ...

Answering the first two questions relatively easy. 1) It’s like regular money, but printed on math instead of paper. 2) A very small amount. But the third one is a little tricky. ?Doge” is a ...

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When tragedy struck Uvalde, journalists flooded into the small Texas town to report on the aftermath of the shooting at Robb Elementary School. That included NPR's own team — and it didn't take long ...

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