The rules for determining syllable boundaries should be applied in the following order. From this order better generalizations can be made. The ordering goes from the more specific to the less ...

Minimal Pairs : ‘teen’ is the stressed syllable - it is long and clear and the /t/ is clearly pronounced: thirteen, fourteen... ‘ty’ is the unstressed syllable- it is short and quick and ...

Julie Sedivy’s memoir delves into our enduring love affair with language.

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Having tried to address a functional definition of a bayou last week, I’ll pivot here to a related subject I was asked about, which yields a comparable muddiness. How are you supposed to pronounce the ...

You may have wondered, “What is karma, and how does it affect my life?” Karma is a concept with a few definitions, specifically in Hinduism and Buddhism. The common sayings “what goes around ...

What is ultra-processed food? There is no single definition of ultra-processed foods, but in general they contain ingredients not used in home cooking. Many are chemicals, colourings and ...

Anthropic, the AI vendor second in size only to OpenAI, has a powerful family of generative AI models called Claude. These ...

The mean, green witch and the Evil Queen have thrilled generations of moviegoers. But they also reflect cultural fears about ...

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