Have you ever wished you could swim like a fish? How about speak like one? In a paper recently published in the Journal of ...

Consumers remember the sounds of numbers in prices and associate certain sounds with value, according to a new study. Consumers remember the sounds of numbers in prices and associate certain sounds ...

Confused by similar-sounding English words? Learn to distinguish tricky vowel sounds like 'bed' vs 'bad' with clear pronunciation examples.

Study reveals that sperm whales may “speak” using structured vowel patterns, bringing scientists closer to decoding their secret conversations. Researchers from the University of California, Berkeley ...

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Fluent English speakers often add sounds between words to link them together. When one word ends with a vowel sound, and the following word begins with a vowel sound, you might hear a subtle /j/ or /w ...

Are you captivated by K-Pop, immersed in K-Dramas, or dreaming of a trip to South Korea? The very first and most crucial step to unlock the Korean language is to master its incredible writing system: ...

American accents come from varied origins, mixing geographic, cultural and migration patterns. The Michigan accent encompasses the local speech habits of Michiganders. It is part of the Inland North ...

"DID A DOLPHIN JUST TRY TO SPEAK TO ME?" DUNNELLON, Fla., April 22, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- "A,E,O,U"--these are the vowels the dolphin, Zeus, made that grabbed the attention of lead researcher Jack ...

In fact, any letter representing a vowel sound can be pronounced as schwa. For example, the first vowel in the word 'connect' is a schwa sound but it's written with the letter 'o', and the second ...

A newly developed automated system can add vowel signs to computerized Arabic texts, enabling learners and speakers to read them in an easy and accurate manner, scientists reveal. In linguistic jargon ...