Fluent English speakers often add sounds between words to link them together. When one word ends with a vowel sound, and the ...

The secret physics at the core of every syllable, starting with the first words we speak. Human language is an incredible thing: a combination of mouth sounds that we combine into words, sentences, ...

These "I" and "E" vowels are formed by putting your tongue forward in the mouth. That's why they're called "front" vowels. With these words, your tongue depresses and folds back a bit. So "O", "A" and ...

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How is language evolving on the internet? In this series on internet linguistics, Gretchen McCulloch breaks down the latest innovations in online communication. Vowel-less words, like srsly, thx, k, ...

Every elementary school student learns it early in their lives: A, E, I, O, U and sometimes Y. Scott Zolak, however, was apparently absent on the day that was taught in his school, and he adamantly ...

To explore how dialects change over time, you need a single speaker who's lived in different regions and has been recorded a ...

If you save time by texting in shorthand, this game will be a cinch. Art Chung is back to give contestants the ordered consonants of a word, and contestants must fill in the vowels to complete it.