English is becoming one of the most common languages worldwide, yet silent letters in words present a challenge for many learners. Silent letters help distinguish homophones, but result from borrowing ...

To the editor - Many of the place names which the author of Sept. 2 letter, "Pronunciation important," would like pronounced as locals do, were originally derived from other languages, which contain ...

Lizzie Marvelly takes a big stick to most of us in her latest narrative over our poor pronunciation of Maori place names (Rotorua Daily Post, May 6). She is clearly passionate about this and I can ...