Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Few things are more painful than listening to an out-of-towner stumble over the pronunciation of “Matunuck” or hearing someone ...

Simu Liu recently corrected how to pronounce his name, and now Olympic figure skater Alysa Liu says fans have been saying ...

We’ve all been faced with a name that’s difficult to pronounce. But not everyone considers the consequences of their mispronunciations. In a piece for Fast Company, Madhumita Mallick, the head of ...

Have a confusingly long first name you never use -- or a consonant-heavy last name -- that even your friends can't pronounce? A new Facebook feature recently spotted on some users' profiles is ...

The simplest thing to do if there's any doubt about how to say someone's name, of course, is to ask that person to say it for you. What if he or she isn't alive? The best sources include: - Tape or ...