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Pronunciation Studio articles on English words.

Lewk

By |September 15th, 2025|Categories: Words|

LEWK n Cambridge have added the word LEWK to the dictionary. It is a respelling and re-pronunciation of the word LOOK: The word swaps the lax /ʊ/ vowel found in most pronunciations of [...]

Skibidi

By |August 28th, 2025|Categories: Words|

SKIBIDI Cambridge have announced the addition of SKIBIDI - the Gen Alpha word to their English Dictionary. You can watch my explanation of the word below: The pronunciation /ˈskɪbɪdi/ is pretty obvious, [...]

Words of 2024

By |December 30th, 2024|Categories: Words|

Words of 2024 A year of elections, olympians and loads of social media. So what were the words that summed it up as chosen by major dictionaries? Unsurprisingly it was social media that [...]

Words of 2023

By |December 31st, 2023|Categories: Pronunciation, Words|

2023 - Words of the Year For the first time since COVID  hit in 2020, this year's words of the year aren’t about the pandemic. Instead they are mainly concerned with a different kind [...]

10 New Words 2016

By |December 7th, 2016|Categories: Pronunciation, Words|

10 New Words 2016 Every year the OED (Oxford English Dictionary) adds new words, here is our pick from 2016 - 10 words that sum up the year's social developments perfectly, how to pronounce them and what they [...]

Speak – idioms and phrasal verbs.

By |June 16th, 2016|Categories: Words|

Speak - idioms & phrasal verbs. Do know your 'speak out' from your 'speak up' and your 'speak volumes'? Here's the Pronunciation Studio guide to a very versatile word: [ssba] 1. “speak volumes” Meaning: represent/display [...]

Sorry

By |May 30th, 2016|Categories: Intonation, Words|

"sorry" - 4 uses [ssba] One of the most overused words in England. Why do English people say sorry so often? Is it a reflex? Do they really mean it? Could it even be a [...]

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