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Pronunciation Studio articles on English words.
Words of 2025
Words of 2025 In this year's end of year word list, there were 2 main themes: Digital Media and AI, but there was one surprising entry that wasn't really about either. Here [...]
Phubbing
PHUBBING /ˈfʌbɪŋ/ PHUBBING is a relatively new word, originating in Australia in 2012 and formed by combining the words PHONE and SNUBBING, here you can see it in action: The pronunciation /ˈfʌbɪŋ/ [...]
Lewk
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
SKIBIDI /ˈskɪbɪdi/ 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
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
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 [...]
Very Tenable Spoonerisms
Very Tenables and the surreal world of Spoonerisms. I should start this piece by stating that spoonerisms have nothing whatsoever to do with spoons. So nir. Except of course, that both [...]
10 New Words 2016
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.
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
"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 [...]
