This week, LinkedIn launches a new audio feature that lets you record the precise pronunciation of your name, and then anyone can listen to it. Her name is Troi. Yes, you’re tempted to transpose the ...

Miami University has added a new resource to promote and sustain an inclusive community: NameCoach, which provides accurate audio pronunciation of names. “This is a major move to create more inclusion ...

This episode of Defining Safe covers the frequent mispronunciation of non-Western names. In this episode, we look into the phonetics of pronunciation and hear the perspective of students whose names ...

Record up to a 10-second clip of your name being pronounced and add it to your profile for others to hear. Sometimes you encounter a name and aren't quite sure how to pronounce it. LinkedIn decided to ...

Saying a person's name correctly, perhaps in a job interview or when meeting a new colleague for the first time, can have ties to inclusion, as Akoni wrote. Diversity consultant Ruchika Tulshyan ...

Few things are more painful than listening to an out-of-towner stumble over the pronunciation of “Matunuck” or hearing someone bring up “East Green-witch.” Rhode Island has more than its fair share of ...

Mangled names may be as much of an awards season tradition as snubbing female directors, but that doesn’t mean we have to be all right with it. Right in time for the Golden Globes, Slate has put ...

If you are new to the area, there are some odd pronunciations of names of streets and towns. Here's a pronunciation guide to help you fit in comfortably with the locals. Waterloo street names ...

I have a co-worker that used to live in New Jersey. We work with two people: Dawn and Don. I'm from Oregon. Dawn and Don sound exactly the same when I say them. When my co-worker says Dawn, it comes ...

The correct pronunciation is this: "Shhlitt-ler." You're essentially just making a "shh" sound over the word lit, then saying "ler" as the second syllable, all in one. See, it's not that hard!