IN 1789, Noah Webster declared ‘the pure English pronunciation in Great Britain and New England’ to be ‘exactly the same in both.’ Ever since that time those who undertake the difficult task of ...

This is the eighth of eight voiced consonant programmes in our series of videos that explore the sounds of English. This is the eighth of eight voiceless consonant programmes in our series of videos ...

This is the second of five long vowel programmes in our series of videos that explore the sounds of English. This is the second of eight other consonant programmes in our series of videos that explore ...

OK, I'm "succinct." Now how do you say me? I did a little poll about this on Twitter and the results were interesting. Of 416 respondents, 55% said they pronounce it like "sus-sinct" (or "suh-sinct"), ...