How to Say: Chinese names
An occasional guide to the words and names in the news from Martha Figueroa-Clark of the BBC Pronunciation Unit. The devastating earthquake in China has affected many towns and cities in the Wenchuan...
View ArticleHow to Say: Anglican terms
An occasional guide to the words and names in the news from Jo Kim of the BBC Pronunciation Unit. The Church of England's ruling General Synod met at the Lambeth conference this week and several...
View ArticleHow to Say: Olympic terms
An occasional guide to the words and names in the news from Christine Haunz of the BBC Pronunciation Unit. With the Olympics in full swing, and the British team winning medals in little-known...
View ArticleHow to Say: Davos
An occasional guide to the words and names in the news from Christine Haunz of the BBC Pronunciation Unit As the annual meeting of the World Economic Forum is once again taking place in Davos, some...
View ArticleHow to say: Names in the beautiful game
An occasional guide to words and names in the news from Christine Haunz and Jo Kim of the BBC Pronunciation Unit Football has featured prominently in the news recently as the transfer window closed...
View ArticleHow to say: Chinese names and ethnic groups
An occasional guide to the words and names in the news from Jo Kim of the BBC Pronunciation Unit. This week has seen riots and fighting between the Han Chinese and Uighur ethnic groups in Urumqi....
View ArticleHow to Say: Economics
An occasional guide to the words and names in the news from Martha Figueroa-Clark of the BBC Pronunciation Unit. People often want to know how "economic" should be pronounced - a question most recently...
View ArticleHow to Say: JM Coetzee and other Booker authors
An occasional guide to the words and names in the news from Catherine Sangster of the BBC Pronunciation Unit. The shortlist for the 2009 Man Booker Prize has been announced, and, as always, there are...
View ArticleHow to Say: Van Gogh
An occasional guide to the words and names in the news from Esther de Leeuw of the BBC Pronunciation Unit. During his lifetime, most people would not have given much thought to the pronunciation of...
View ArticleHow to Say: Haiti and Port-au-Prince
An occasional guide to the words and names in the news from Jo Kim of the BBC Pronunciation Unit. In the aftermath of the devastating earthquake in Haiti, there are some place names appearing...
View ArticleHow to Say: Kyrgyzstan
An occasional guide to the words and names in the news from Jo Kim of the BBC Pronunciation Unit. The protests and violent clashes in Kyrgyzstan last week culminated in the ousting of the president and...
View ArticleHow to Say: Eyjafjallajoekull
An occasional guide to the words and names in the news from Linda Shockey of the BBC Pronunciation Unit. A volcano has errupted under a glacier in the Eyjafjallajokull area of Iceland, causing a cloud...
View ArticleHow to Say: World Cup 2010 tongue-twisters
An occasional guide to the words and names in the news from Linda Shockey and Esther de Leeuw of the BBC Pronunciation Unit. South Africa is a land of many languages: there are 11 offical languages,...
View ArticleHow to Say: Irish political terms
Brian Cowen is Ireland's taoiseach An occasional guide to the words and names in the news from Jo Kim of the BBC Pronunciation Unit. The announcement of the Irish Republic's austerity plan has made...
View ArticleHow to Say: The Scottish mountain
An occasional guide to the words and names in the news from Jo Kim of the BBC Pronunciation Unit. A climber from Glasgow amazingly survived a 1,000-foot fall from a mountain peak near Ben Nevis and was...
View ArticleHow to Say: Michele Bachmann
An occasional guide to the words and names in the news from Marieke Martin of the BBC Pronunciation Unit. Minnesota congresswoman Michele Bachmann has formally launched her bid to become the next...
View ArticleHow to say: Basel/Bâle/Basle/Basilea
An occasional guide to the words and names in the news from Marieke Martin of the BBC Pronunciation Unit. Every now and then the third largest city in Switzerland has been the subject of audience...
View ArticleHow to say: New Zealand place names
An occasional guide to the words and names in the news from Jo Kim of the BBC Pronunciation Unit. Following the disastrous oil spill in the Astrolabe Reef (ASS-truh-lab, -a as in "tap", stressed...
View ArticleHow to Say: Euro 2012 venues and names
An occasional guide to the words and names in the news from Martha Figueroa-Clark of the BBC Pronunciation Unit. It's that time again when European nations compete to be crowned winners of the Uefa...
View ArticleHow to Say: Chinese leaders' names
An occasional guide to the words and names in the news from Jo Kim of the BBC Pronunciation Unit. The 18th Party Congress of the Communist Party of China has drawn to a close and China has appointed a...
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