Ever felt disoriented by the strange names on the map of Poland, the seemingly unpronounceable names of Polish artists and politicians, or even of protagonists you come across in books? Names like ...

An occasional guide to the words and names in the news from Catherine Sangster of the BBC Pronunciation Unit. One of the pronunciations we have been asked to research this week is the name of ...

Do you not know your Haneke from a hole in the wall? Do you think “Beasts of the Southern Wild?” stars a cute kid named Gesundheit? Do you wonder why Steven Spielberg keeps thanking an Eastern ...

A guide to names and words in the news from Martha Figueroa-Clark of the BBC Pronunciation Unit. "Today's pronunciation is Polish Prime Minister Jarosław Kaczyński. Our recommendation is yarr-OSS-waff ...

Emily Ratajkowski has clarified how to pronounce her last name, with the model revealing the correct Polish pronunciation. Ratajkowski, 31, shared the correct way to say her name in new videos posted ...

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