14 Words Americans Say With Total Confidence—And Still Get Wrong

The 2024 report analyzing Google Trends found that Americans searched "how to pronounce" various words starting in January ...
Fox2Now St. Louis

Missour-EE or Missour-UH? New research revisits age-old debate

ST. LOUIS – More than six million people call the Show Me State home, but not everyone agrees with how to pronounce their home state’s name. There are two common variations in how residents pronounce ...
WUWM

Ee-mew Or Ee-moo? NPR's Pronunciation Sparks International Debate

Emu or emu - that was the debate that began to rage across continents after we aired Stu Rushfield's story last week about Winston, an emu who went on the lam. Now - who writes this stuff? Now Stu's ...
Los Angeles Times

Spoken Like a True Missourian, er, Missourahn

ST. LOUIS — Matt Blunt, the Republican candidate for governor, tried his very best to pander. Every time he invoked the name of this great state, he paused first, concentrated, made a deliberate ...
Hartford Courant

`ROO’ OR `YOO,’ FEBRUARY WILL SOON HAVE US IN ITS ARTIC, UH, ARCTIC, GRIP

The second month of the year has its detractors — “It’s gloomy, glacial and gloppy!” — as well as its supporters — “At least it’s short!” But the big question is: “How do you pronounce it?” Is it “Feb ...