pronunciation manual

gangles showed me this youtube channel that helps you learn how to say hard things.

what we got out of the state of the union

Right after President Barack Obama finished his State of the Union address, we asked our listeners to describe his speech in three words. We received responses from more than 4,000 of you. We've run them through a word cloud generator and this is what all of you said:


inspiring salmon

nymag pronunciation guide

sofia vergara demonstrates how best to pronounce "shia labeouf"

hear shia labeouf pronounce the word "epitome"

a word i learned.

i think i am....crepuscular (fixed!). just like deers and the red panda.

dude

check out the number one definition for the word dude, according to dictionary.com. also, check out the phrase, dude up :

dude : /dud, dyud/ Show Spelled Pronunciation [dood, dyood] noun, verb, dud⋅ed, dud⋅ing.

–noun

1.	a man excessively concerned with his clothes, grooming, and manners.

2.	Slang. fellow; chap.

3.	a person reared in a large city.

4.	Western U.S. an urban Easterner who vacations on a ranch.

—Verb phrase

5.	dude up, Informal. to dress in one's fanciest, best, or most stylish clothes; dress up: He got all duded up to go to the dance.

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Origin:
1880–85, Americanism; orig. uncert.

captivate word of the day: ctm

lam-ster [lam-ster]

–noun Slang.
a fugitive from the law.

funny, i would've thought that was a lamb-hamster mix. or maybe a lobster-hamster mix. who knew!

english gets its millionth word!

English contains more words than any other language on the planet and added its millionth word early Wednesday, according to the Global Language Monitor, a Web site that uses a math formula to estimate how often words are created.

The site estimates the millionth English word, "Web 2.0" was added to the language Wednesday at 5:22 a.m. ET. The term refers to the second, more social generation of the Internet.

The site says more than 14 words are added to English every day, at the current rate. (cnn)