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English is a tricky language to learn. Native speakers may take this for granted, failing to realize how intricate-and inconsistent-many of its pronunciation rules are. For instance, why do heart, ...

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Whether it's 'plethora' or 'resplendent', many of us have a few fancy words in our arsenal that we bring out when we want to impress our friends. But if you really want to dazzle your pals, these ...

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The longest word in English has 189,819 letters and would take you three and a half hours to pronounce correctly. Seriously. It’s the chemical name of Titin (or connectin), a giant protein “that ...