English spelling often doesn’t reflect the actual sounds of a word. When you read in English, the voice in your head can get stuck on new words that you don’t know how to pronounce. Don’t be discouraged! By learning common spelling conventions, that reading voice will maintain the flo...
Pete asks Zade how to pronounce her name: “Yep, like ‘aide’ but add a Z.” I grinned; I appreciated it immensely when people took the time to learn how to say my name properly. I hated it when people called me “Zaad” or something like that, which sounded more like a car or...
Though a difficult word to spell and pronounce at first, a mnemonic, as noted, is a trick used for recalling information in a list that in isolation may be hard to remember. One such list is the 12 cranial nerves, many of which have long and confusing names. If medical students have a...
Few people actually care about your brand name, as long as it’s something they can pronounce. You can always change it later if you absolutely have to. The lesson: It’s better to make a mistake and fix it later than to never take the first step at all. So, while it’s important...
I am going to describe my method for making this. It’s not the only way–you can tinker around to make it work for the equipment you have. I like to do everything in one vessel–in this case, a 2 cup, heat-proof liquid measuring cup. ...
Even turning your voice into text--automatic speech recognition-- is one of the hardest problems to solve, as there are as many ways to pronounce things as there are people on the planet. Siri has often been praised for its ability to interpret our casual language and deliver very specific...
Stribling says he views SCIpher as a cheeky way to trade secrets—not to mention, to poke fun at conferences' ridiculous, jargon-filled names. "We combined almost-pronounceable acronyms with random buzzwords cribbed from the SCIgen grammar to evoke the kind of niche specialization that results ...