How One Tiny Sound Can Change Everything

By Al | August 25, 2025
Just one small consonant mispronunciation can turn a perfectly clear sentence into something confusing, and sometimes even unintentionally funny. A single sound can shift clarity into uncertainty, leaving your listener puzzled, unsure, or struggling to follow you. Non-native speakers are particularly prone to these mispronunciations, since some sounds don’t exist in their first language or…Read More

The Power of Intonation: How We Speak the Punctuation We See

By Al | July 31, 2025
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Have you ever stopped to think about how much meaning is packed into tiny punctuation marks—and how we express that meaning when we speak? Punctuation doesn’t just shape how we read text on a page; it also guides how we speak, influencing our pitch, rhythm, and cadence. In spoken language, these written symbols come to…Read More