DEAR WORD COURT: Recently you were talking about "metal," "mettle," "meddle" and "medal" all sounding alike. A couple of days ago "Jeopardy" had a category of "silent L" words, and most of them I ...

It’s only one syllable, but it’s enough to make Gonzaga fans throughout the country cringe. Gon-ZAH-ga. Anyone who knows the school will tell you- it’s “Go Zags, not Go Zogs.” So where does the ...

Call it “reader’s ear.” Sometimes, it’s a tin ear. Reader’s ear is an affliction suffered by those of us who gather most of our information by reading, as opposed to listening. We may see a word in ...

Should there be an official commission that decides thorny pronunciation questions about North Carolina places and names? You know – towns such as Clinton, Kure Beach, Chalybeate Springs and counties ...