Today Sam will plow through the city’s rough boroughs in search of artisanal cookie dough, even though he ought to stay home to nurse his cough. What’s wrong with that picture? Seven words containing ...

A sixth-grader won her school’s spelling bee just five years after moving to Mesa from the Philippines and learning English.

Gareth Rees answers a question from Iain Wood in Belgium about the use of apostrophes in some names. 'When you say Christmas it sounds like /krismas/ and when you say Christchurch for example, it ...

Learning a language is often tricky, particularly when it comes to spelling new words. "The Spell As You Pronounce Universal Project" (SAYPU) wants everyone to spell words the way they are pronounced ...

You've probably noticed that English spelling is not as consistent or phonetically reliable as the spelling of many other languages. Writing English is sort of like one of those computer games where ...

Fourth grader Darrel Tuuya Owen from Akiak did not seem fazed by the crowd. He spelled out his words in a loud, clear voice. (Rhonda McBride/KNBA) The statewide Yup’ik language spelling bee was born ...

Faizan Zaki, age 13, spelled the word “eclaircissement” and collapsed on the floor in victory as confetti showered him at the 100th Scripps National Spelling Bee last week. The annual competition took ...

My 11-year-old student sighs. How can the same letters make so many different sounds? We are looking at the letter combination “ough”, which can be read in seven different ways: “through”, “thorough”, ...

Elementary school children may be harmed by overuse of tech tools for spelling. Literacy experts are calling for change and ...

I watched from the edge of my seat Friday night as fourteen-year-old Anamika Veeramani calmly and correctly spelled the word “stromuhr” on national television, becoming the winner of the 2010 Scripps ...