Mariska Hargitay Explains How to Pronounce Her Name, Once and For All

To prevent more mix-ups, Hargitay said she's changed her name on her “Law & Order" call sheets to emphasize the "h" sound.
Ars Technica

You can now teach the Google Assistant how to pronounce names

Google can listen to you pronounce a name and learn from it. I was JUST thinking about this topic yesterday... my housemate is named Maryam, but invariably Google speech-to-text will write it as ...

Here are 12 common words many Americans can’t pronounce, can you?

Over 300,000 people searched for help pronouncing "gyro" alone, while that fancy meat and cheese board "charcuterie" ...
The Independent on MSN

Mariska Hargitay corrects pronunciation of her name once and for all after her own cousin got it wrong

Mariska Hargitay corrects pronunciation of her name once and for all after her own cousin got it wrong - The actor’s name is ...
The Providence Journal

Rhode Island pronunciation guide: 35 names that visitors and even some locals get wrong

Few things are more painful than listening to an out-of-towner stumble over the pronunciation of “Matunuck” or hearing someone bring up “East Green-witch.” Rhode Island has more than its fair share of ...