Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Big tip: Don’t announce you’re about to butcher someone’s name. (Photo: JakeOlimb via Getty Images) Names are how we identify who ...
Katie Garapic made a TikTok looking for advice about how to accurately say her Croatian surname Katie Garapic is having an identity crisis that spans generations and continents: she isn't sure how to ...
There’s a lot in a name.We’ve previously discussed the smoothest way to handle forgetting someone’s name—but what if you don’t know how to pronounce their name in the first place? With all the ...
As a writer and editor, words are my jam, but since I’m at a keyboard all day long, I don’t actually have to say the words that trip me up out loud. Like gyro, which is kind of embarrassing, since ...
Katie Garapic realized she may be mispronouncing her Croatian last name while watching the Olympics. Athletes from the neighboring Serbia spelled their names "-ić," which implies a "-ch" sound at the ...