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HISTORICAL FACTS: Babbel - The Untold Story

The accents in the US and Europe that Americans find the sexiest - and the most off-putting

A new poll for language learning platform Babbel produced top 10 accent rankings for America and Europe

The Independent UK

Britain’s most mispronounced words of 2025 revealed

Language-learning platform Babbel has once again joined forces with the British Institute of Verbatim Reporters (BIVR) to reveal the most mispronounced words and names of the year

Evening Standard

The most mispronounced words of 2025: Are you saying them correctly?

From the election of Zohran Mamdani to a Parisian jewel heist, language-learning company Babbel and closed-captioning company The Captioning Group have compiled some of 2025’s most mispronounced words.

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From Zohran to Acetaminophen: the top mispronounced words of 2025

The theft of France’s crown jewels from the Louvre in October had many people mispronouncing the name of the world’s most-visited museum

The Independent UK

I spent 2 weeks speaking to a Spanish AI — here's how Babbel finally helped me learn a language

Babbel's language app has taken the jump into the world of AI with its new speaking feature. Here's what it's like to use.

Tom’s Guide

Why are we so bad at apologising?

IN FOCUS: For a nation that is famously apologetic about everything, the UK apparently has a hard time saying sorry. Olivia Petter asks why we find making genuine apologies so difficult – and what that says about our ability to take accountability

The Independent UK

Don’t order ketchup! The do’s and don’ts for eating out in Europe and getting along with the locals

A hospitality consultant and a linguistic and cultural expert offer their tips on how not to offend the locals on a European vacation

The Independent UK

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Bonkers for Britishisms: the UK terms Americans have embraced

Researchers have catalogued the British words and phrases most used in US conversation, sparking delight and frustration

The Guardian - US

How to stop your group holiday from destroying your friendship

LET’S UNPACK THAT: It sounds great on paper, and you all get along at home, so why does tension and in-fighting always seem to break out when friends go on holiday together? Before you book your summer sojourn, Helen Salter digs into what you should be doing to prevent upset

The Independent UK

Barry Keoghan to Shein: The most mispronounced words of 2024

Have you been saying these words correctly?

Evening Standard

Chappell Roan, semaglutide and Kamala Harris: the most mispronounced words of 2024

Language experts rounded up the year’s winners (losers?) in the US and UK – and provided the correct pronunciations

The Guardian - US

2024 Mispronounced Words: Harris, Roan, And More

Explore the Babbel and The Captioning Group list of most mispronounced words in 2024, featuring names like Chappell Roan and Kamala Harris, and the importa...

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The most mispronounced words of 2024 include one of the biggest songs of the year and a Dune actor

Kamala Harris also made the list

The Independent UK

How to survive Paris during the 2024 Olympics

For the uninitiated, Paris can be a lot. So, Fortune spoke to tourism, insurance, banking, and culture experts for their tips on navigating the city.

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‘I was flabbergasted’: refunds for unused subscriptions may be easier than you think

Whether the deal auto-renewed without your knowledge or you forgot a free trial had ended, try asking for your money back

Kiplinger

Can Language Apps Teach You to Speak a Foreign Language?

Your expectations might be too high if you think an online language platform can teach you to have a meaningful conversation in a foreign language.

The Independent UK

From SZA to the Stone of Scone, the words that help tell the story of 2023 were often mispronounced

Some of the words tied to this year’s hottest topics were also among the most mangled when it came to saying them aloud

WEKU

When she won the first national spelling bee, Marie C. Bolden dealt a blow to racism

Her victory made national news, upending stereotypes about race less than 50 years after the end of slavery. It also sparked racist fury.

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The Independent UK

Workers are ‘giving away’ 56 hours a year by working through their lunch breaks

A recent poll of 2,000 employed adults found they typically take a full lunch break just 11 out of their 20 working days a month

Daily Mirror

Half of workers find lunch breaks 'boring' - and work through them four days a month

Employed adults 'give away' 56 hours a year - by only taking a full lunch break on 11 out of their 20 working days each month

Evening Standard

How to be a CEO podcast: Babbel CEO Arne Schepker on building work culture

Arne Schepker has been CEO of language learning business Babbel since 2015.

The Independent UK

Tagovailoa, Zaporizhzhia make list of most mangled words

The Miami Dolphins quarterback at the center of the NFL's overhaul of its concussion protocols and the Ukrainian city that's home to Europe's largest nuclear plant are among this year's list of most mispronounced words

Fortune

Black coffee, limited screen time, and early morning rowing: Here's how the CEO of language app Babel stays sane

CEO Julie Hansen says employee work-life balance is something she takes seriously as a leader.

Nottingham Post

There were many more monikers Babbel considered to be 'endangered

Edinburgh Live

The UK baby names that have become extinct and those set to become 'endangered'

Some once-common baby names have fallen out of use completely since 1994, but a number of others are also at risk of being completely eradicated after being deemed 'unfashionable' by new parents

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