The minute I open my mouth, it’s clear that I’m from New York (Brooklyn, to be exact). And though my high school speech teachers did their best to beat the accent out of me—and I do tamp it down—it’s ...

Few things stick out more in black American speech than the pronunciation of “ask” as “ax.” And when I say that it “sticks out,” I’m being polite. Attitudes about Ebonics have evolved somewhat as hip ...

Glass. Identify. Photograph. Document. Share. Activating those verbs is the value proposition of Swarovski’s new AX Visio electronic binocular, which gives birders an entire field guide literally at ...

The most common stereotype of black vernacular is the pronunciation of the word "ask" as "ax." "Ax" has gotten a bad rap for years. Pronounce "ask" as "ax," and immediately many will assume that ...

Language and pronunciation are far from immutable. Accents and regionalisms can suggest a great deal about where someone is from—the Dictionary of American Regional English catalogs the vast ...

The Austrian company Swarovski Optik has been innovating in long-range optical instruments for 75 years. Now, like so many other well-established companies these days, it's dipping into the world of ...

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