Numeric standards complement the alphabet, improving clarity and efficiency in transmission. The pronunciation guide confirms the importance of the phonetic alphabet for effective radio communication.

Once the form is complete, Facebook generates an audio clip preview of the new pronunciation guide -- and both the phonetic spelling and the audio clip are then displayed on users' profiles.

However, when adopting this Italian word into Japanese, the pronunciation shifted due to phonetic constraints in the Japanese language. In Japanese, the studio name is written as ジブリ (Jiburi ...

What if the pronunciation of a name has you stumped — and you have to say it on air? Here's how to do it accurately and understandably.

Wikipedia only shows some elaborate pronunciation guide written in the International Phonetic Alphabet. You could start googling it in another tab, but there’s an easy way to translate that ...

It includes an audio MP3 along with the phonetic pronunciation of more than 2,200 listings. The guide even includes pop culture references, like Eminem and Aaliyah.

When Bush addressed the U.N. General Assembly on Tuesday, the White House inadvertently showed exactly how -- with a phonetic pronunciation guide on the teleprompter to get him past troublesome ...

Spellbinding young players have taken the league by storm, but fans still mispronounce their names. Here's our handy guide to the trickier monikers -- with the help of a soccer announcer.

QUICK TAKE: It's a food history, menu translator and cookbook rolled into one gastronomic guide. Thumb through this 132-pager (part of a seven-title series) and you'll be wishing you were scooping ...