The phone jangles in the bright white-walled computer shop off Hillhurst Avenue, and Ariel Belkin picks it up. “Los FEE-lus Hi-Tech,” he says. “This is Ariel.” After the call comes his confession. The ...

You say “San Pay-dro,” I say “San Pee-dro” — let’s call the whole thing L.A. It’s supposed to be a “tell” — that in Los Angeles, you can sort the locals from the pretenders and parachutists by how ...

A television news anchor in Arizona – more used to reporting on stories than being the center of one – has made headlines across the country for a strongly-worded on-air defense of her pronunciation ...

Just like in English, Spanish has its own sounds and ways to pronounce letters. Spanish is an exciting language to learn but there are a few exception sounds you need to be aware of: You might have ...

Moreno, who is bilingual and of Mexican heritage responded, saying she is simply stating the names the proper way, more faithful to the language. "Spanish is my first language and I'm pronouncing it ...

Dear Gabacho from Long Beach: Gotta say that in my lifetime of living in Southern California, I’ve never heard nadie pronounce Junipero like you say people mispronounce it — the malapropism I hear is ...

DEAR MEXICAN: In my hometown of Playa Larga (Long Beach, California), natives refer to a major avenida in our villa, Junipero Avenue (named for Father Junipero Serra, accused native genocider, a ...