The quiz below tests your knowledge of those and other tricky pronunciations from various corners of the English language. Many entries are misles: terms whose spelling leaves room for confusion.

"A beautiful expression we have in Italian is 'arrangiati.' There do exist turns of phrases in English that mean more or less ...

The Oxford English Dictionary (OED) has officially included several popular Sri Lankan words in its latest update, marking a significant moment for the country’s linguistic and cultural recognition on ...

The Oxford English Dictionary (OED) has added several uniquely Sri Lankan words to its June 2025 update, OED.com has said.Among the new entries is “asweddumise”, meaning to prepare land for paddy ...

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For Dr. Abdul Raheem Jesmil, archaeologist and lecturer at the Department of Archaeology, University of Peradeniya, the ...

During his speech on the occasion mentioned, presumably as an invited guest, the retired military officer was reported to have said, ‘වන අලින් ගම වදින විට බල්ලන් බිරුවාට අලියා කලබල නොවී වගාව කා දමන බව ...

In a May 29, 2025 paper, a group of researchers from the Harbin Institute of Technology proposed a method to improve AI translation performance in large language models (LLMs) by addressing a common ...

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In Sinhala language studies, Prof. Disanayaka’s primary focus was the documentation of folk Sinhala usage. As a scholar, he was deeply fascinated by the beauty and romance of the Sinhala village and ...