We might need to get used to the name “Beryl.” Hurricane Beryl is motoring west across the Atlantic, rapidly strengthening along the way. It gained hurricane status late Saturday afternoon, and the National Hurricane Center expects the storm to become a major hurricane as early as Monday. Whether it will impact Florida or the American […]
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How do you pronounce ‘Nvidia’? Here’s how to say the $3 trillion company’s name, which has mythological roots
Most of the world’s top corporations have simple names. Steve Jobs named Apple while on a fruitarian diet, and found the name “fun, spirited and not intimidating.” Plus, it came before Atari in the phonebook. Microsoft is an amalgamation of the words “microcomputer” and “software,” while Walmart a combination of the last name of the […]
How a company whose name you probably can’t pronounce is now worth more than Apple
It’s easy to grasp why Apple, Microsoft and Google are multitrillion-dollar companies: Just think about how many people around the world interact with the companies’ products and rely on them to go about their daily lives. But these multigenerational brand names are now trailing behind Nvidia, suddenly the most-valuable public company in the world. The […]
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How to pronounce Pennsylvania’s weird town names
(WHTM) – Pennsylvania is full of weird town names, but some of the Commonwealth’s town names are just plain hard to pronounce (if you aren’t from here). Not all of Pennsylvania’s weird town names are difficult to pronounce such as Burnt Cabins, Forty Fort, Intercourse, Blue Ball, and Bird-In-Hand. So which town names are “difficult” […]
How to pronounce the Knoxville congressman’s name
If you’ve seen Knoxville’s Rep. Tim Burchett on CNN recently, you may have heard the network’s on-air folks pronounce his last name “burr-CHET.” And if you’re an East Tennessean, you’re probably scratching your head. “Have I been pronouncing his last name wrong all these years?” Rest assured, the problem is with CNN, not you. Knox […]