Are There Any Sioux Left?

Today, the Great Sioux Nation lives on reservations across almost 3,000 square miles in South Dakota, North Dakota, Montana, Minnesota, and Nebraska. The Pine Ridge Indian Reservation in South Dakota is the second-largest in the United States, with a population of 40,000 members. Are there still Sioux tribes today? Today, […]

Is The R In Iron Silent?

The silent R in ‘iron’ in BrE The reason why the r in ‘iron’ is absent in British English is because the r is followed by a consonant now (followed by /n/ in /’aɪərn/) and British English is non-rhotic, meaning the r is only pronounced when followed by a vowel. […]