How to properly pronounce the hard words - HowJSay.com

Man it's all about web apps today I guess, but here's a good one.

When it comes to dissecting copy, I've gotten pretty good at looking up the tough words on sites like dictionary.com. Recently a lot of those site now feature audio pronunciations, which is great, but not all sites have all of their entries voiced yet. Sometimes you have to search out a few sites to actually hear the word you're looking for.
Hard? No.
Kind of a pain? Yeah, a little.

So, trolling Lifehacker, I've found this neat little service called HowJSay. Basically it's a search field for word pronunciations. Handy, easy to use, bookmark it and go. They've currently got over 80,000 words indexed, and I haven't really stumped it yet (except for those really obnoxious pseudo-science words used in cosmetic ads).

CHECK IT OUT HERE

How to speak Droid: R2-D2 Translator

I can't tell you how many times I've been strolling around WeHo, and thought to myself "man I wonder how R2-D2 would yell obscenities at people".

Well wonder no more!
Thanks to the R2-D2 translator you too can discover how to tell someone to "piss off" in droid speak.

R2-D2 TRANSLATOR

Learning Another Language: Lifehacker Edition

Man I LOVE Lifehacker. One of the best blogs on teh intarwebs.

I'm just going to link to their post here about find foreign language podcasts (through Open Culture). I've already put 2 gig worth of Spanish, German, and Italian on my Nano.

Good times!

Go ahead, learn another language, take your pick...
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