Hello, I’m Mr Firth and today we’re going to be focusing on words that have one or more syllables in them. But first, let’s remind ourselves what a syllable is. A syllable is a beat of sound in a word ...

My maiden name was a three-syllable mouthful, so my parents gave me (and my brothers) simpler first names to pair with our longer last name. If this is true for you, too—or if your baby will have a ...