The Tyne Bridge in Newcastle. Students and professionals from the North of England are frequently mocked for their accent (Photo by English Heritage/Heritage Images/Getty Images) Regional accents are ...

Pronouncing the letter R at the end of words is a dying feature of England’s regional accents, researchers at Lancaster University found – part of a broader trend for accents to become more ...

Accents are part of who people are. They carry history, identity, and pride. From the deep drawls of the American South to the lilting tones of northern England, these unique ways of speaking connect ...

We have all heard our fair share of strangely amusing accents in the UK. Especially in London. From hearing the exotic brummie (Birmingham) accent to the heavily evolved London accent called cockney.

People who have a Yorkshire accent sound 25 times more trustworthy than someone with a Brummie accent, according to new data. In a poll commissioned by OnBuy, 2,221 people listened to 15 accents from ...

There are different ways people speak English based on their country of origin - the way people from a particular country speak is known as an accent. The British accent, especially Received ...

Devyani Sharma receives funding from the Economic and Social Research Council. Do you judge people’s abilities based on their accent? Do you think a person with a posh accent must be more intelligent ...