‘Very specific differences in language, dialect and accents have emerged over time, and that's a fascinating side of language evolution.’ By Laura Baisas Published Nov 19, 2024 7:01 PM EST Deposit ...

You better knock off that awful attempt at a Scottish brogue, mate: A team of researchers has found that people in the northern United Kingdom and Ireland are especially good at telling when you’re ...

From the moment we are born (and even before that, in utero), we tune into the languages around us. This includes the accents they are spoken in. Studies have found that infants show a preference for ...

Despite the plethora of accents that we manage to fit onto our small island, the world of film and TV in the UK has long been largely dominated by just one: received pronunciation. The southern ...

Peaky Blinders fans, get ready! One of the aspects of the series that raised the most conversation was not only the thrilling ...

Jonathan R. Goodman receives funding from the Wellcome Trust (grant no. 220540/Z/20/A). We all need to learn how to place trust in others. It’s easy to be misled. Someone who doesn’t deserve trust can ...

You like tomato and I like tomahto. I thought my 2½ year old daughter could not get any cuter until I heard her talking in a British accent. “My toy is so boooring” she exclaimed doing her best ...