David Oyelowo is under fire after suggesting the Southern Black dialect developed from slavery-era subservience during a ...

Dialect coach Catherine Charlton helped actors on HBO's John Adams miniseries nail down Colonial American accents.

Geordie is one of the oldest and best loved of Britain's dialects. But modern times mean that some Geordie words are dying out and North Easterners are changing how they speak. Inside Out gets ...

As an actor, working privately with a professional dialect coach can be the most rapid, reliable, trouble-free method for mastering an accent, and there’s no disputing that the addition of a key ...

University of Leeds researchers to update groundbreaking 1950s language survey Are you terrified by “harvest men” or “long-legged tailors”? Do you have “ferntickles” or “brunny-spots” on your face? If ...

Much like many industry professionals, Pamela Vanderway first wanted to be an actor, but over the course of her training, a new passion surfaced. “I loved the process of acting, I love what actors do, ...

If you speak English with a California accent but you want to learn to speak Sindarin like a native — that is, like a Middle Earth elf — where do you start? Begin with vowel sounds, said Leith ...

Which accent is most pleasant to your ears? If you live in the West of England unsurprisingly West Country accents rank highly on the most desirable accents to be had, that's according to a new BBC ...

Geordie is one of the oldest and best loved of Britain's dialects. But modern times mean that some Geordie words are dying out and North Easterners are changing how they speak. Inside Out gets ...