‘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 ...

Here in Leeds, we take pride in the rich diversity of our accents - from the unique Barnsley twang to the gentler tones of North Yorkshire. Few of us would even contemplate how a chosen name for our ...

According to a new study by scientists from the University of Minnesota, there might be several reasons behind the change in Taylor Swift‘s accent from a Southern to a Northern accent. She also ...

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 ...

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 ...

Last week I stood in line at a convenience store in Boomtown, behind a man in Carhartts and steel-toe boots, in front of a woman running in for a snack and a potty break with her toddler, and ...