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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

A new survey has revealed what people think are the "friendliest" and "most relaxing" accents in the UK — and Geordie surely isn't high enough on the list. More than 1,500 people were asked their ...

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 ...

University of Essex provides funding as a member of The Conversation UK. From the moment we are born (and even before that, in utero), we tune into the languages around us. This includes the accents ...

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 ...

Wales is a country in the United Kingdom, located just West of England. Although they may sound similar, differences between the Welsh and English accents include Welsh’s more elongated vowel sounds ...

As if dating shows couldn't get any worse, back in 2009, there was a new addition to the primetime lineup called Dating in the Dark. Maybe you've heard about it. Three men and three women court each ...