I tried to learn to speak like an office worker in Cincinnati – what can the science of accents reveal to make it easier?

Rick Aschmann, a professional linguist, has created a comprehensive analysis of "North American English Dialects, Based on ...

In Boston, there are reports of people pronouncing the letter “r.” Down in Tennessee, people are noticing a lack of a Southern drawl. And Texans have long worried about losing their distinctive twang.

This story is free to read because readers choose to support LAist. If you find value in independent local reporting, make a donation to power our newsroom today. Over the past two decades, Taylor ...

We had dinner with this girl last weekend who has been living in England for the past 9 months. During the course of conversation, she kept "accidentally" slipping into a British dialect. I happen to ...

To work on an accent with another person, a degree of trust is required. They have to make themselves very vulnerable to you. Many actors coming to that process are filled with fear. Now, I have ...

Steve Pickett is fascinated by accents. “It tells you a lot about somebody,” he says. A Cleveland native, Pickett moved to Columbus a decade ago for business school at The Ohio State University. After ...

A popular YouTube polyglot who has mastered many languages recently visited Glasgow, Scotland and found he was stumped. Funny ...

Over the past two decades, Taylor Swift has categorized her music, relationships and style in eras. But researchers have found another thing that Swift seems to change often — and that is the way she ...