PeopleWin reports on eight American cities often mispronounced, highlighting local quirks relating to dialects and cultural ...

We sometimes call it "the Queen's English" or "BBC English." You know the type of thing: a crisp, cut-glass, slightly nasal voice saying "how now brown cow." It was the accent used by the English ...

When performed well, the lilting brogue of the Irish accent sounds mellifluous and musical. When performed poorly, it can sound campy—even egregious. But what makes one Irish accent good and another ...

You may be able to pull off a Spanish accent when showing off your Antonio Banderas impression, but truly losing your native accent and replacing it with a new one is a lot harder to do. The way you ...

Imagine being stranded in the icy wilderness of Antarctica, cut off from the rest of the world, with only a small group of people for company. Such a group might be expected to develop a culture of ...

A good Russian accent, such as the one Viggo Mortensen uses as Nikolai Luzhov in 2007’s “Eastern Promises,” brings an air of authenticity and drama to a performance. A bad one, however, like Arnold ...

Former BBC newsreader Jan Leeming has sparked debate after joking she is less likely to find work in television these days due to her received pronunciation accent. Leeming, 82, replied to a follower ...

In this video, I compare the standard Mandarin Chinese pronunciation with the Beijing accent for several everyday words. I share examples like 'go out,' 'where,' 'bro,' and more, so you can hear the ...

One different vowel, one uneven rhythm, and the verdict is: ‘uneducated’, ‘unrefined’. A 2025 study found that speakers with local or non-urban accents are rated as less intelligent and employable ...