Imagine you wake up and how you pronounce words suddenly sounds completely different, almost foreign, from the last time you spoke. For example, your American English accent sounds British. This might ...

Fantasy books and films are a massive hit with both readers and spectators. Although the tales occur in a fictional realm, the characters always speak with British accents instead of American accents.

Mastering English can be tough for many learners. And choosing the right accent can add an extra challenge. But which English accent is easiest to learn: British or American? The answer is not as ...

What is Gillian Anderson’s accent in real life? The answer is … it depends. Fans of Netflix’s “The Crown” will recall Anderson’s marvelously posh British accent when she played Prime Minister Margaret ...

The first trailer for Pablo Larraín’s Spencer has just dropped, and fans can’t believe what they’re seeing. All everybody is talking about is Kristen Stewart and how it looks like her performance as ...

The Transatlantic accent is sometimes thought of as that “old-timey” way of speaking in 1930s and 1940s films; but its usage and impact extends far beyond American cinema. Sometimes referred to as a ...

George Bernard Shaw noted it a century ago. “It is impossible for an Englishman to open his mouth without making some other Englishman hate or despise him,” the Irish playwright observed in his ...

American accents come from varied origins, mixing geographic, cultural and migration patterns. The Michigan accent encompasses the local speech habits of Michiganders. It is part of the Inland North ...

Believe it or not, Michigan — the home of ope-sayers and pop-lovers — does actually have an accent of its own. The Michigan accent is a part of a more wide-ranging regional accent called the Inland ...