It has long been said that having a posh accent can help you get ahead in life and boost your career prospects. Now, scientists at the University of Cambridge have bolstered that theory and found that ...

The lore has by now been recounted many a time: In 2004, Scott and Andrea Swift moved from central Pennsylvania to Nashville ...

Accents are like personality quirks—they make us unique, spark conversations, and sometimes, let’s be real, drive people up the wall. In the U.S., our regional accents are as diverse as our landscapes ...

People have started to notice that many of their favorite TikTok content creators may be speaking with a unique accent all their own, and some linguistic experts are saying this new accent represents ...

ARNOLD SCHWARZENEGGER: (As The Terminator) Hasta la vista, baby. MARTÍNEZ: That is, of course, the unmistakable voice of Arnold Schwarzenegger in "Terminator 2: Judgment Day." The actor recently told ...

Think you might have a "people pleaser" accent? If you find yourself frequently mimicking the accents of those around you, experts say you could be exhibiting a fascinating linguistic phenomenon ...

I grew up in Portland. I have lived all but four years of my life in the Northwest. I was taught that I had no accent. I went to school with people from across the country and compared to them I had ...

Robots do not treat all humans equally. This summer, Last Week Tonight host John Oliver and our very own Jorge Ramos both kvetched about how computers often don’t understand them. It’s not because ...

My younger brother Tom (now retired) made his living as a master carpenter and musician. This past semester he decided to audit my course at the University of Colorado, Colorado Springs, Evolutionary ...

South Africans enjoyed a proud moment after a global list ranked the local accent in the world’s top two, sparking light-hearted debate across the country.