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Do we really sound like that? What to know about Michigan accent
The Michigan accent, part of the Inland North accent, is part of American English. Here are how some words sound in the ...
The familiar Rhode Island accent is fading away. What's behind the generational change?
The Rhode Island accent, as we know it, may be headed for extinction. While it’s still a reliable feature of the local ...
People Brutally Mock Glee’s Dianna Agron After She Gives Interview With Entirely New Accent
Madonna, when she was married to Guy Ritchie; Austin Butler because he played Elvis; and Hilaria Baldwin, just because. The ...
Tom Holland Keeps Getting Less And Less British As He Progresses In His Acting Career. As An Accent Shaker Myself, I Get It
Benedict Cumberbatch, Riz Ahmed, Dua Lipa and Annie Lennox are among 300 public figures to have signed an open letter calling on UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer to end the country’s “complicity” in the ...
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What makes the Rhode Island accent so distinctive? Here are some of the key elements
There's no strict recipe for the Rhode Island accent. But these are the ingredients that you're likely to find in the mix.
American Millennials find Scottish accents the most trustworthy in the world
But the study, carried out by Podcastle, dug a little deeper and found that our lilt is especially warming to US Millennials.
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Tackling accent bias: the ‘last acceptable form of discrimination’
Accent bias undermines Black international students’ confidence and belonging in UK universities. Institutions must tackle ...
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The familiar Rhode Island accent is fading away. What's behind the generational change?
"But the generalization of American English is probably a good thing for relationship-building." At the same time, a strong regional accent can actually help with certain kinds of relationships.