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So how did that happen—and exactly where did the American accent come from? Before we dive into why American and British accents sound so different, it would help to know what an accent actually ...
The Rhode Island accent, as we know it, may be headed for extinction. While it’s still a reliable feature of the local ...
The day has come. You’ve arrived on campus, fresh off a long trip from another part of the United States, perhaps even ...
Madonna, when she was married to Guy Ritchie; Austin Butler because he played Elvis; and Hilaria Baldwin, just because. The ...
Language and how it’s used shapes not only the way we feel but also how we think, said Viorica Marian, professor of ...
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 ...
The language barrier has helped maintain an air of unreality around the papacy in the U.S. That is about to change.
But the study, carried out by Podcastle, dug a little deeper and found that our lilt is especially warming to US Millennials.
There's no strict recipe for the Rhode Island accent. But these are the ingredients that you're likely to find in the mix.
Accent bias undermines Black international students’ confidence and belonging in UK universities. Institutions must tackle ...