Those with native accents are often unaware of the pervasive bias that those with perceived foreign accents experience. A new study from Sutton Trust indicates that accent discrimination is still a ...

Your accent says a lot about you: It tells someone where you were raised, hints at your ethnicity, and gives out clues about your social class and economic circumstances. Even though the details of ...

In a fraught political and cultural climate, immigration, nativism, and belonging remain divisive points in American society and culture. Those concerns are particularly acute for both U.S.-born ...

Oregon native Karen Butler speaks with a British accent since dental surgery. May 5, 2011— -- Karen Butler is from Oregon, not England. When asked where she got her accent, she says from her ...

What if the way you talked caused you to be denied opportunities that other people have? For instance, when calling to ask about a job opening, you were told it was filled but then found out a friend ...

Mary Grantham O'Brien received research funding from the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada. Cesar Teló received funding from Global Affairs Canada. Pavel Trofimovich received ...

In Boston, there are reports of people pronouncing the letter “r.” Down in Tennessee, people are noticing a lack of a Southern drawl. And Texans have long worried about losing their distinctive twang.

Dear international students, Here we are, people who come from afar, who left their homes in pursuit of a better education in a foreign land. We each harbor an ineffable dream in our hearts, which ...

Jonathan R. Goodman receives funding from the Wellcome Trust (grant no. 220540/Z/20/A). We all need to learn how to place trust in others. It’s easy to be misled. Someone who doesn’t deserve trust can ...

Accents are incredibly difficult and to be clear, this isn't knocking any of the people on this list's acting talents. Some of the best actors in the world often struggle with accents. In fact, ...