Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Is there such a thing as an Asian American accent? Nobody can quite nail it down — or agree whether it exists — but apparently you ...

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.

For language geeks like me, accent reduction is a term used to describe losing a foreign or regional accent to adopt a more popular one (e.g., American). It’s an important part of a person’s identity, ...

On Explain It to Me, Vox’s weekly call-in podcast, we hear a lot of stories from listeners. Recently, we asked people to tell us about their accents: what they love about them, things they’ve noticed.

Dialect coach Erik Singer takes us on a tour of different accents across English-speaking North America. Erik, along with a host of other linguists and language experts, takes a look at some of the ...

Luc Haasbroek is a writer and videographer from Durban, South Africa. He has been writing professionally about pop culture for eight years. Luc's areas of interest are broad: he's just as passionate ...

Krisp’s app is supposed to change a speaker’s voice in real time, starting with Indian English accents. Krisp’s app is supposed to change a speaker’s voice in real time, starting with Indian English ...

Adopting an American accent for whatever reason is a great idea, especially when considering the global reach of American English. Mastering an accent can take time and practice but, we'll provide a ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. North Carolina has an extensive audio archive of local accents and dialects that contains thousands of recordings. Rhode Island, ...