What do you imagine when you think of a British accent? If you’re imagining the refined tones of Queen Elizabeth II, the charming patter of Hugh Grant in a rom-com or the whisperings in a ...

Where does this false British accent come from? Yet it’s possible to incorporate authentic accents without sacrificing audience interest. Inglourious Basterds (2009) is one example of how a ...

Researchers from the University of Cambridge played recordings of men with various British accents to people from all over the UK, and asked them to rate them for their crime-committing potential.

Who’s that smooth talker? Drumroll, please… It’s the Hong Kong accent, crowned the sexiest Asian English accent! We all know that not all accents are created equal. It’s like choosing between a posh ...

Some actors are so incredibly skilled at mastering different dialects that their real voices feel almost foreign to us. Whether it's a British actor pulling off a flawless American accent, an ...

Where does this false British accent come from? Hollywood has long resorted to this posh-but-unspecific English accent when telling stories set in European spaces where English isn’t the native ...

The accents included in the study were from Belfast, Birmingham, Bradford, Bristol, Cardiff, Glasgow, Liverpool, London, Newcastle and standard Southern British English. Participants who listened ...

Language learning app Preply has conducted a survey on the most attractive accents to Hongkongers, and the results speak for themselves. The British accent has been voted as the sexiest foreign ...

Now, a study has revealed just how much your accent conveys about you. Researchers from the University of Cambridge played recordings of men with various British accents to people from all over ...

"As things stand, listeners think some accents sound guiltier than others and we should all be concerned about that." Non-English accents, in particular Belfast's and Glasgow's, were rated ...

"The reason I started it is because I have an Essex accent and I really want other people who don't have that perfect Queen's English voice to know that they can still use their voice and they can ...