Many well-known actors use accent reduction to cast more movie roles. And sometimes even the most attentive film-watchers ...

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.

We've all played around with an accent as a goof but have never maybe realized just how difficult it is to make it believable. I'm no expert on accents, but luckily the internet has already provided ...

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We had dinner with this girl last weekend who has been living in England for the past 9 months. During the course of conversation, she kept "accidentally" slipping into a British dialect. I happen to ...

CHICAGO (WLS) -- "The Brutalist" is up for 10 Oscars this weekend. That includes nominee Adrien Brody. He's one of the actors who worked with an acclaimed dialect coach from Chicago, for his role as a ...

“Welcome to Ireland,” intones Christopher Walken over drone shots of lush green farmland, his unique halting speech patterns – New York via the moon – only occasionally troubled by the mangled specter ...

Over the past two decades, Taylor Swift has categorized her music, relationships and style in eras. But researchers have found another thing that Swift seems to change often — and that is the way she ...