Dialect coach Erik Singer once again 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 ...

North Carolina has an extensive audio archive of local accents and dialects that contains thousands of recordings. Rhode Island, sadly, has nothing of the kind. So here's a sampling of accents from ...

The way a person speaks is an intrinsic part of their identity. It's tribal, marking a speaker as being from one social group or another. Accents are a sign of belonging as much as something that ...

One of my two-year-old twins has just started nursery. She is extremely articulate and surprises me every day with the leaps in her language and vocabulary. I say this as a very proud and an openly ...

As anyone who has looked for a job can tell you, finding one isn't the easiest process. This experience can be even more challenging if you're new to a country and speak with what is perceived to be a ...

Earlier this year, I was at a high-end store in Greenwich, Connecticut, and as I was shopping, a salesperson approached me, offering her help. She was curious to know where I was from. “New York,” I ...

Even one of the UK’s most famous couples isn’t free from accent discrimination. Bakounine / Shutterstock Accentism – discriminating against someone because of their accent – has a long history in the ...

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 ...