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 ...

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 ...

Bridget Jones fans have been left seriously confused after hearing Renée Zellweger's real voice for the first time on The Graham Norton Show.

people with Scouse accents were seen as most likely to commit crimes and people with Standard Southern British English accents were viewed as most likely to report a relative to the police for a ...

Ian McMillan is joined by poets Joelle Taylor, Anthony Joseph, Luke Wright, and sociolinguist Rob Drummond.

Speakers of some accents risk being stereotyped as more ... Newcastle and Standard Southern British English (SSBE), also referred to as received pronunciation, or RP. Participants were asked ...

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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.

Language learning app Preply decided to play Cupid and find out which accents make us swoon. The results? The British accent strutted away with nearly 50% of the votes. But wait, there’s more! The ...

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