A solid Spanish accent, like Alfred Molina uses to portray Diego Rivera in “Frida,” makes a performance all the more believable. A questionable one, however, like Al Pacino uses as Tony Montana in ...

Tonal languages are different from non-tonal languages because tonal languages are dependent on the emphasis and pronunciation, because how a word is said will affect its meaning. It is quite ...

The highly mimicked, oft-mocked Boston accent populates some of the industry’s most iconic films and TV shows with its non-rhotic (r-dropping) pronunciation, highly particular slang, and gravelly ...

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.

Pronunciation is the way that people make sounds to form words. Every time you make a sound, you push air past your tongue, lips, and teeth and then move the air through your mouth. The sounds you ...

You’ve likely heard the words “Standard American English,” for describing certain accents that lack distinguishing sounds. Well, apparently, that's not real. Every single American has an accent. For ...

Join us in this hilarious video as we put Jacob's British accent to the test! You'll have the chance to rate his accent on a ...

Believe it or not, Michigan — the home of ope-sayers and pop-lovers — does actually have an accent of its own. The Michigan accent is a part of a more wide-ranging regional accent called the Inland ...

Students from G.A.R. Memorial Middle School in Wilkes-Barre talk about the proper pronunciation of the city’s name on Public Square on Wednesday. They said they learned about the history of the name ...