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 ...

Speakers of some accents risk being stereotyped as more likely to have committed a crime, new research suggests. The study led by the University of Cambridge, in collaboration with Nottingham ...

"Accent prejudice maps onto societal prejudice," she says. Sandwell, where Beth is from, was ranked the ninth most income-deprived of the 316 local authorities in England in the latest available ...

Playing a “true-ish” version of wellness scammer Belle Gibson, Dever expertly conceals her American accent, delivering a ’Strayan performance so convincing it matches her actual Australian ...

People with a “posh” English accent are seen as least likely to commit most crimes, with the exception of sex offences, new research has suggested. A University of Cambridge study, in ...

It has long been said that having a posh accent can help you get ahead in life and boost your career prospects. Now, scientists at the University of Cambridge have bolstered that theory and found ...

The findings, published in Frontiers in Communication, suggest that despite progress in equality and diversity in some parts of British life, including 'working-class' and regional accents ...

But director Brady Corbet and star Adrien Brody have come under fire after the film's editor Dávid Jancsó revealed that AI was used to enhance Brody’s accent. "The Brutalist" tells the story ...

But does her tactic have any basis in reality? Can an accent genuinely influence how we perceive someone’s trustworthiness? Surprisingly, yes. Studies suggest that the way a person speaks ...

New research has revealed that some accents sound ‘guiltier’ than others – and stereotyped as more likely to have committed a crime. The study found that northern accents, including those ...

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