The "friendliest" and "most relaxing" accents in the UK have been revealed — but Essex doesn't come out of it well. More than 1,500 people were surveyed on their thoughts about various accents, rating ...

People from Glasgow, Belfast, Dublin and the north-east of England are better at detecting someone imitating their accent than people from London and Essex, new research from the University of ...

A project examining how Essex school girls feel about their accents has shared their spoken word poetry with train passengers on the morning commute. Dr Tara McAllister-Viel at the University of Essex ...

‘Very specific differences in language, dialect and accents have emerged over time, and that's a fascinating side of language evolution.’ By Laura Baisas Published Nov 19, 2024 7:01 PM EST Deposit ...

Accentism – discriminating against someone because of their accent – has a long history in the UK, where the way someone speaks is often an easy way to tell their social class. People with ...

“It is impossible for an Englishman to open his mouth without making some other Englishman despise him,” George Bernard Shaw wrote in the preface to Pygmalion in 1913. Recent headlines suggest that ...