How do you tell if someone has a particular accent? It might seem obvious: You hear someone pronounce words in a way that is ...

In northern England ‘dinner’ is the word often used for a midday meal and ‘tea’ for an evening meal, but in southern England ‘tea’ is often a light afternoon meal and ‘dinner’ is ...

A study by Ohio State researchers found that Ohioans' perceptions of accents in different regions of the state do not always ...

But a new study suggests that might not be the case. "People probably don't learn who has an accent from hearing someone talk and thinking, 'huh, they sound funny' -- even though sometimes it ...

“Just because people gave a high rating to the idea that people in southern Ohio have an accent, that doesn’t mean they are ...