Accents are like personality quirks—they make us unique, spark conversations, and sometimes, let’s be real, drive people up the wall. In the U.S., our regional accents are as diverse as our landscapes ...

Many well-known actors use accent reduction to cast more movie roles. And sometimes even the most attentive film-watchers ...

For actors, it’s hard to get a Boston accent right, and locals can spot a fraud from a mile away. Globe staffers and readers recently got their say about the best and the worst of the bunch on TV and ...

In this week’s episode, we took on the mystery of the “Boston movie”—a cinematic subgenre whose appeal is closely tied to the distinctive Boston accent. We invited Boston University linguist Dr.

Accents are incredibly difficult and to be clear, this isn't knocking any of the people on this list's acting talents. Some of the best actors in the world often struggle with accents. In fact, ...