When a person hears someone talk, it usually doesn’t take long for them to key in on that person’s accent. In just a few syllables, the person who is listening might already be forming assumptions ...

In Disney’s “The Princess and the Frog,” the firefly Ray says he has a Cajun accent because he was “born and bred in the bayou!” While that may be true for Ray, the voice actor portraying him, Jim ...

Wales is a country in the United Kingdom, located just West of England. Although they may sound similar, differences between the Welsh and English accents include Welsh’s more elongated vowel sounds ...

Having an accent in English has long been considered a disadvantage. Many of my clients come to me with concerns that their accented English is a liability to career advancement. Though I am not an ...

Accents are a funny thing, aren't they? Funny how two people talking about the same thing can sound so different from each ...

My younger brother Tom (now retired) made his living as a master carpenter and musician. This past semester he decided to audit my course at the University of Colorado, Colorado Springs, Evolutionary ...